A public health researcher argues that pollution, deforestation and climate change make environmental protection a question of health, economy and national development for Bangladesh.
Ishwardi in Pabna, known as the country's litchi capital, opens its traditional Litchi Festival and Agricultural Trade Fair today, with two ministers due to attend.
Mangoes from Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj, Naogaon and Natore could drive about Tk 10,000 crore of economic activity this season, though growers say middlemen and a 54 kg maund eat their profits.
PRAN Group will honour journalists who report on agriculture and agro-processing with the Bangladesh Agro-Industry Media Award on Saturday.
FruitsBangladesh's domestic mango market was estimated at Tk 13,000 crore, yet the country exported only 2,194 tonnes in 2025, earning under Tk 100 crore. In June 2026 exporters blamed steep air freight and gaps in quality production.
For the first time in its 600-year history the pond at Hazrat Khan Jahan Ali's shrine in Bagerhat has no crocodile, after the last one was removed following a child's death.
An 85-year-old man drowned in a pond in Dupchanchia, Bogura, apparently after slipping while gathering fallen mangoes at night.
A record litchi crop in Ishwardi has pushed prices below last year's, but growers say bigger yields and brisk sales leave them satisfied.
Native date palms that once filled Magura's fields in Jaishtha are being felled as families build houses in the fields, and the local fruit is becoming rare.
Jackfruit is packed with vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, but it is best eaten in moderation and at the right time of day, especially by people with diabetes or kidney problems.
When three flower plants he had planted by his grandmother's and father's graves were stolen, a young man in Faridpur's Sadarpur responded by planting 1,500 flower plants in front of 500 homes.
With only about 92 lakh of 1.23 crore prepared animals sacrificed this Eid-ul-Azha, some 31 lakh remain unsold, leaving farmers facing losses and mounting feed costs.
A homeless man who lives by collecting plastic bottles is growing rice in a corner of Suhrawardy Udyan in the heart of Dhaka.
