To realise the potential of Bangladesh's fruit processing industry, international standards and destination-specific compliance must be ensured, not just production, a BSTI official said.
The Teesta was flowing 10 centimetres above its danger level at the Dalia Teesta Barrage point in Nilphamari at 9pm on 28 June.
A 25-year-old man in Lohagara, Chattogram, died after relatives took him to a local ojha rather than a hospital following a snakebite.
Foreign mango varieties are catching on in the Khagrachhari hills because they fetch several times the price of local mangoes, but orchard owners say tolls on the way to market are a major burden.
Six hilsa weighing about 11 kg caught in the Padma at Daulatdia in Rajbari sold for Tk 47,300.
CropsKhulna district produced more than 80,000 tonnes of fruit on about 25,000 hectares in 2024-25, yet by June 2026 it had no cold storage, processing or organised fruit market, and no fruit had been exported from the district.
Bogura entrepreneur Tania Akter began with just 2 kg of jujube pickle, and that small venture has grown into a brand.
A hobby started in 2003 has grown into a 50-acre orchard of about 50 local and foreign fruit trees on the hills of Mirsarai in Chattogram.
More than 30 per cent of Chapainawabganj's mangoes now sell online, but sellers say the cost of Facebook advertising paid in dollars is eroding their profits and raising prices.
EnvironmentThe Kushiyara was flowing 4 cm above danger level at Fenchuganj on 28 June 2026, the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre said, warning of short-term flooding in riverside low-lying areas of Sylhet, Mymensingh and Rangpur divisions.
The Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture has released BINA Sofeda-1, a sapodilla variety with fruits of 250 to 450 grams, developed through gamma irradiation.
Amrapali, the BARI Aam-3 variety, has displaced Fazli, Himsagar, Langra and Gopalbhog to lead Bangladesh's mango cultivation, exports and popularity.
BARI's Fruit Research Station in Binodpur, Rajshahi, is breeding new fruit varieties, conserving germplasm and adapting foreign fruits for Bangladeshi farmers.
