Crops
Is It Bad to Add Salt at the Start When Cooking Dal?
A little salt at the start does little harm to masoor dal, but tougher lentils cook faster if salt is added once they are soft.
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Bangladesh
Crops
Rain Disrupts Paddy Threshing, Farmers Fear Early Flood
Two days of rough weather and rain have disrupted boro harvesting and threshing in Moulvibazar, raising fears of waterlogging and an early flood.
Environment
The Plants That Can Die If Water Collects in Their Pots
With storms and rain across the country, water can collect in potted plants on balconies, and some houseplants cannot tolerate it.
Crops
Saline Water Let in at Night Damages 10,000 Bighas of Farmland
Locals say miscreants opened the Kalki sluice gate at night, letting saline water from the Kapotaksha river into about 10,000 bighas of paddy in eight villages of Assasuni.
Environment
3,658 lightning deaths in a decade: why Sunamganj's haor country is the most dangerous
Bangladesh Meteorological Department data show 3,658 people killed by lightning between 2015 and 2025, with Sunamganj in Sylhet the worst-hit district; meteorologists trace the risk to haor moisture, the hills to the north-east and the collision of dry and humid air masses.
CropsPlan to reopen closed Palash jute mills through leases revives Narsingdi hopes
Visiting two jute mills in Palash, Narsingdi, on 21 April 2026, State Minister for Textiles and Jute Md Shariful Alam said closed mills would be restarted through leases to public-private partnerships or private investors, with almost all general posts filled locally.
Fruits
Satkhira's Himsagar Mangoes to Reach Markets From 15 May
Satkhira's district administration has announced this season's mango picking calendar, allowing Himsagar to be harvested from 15 May.
Environment
Sick Wild Elephant Dies in Rangamati's Longadu, Female Stands Grieving Beside It
A long-ill male Asian wild elephant, about 65 years old, has died in Longadu, Rangamati, with a female elephant standing beside its body.
Crops
Early Flood Warning Leaves Sunamganj's Boro Farmers Worried
An early flood warning over forecast very heavy rain in Cherrapunji and Meghalaya has left thousands of boro farmers in Sunamganj's haors anxious about bringing in their crop.
Crops
Fearing Floods, Haor Farmers Cut Half-Ripe Paddy in Netrokona
A flash-flood forecast has spread fear among Netrokona's haor farmers, who are rushing to cut half-ripe boro paddy despite diesel and labour shortages.
Crops
Litchi Fruitlets Drop in Severe Drought, Ishwardi Growers Worried
Severe drought and heat in Ishwardi, Pabna, are shedding young litchi fruit after a record bloom, raising fears of a crop failure.
Agribusiness
Cattle Stay in 'Hotels' at Tk 200 a Day
About 70 'cattle hotels', known locally as khatals, have grown up around the Satmail cattle market in Sharsha, Jashore, housing traders' animals for a daily fee.
Crops
Krishnachura Adorns Nature in Moulvibazar
In mid-Baishakh, blood-red krishnachura and jarul flowers have brightened Moulvibazar's towns, villages and haor areas.