Crops
The Flowers That Bring Variety to Nature
In the blazing summer sun, krishnachura, kathgolap, nagalingam and shimul flowers dress Bangladesh's landscape in colour.
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Bangladesh
Vegetables
Seasonal Vegetable Fritters for a Rainy Afternoon
Crisp fritters made with seasonal summer vegetables can turn vegetables into a snack everyone enjoys.
Fisheries
Surprise Everyone With Mango-Kasundi Prawns
Green mango's sourness, the bite of kasundi and soft, juicy prawns combine in a simple summer dish for guests or family meals.
Environment
Forest Felled Unchecked in Alikadam, Wildlife in Decline
A timber racket is clearing around 200 acres of natural forest in remote Chaikkhyang on the Alikadam-Thanchi border, cutting hills for roads and drying up the streams Mro villages depend on.
Crops
Hill Run-off and Rain Submerge Boro Crop in Moulvibazar, Farmers in Despair
Two days of heavy rain and run-off from the hills have submerged boro paddy across Moulvibazar's haors and low-lying areas, leaving indebted farmers in despair.
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Heavy Rain Submerging Ripe Paddy in the Haors
Three days of heavy rain have waterlogged the low-lying haors of Kishoreganj, submerging ripe boro paddy just as the harvest was in full swing.
Fruits
When Should You Eat a Banana? Its Colour Tells You
A banana's nutritional value shifts as it ripens and changes colour, so the best time to eat one depends on what your body needs.
Fisheries
16kg Critically Endangered Baghair Fish Seized in Kaptai
A Forest Department drive in Kaptai, Rangamati, seized a 16kg baghair, a red-listed endangered fish, which was then destroyed and buried.
Crops
AI Model Developed by BAU Researchers Can Forecast Floods
Bangladesh Agricultural University researchers have built an AI flood forecasting model that predicted river levels with up to 99.16 percent accuracy, even in data-poor areas.
Crops
Maize Succeeds on Saline Coastal Land in Satkhira
Two farmers in Satkhira's Shyamnagar upazila have grown maize and salt-tolerant rice on long-fallow saline land in a trial, opening new possibilities for the coast.
Crops
Hill Water Breaches Eranbil Embankment in Sunamganj
An embankment in the Eranbil haor of Sunamganj's Madhyanagar upazila gave way under pressure from hill water, submerging some boro crops.
Crops
Farmer Card: Genuine Farmers Must Not Be Left Out
The government's farmer card is a promising initiative, but its success will depend on transparent implementation that reaches genuine farmers, a columnist writes.
Environment
Bitten, Young Man Still Catches Russell's Viper and Takes It Home
A young man was bitten while freeing a Russell's viper caught in a net on the Meghna bank in Matlab Uttar, but still bagged the snake and took it home before getting antivenom.