The Met Office says a low may form over the north Bay of Bengal within 48 hours, with light to moderate rain and gusty wind in all eight divisions and moderately heavy falls in parts of Chattogram division.
Locals in Nalitabari, Sherpur, allege encroachment and night-time tree felling in the Forest Department's Gopalpur beat; social-forestry partners say they paid money to get their cheques, which the beat officer denies.
A joint afforestation programme of Khulna City Corporation and bKash opened at the city's Solar Park and Linear Park, with 25,000 trees to be planted in phases.
At a World Rivers Day event at Pani Bhaban, water resources minister Shahiduddin Chowdhury Anee said government, public, researchers and environmentalists must work together; five were honoured for protecting rivers.
FisheriesAt a Mirpur Press Club discussion on hilsa, Ahmed Abu Zafar, chairman of the Bangladesh Mofussil Journalists Forum's trustee board, proposed that all boats and nets in breeding areas be deposited with upazila fisheries offices by 5 October.
CropsGrowing, cold storage and transport cost Tk 23-24 a kilo, but potatoes fetch Tk 14-15; with cold stores to be emptied by 10 November, farmers and traders face mounting losses.
With no rain for several days in Hili, Dinajpur, farmers are irrigating transplanted Aman paddy with shallow pumps, and the fuel price rise has added two to three thousand taka a bigha to their costs.
The DGHS reported six dengue deaths in 24 hours and a record 2,158 hospital admissions; this year's toll is 225 deaths and 73,694 admissions.
At a Dhaka roundtable on the theme "A Lifetime of Lung Health", chest specialists urged an end to smoking, e-cigarettes and vaping, control of air pollution and early diagnosis of lung disease.
FisheriesA hilsa of almost two kilograms, caught by a trawler near the last buoy of Payra port, sold at Mohipur market for Tk 3,500 a kilogram.
At a World Rivers Day discussion and human chain at Begum Rokeya University, teachers, students and river activists demanded that all of Bangladesh's transboundary rivers be identified and recognised.
LivestockA phytogenic feed additive built on the medicinal plant plantain by Bangladesh Agricultural University has improved omega-3 fatty acids, HDL and iron in broiler meat, and G-2 seed is now being produced in the country.
BangladeshMeeting a Bangladesh Krishak Samity delegation at Bangabhaban, President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said a President's Agriculture Award would be launched for farm innovation and called for an effective marketing system so farmers get a fair price.
