Fisheries
A 2.75 kg hilsa sells for Tk 13,250 at Kamalnagar's Motirhat ghat
A hilsa weighing 2 kg 750 g was sold for Tk 13,250 at Motirhat fish ghat in Kamalnagar, Laxmipur, to a Dhaka fish trader.
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Fisheries
A 2.75 kg hilsa fetches Tk 13,250 at Motirhat ghat in Lakshmipur
A 2.75 kg hilsa landed by fisherman Faruk Majhi sold for Tk 13,250 at Motirhat fish ghat in Kamalnagar, Lakshmipur, to Dhaka trader Bahar Mia; depot owners say hilsa have become scarce in the river and dearer fuel has made fishing harder.
Fisheries
Eighteen Rangabali fishermen rescued unhurt after four days adrift in the Bay of Bengal
Eighteen fishermen stranded on a disabled trawler near Sonarchar in Rangabali, Patuakhali, were rescued unhurt on Thursday morning by a trawler their relatives sent.
Crops
BINA takes nuclear-bred crop varieties to Sunamganj's haor farmers
The Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture's Sunamganj sub-station is training haor farmers in regionally suited rice, mustard and groundnut varieties developed with nuclear techniques and mutation breeding.
Vegetables
Three thousand Kashiani families live off water lilies picked from the monsoon beels
With little farm work in the monsoon, about 3,000 families in Kashiani, Gopalganj, pick and sell water lilies (shapla) from the beels; 20 to 30 vehicle-loads a day leave the Rahuthar wholesale market for other districts.
Crops
Sirajganj plans chewing sugarcane, stevia and black rice push for the rabi season
Sirajganj's district agricultural technology extension committee met to set its rabi 2026-27 work plan, taking up sugarcane, stevia, year-round jackfruit and BRRI dhan115 black rice.
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Crops
Experts urge pheromone traps, perching and other IPM methods to cut pesticide use
Agricultural researchers say integrated pest management (IPM), using sex pheromone, yellow sticky and light traps and perching, must be spread widely to cut pesticide residues and protect biodiversity.
Livestock
Anthrax cases reach 34 in Sundarganj after sick cattle were slaughtered; vaccine falls short
Anthrax has spread in two villages of Sundarganj, Gaibandha, after two sick cows were slaughtered and their meat sold; 34 people are affected and only 30,000 of the 45,000 vaccine doses needed have arrived.
Fisheries
Cox's Bazar's dried popa fish sells to the US, Hong Kong and China, but catches are falling
One Cox's Bazar factory exported 70 tonnes of dried popa fish, produced at a cost of Tk 6 crore, to the US, Hong Kong and China last year; smaller catches are cutting this year's shipments.
Gallery
Deer, birds and nipa palms: Kochikhali in the Sundarbans, in pictures
Where the Bay of Bengal meets the Sundarbans mangroves, Kochikhali is home to deer, birds, butterflies and forests of golpata and gewa.
Livestock
Dearer maize and rice bran push up feed, squeezing Bangladesh's poultry farmers
Prices of maize, de-oiled rice bran, rice bran, mustard cake and soybean meal have all risen within a month, pushing up poultry feed; farmers who cannot cover costs are cutting rations and production.
Agribusiness
Truck fares lift Chattogram wholesale onion to Tk 40 and rice by Tk 20 a sack
After fuel prices rose Tk 20 a litre, truck fares into Chattogram climbed by Tk 6,000-10,000; onion in the Chaktai-Khatunganj wholesale market went from Tk 32-33 to Tk 38-40 a kilo and rice rose Tk 20 a sack.