Fruits
Green Mango Murabba
With green mangoes plentiful in the market, now is the best time to make mango murabba at home and keep it for the year.
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Agribusiness
Fruits
Naogaon Needs a Research Centre to Realise Its Mango Potential
Naogaon has become a major mango district but has no research centre besides the Soil Resource Development Institute, and stakeholders say it needs one along with processing houses.
Crops
33% of Boro Paddy Harvested Nationwide, 90% in Haor
A third of the country's boro paddy and 90 per cent in the vulnerable haor wetlands had been harvested by 30 April, the agriculture minister said.
Vegetables
Broiler and Sugar Prices Stay High as Potato and Onion Prices Rise
Prices of broiler chicken, beef and sugar that rose before Eid have not come down in Dhaka, and potatoes and onions have become dearer since.
Fruits
Roasted Green Mango Sharbat to Beat the Heat
A simple recipe for aam pora sharbat, a drink of roasted green mango, sugar, black salt and chilli, for relief in the summer heat.
Crops
Wholesale Rice Prices Fall but Retail Markets See No Change
New Boro rice has started to push down wholesale and mill prices, but Dhaka's retail rice prices have not moved.
Crops
Nur Islam Succeeds With Year-Round Mango in Sharsha
A Jashore nurseryman has made a living from the year-round BARI-11 mango, which fruits three times a year and sells at Tk 400 a kg out of season.
Crops
Price of a 5kg Watermelon Hits Tk 500
Watermelon prices in Mymensingh jumped at the end of Ramadan, with a four to five kg fruit selling for Tk 500.
Fruits
Satkhira Mangoes to Reach the Market from 12 May
Under the Satkhira district administration's schedule, the district's early mangoes will reach the market from 12 May, with later varieties following in stages.
Crops
Way Being Cleared for Mango Exports to World Market: Agriculture Minister
The way for Bangladesh's mango exports to the world market will soon be cleared, Agriculture Minister Dr Md Abdur Razzaque said.
Crops
Government to Buy 16.5 Lakh Tonnes of Paddy and Rice in Boro Season
The government will buy 16.5 lakh tonnes of paddy and rice from the domestic market in the coming boro season.
Agribusiness
CAB Demands Punishment for Those Who Looted the Chicken Market Through a Syndicate
The Consumers Association of Bangladesh demanded strict punishment for traders who made crores of taka through a broiler chicken syndicate.
Agribusiness
Marginal Farmers Ruined by Corporate Companies' 'Manipulation'
Bangladesh Poultry Association accuses a handful of corporate companies of pushing broiler prices down whenever marginal farmers' birds are ready for sale, and has proposed three steps including a poultry board.