Crops
Jisan Succeeds with Early Vegetables, Sells Tk 31.5 Lakh This Season
Young Chakaria farmer Mohammad Jisan has sold Tk 31.4 lakh worth of early vegetables at the very start of this season after 10 years of early-crop farming.
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Bangladesh
Crops
India's Onion Exporters Struggle as Bangladeshi Farmers Reap Good Prices
Bangladesh has met its onion demand from its own harvest this season, leaving farmers happy with prices while Indian growers and traders struggle to sell.
Vegetables
Why You Should Eat Tomato Salad Every Day This Winter
Raw tomato salad packs vitamins, minerals and antioxidants such as lycopene into very few calories.
Crops
Shariatpur Betel Leaf Farmers Struggle to Cover Costs as Prices Fall
Betel leaf prices in Shariatpur keep falling, leaving growers unable to recover production costs and calling for government incentives.
Fisheries
Night Heron Rescued From Chicken Shop in Kuakata, Released at Night
An injured black-crowned night heron held in a chicken shop at Alipur fish port was rescued, treated and released in Kuakata.
Crops
Fishing Cat Cub Caught in Sunamganj Paddy Field, Handed to Forest Department
Locals in Tahirpur, Sunamganj, caught a fishing cat cub in a paddy field and handed it to the forest department.
Vegetables
Seven Benefits From a Single Leafy Green
Cheap and easy to cook, spinach offers nutrients that benefit almost every part of the body, from blood and bones to eyes and skin.
Crops
Pabna's Farming Depends on Private Seed
Pabna farmers save little seed apart from rice, leaving them dependent on bought seed that raises costs and exposes them to adulterated supplies.
CropsRajbari farmer bitten by a Russell's viper takes the live snake to hospital
On 28 November 2025 a Russell's viper bit farmer Md Helal Biswas, 35, in a paddy field on a Padma char in Pangsha, Rajbari. The snake was caught alive and taken to hospital with him; quick identification made treatment easier and the health officer said he was out of danger.
Crops
Python Rescued From Paddy Field in Sreemangal
A python found by farmers harvesting aman paddy in Sreemangal was rescued unharmed and handed to the local wildlife office.
Vegetables
The Winter Vegetable You Won't Skip Once You Know Its Nutrition
Often snubbed, the radish is a nutritious winter vegetable that may benefit digestion, the liver, the heart and the skin.
Crops
25-Year Master Plan Coming to Modernise Bangladesh's Agriculture
The government is preparing a 25-year master plan to modernise agriculture, with a final draft due in December, the agriculture secretary told a conference in Dhaka.
Environment
DNCC Building Country's Largest Miyawaki Forest at Diabari
Dhaka North City Corporation has begun a Miyawaki urban forest of about 14,000 saplings on a green belt at Uttara Diabari.