Crops
Cotton Farming Begins in Cumilla for the First Time
A farmer in Sadar Dakshin upazila has begun Cumilla's first cotton cultivation on a trial plot with support from the Cotton Development Board.
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Bangladesh
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Crocodile Seen Floating in Madhumati River, Administration Warns Residents by Loudspeaker
A large crocodile seen in the Madhumati river on the Faridpur-Magura border has alarmed riverside villages, and local administrations have begun loudspeaker warnings.
Crops
Fertiliser Market in the Grip of a Syndicate, Prices Up on Artificial Crisis
A government intelligence agency report says fertiliser transport contractors and dealers are hoarding stocks to create an artificial shortage and overcharge farmers, even though warehouses hold enough for three months.
Agribusiness
Middle-Class Families Turn to Crab-Bitten, Damaged Hilsa
As good hilsa grows too dear, buyers at Alipur bazar in Patuakhali are turning to fish damaged by nets, crabs and other sea creatures, sold at around Tk 350 a kg.
Environment
10-Foot Burmese Python Found in Mango Tree at a Home
The Forest Department rescued a 10-foot Burmese python weighing 25 kg from a mango tree at a house in Ukhiya, Cox's Bazar, and released it into the forest.
Environment
Bee Stings Gave Ellie a New Life, Not Death
A wheelchair-bound nuclear physicist with Lyme disease was attacked by a swarm of bees in California, and her recovery began from there.
Environment
15 Including Vets Injured While Treating Wounded Elephant
Fifteen people, including vets, were injured when a wild elephant wounded by a landmine on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border attacked the team trying to treat it.
Vegetables
Flood Water Submerges 1,500 Bighas of Vegetable Fields
Upstream water swelling the Padma has flooded vegetable and banana fields on about 1,500 bighas in three Pabna upazilas, and vegetable prices have nearly doubled.
AgribusinessHilsa supply rises in Dhaka markets and prices ease slightly, August 2025
On 15 August 2025 hilsa supply had risen in markets in Mirpur, Dhaka, and sellers said prices were somewhat lower than the week before, though buyers wanted them to fall further.
Environment
DNCC to Support Anyone Who Takes Up Greening in Dhaka
The Dhaka North City Corporation will give full support to any person or organisation that takes up greening anywhere in Dhaka, its administrator Mohammad Ejaz said.
Environment
Deer Meat Recovered in Sundarbans, Eight Held
The Coast Guard held eight people with deer meat and crabs at Harbaria in the Sundarbans during the forest's seasonal harvest ban.
Crops
Betel Leaf Farming in a Slump, Growers Downcast
Rising costs and falling prices are pushing betel leaf growers in Ulipur, Kurigram, to abandon a traditional crop for other farming.
Environment
Six Illegal Brick Kilns Demolished in Bandarban's Lama, Saplings Planted on the Sites
A two-day drive ordered by the High Court razed six illegal brick kilns at Faitong in Lama upazila, and saplings were planted where they stood.