Khaleda Zia and Tarique Rahman have sent Bangladeshi seasonal fruit to Qatar's emir and prime minister in thanks for the air ambulance Qatar sent for Khaleda's treatment in London.
A chaotic scene broke out on the last day of the National Fruit Fair in Dhaka as visitors carried off fruit from stalls and displays, a video of which went viral.
Faridpur onion farmers are selling at Tk 1,500-1,700 a maund, below the Tk 2,000-2,200 they say they need just to cover their costs.
The Forest Department's National Tree Fair has opened in Dhaka with a thousand species of plants on sale, priced from Tk 20 to Tk 7 lakh.
Two stories are told of how the large, fragrant Fazli mango got its name, one about a woman of Gaur named Fazli Bibi and one about a sultan's wife.
Young Himel Molla of Shariatpur has built a rooftop garden with 60 dragon fruit varieties and passion fruit that earns him Tk 30,000 a month.
Crop production on fallow land at offices, factories and schools in Khulna has fallen from 2.5 to 1.2 hectares, and the DAE says it has no separate project for it.
Seven months after the interim government announced the reopening of Pabna Sugar Mills, no work has started while machinery rusts and cane growers switch crops.
Dried red chillies worth crores of taka are traded twice a week at a temporary market on the Brahmaputra in Gaibandha's Fulchhari, though farmers complain of low prices this season.
Trees raised from seed grow deep roots and live long, while grafted saplings bear fruit sooner, so the right choice depends on what the gardener wants.
Chougachha municipality in Jashore is owed more than Tk 1.24 crore by four years of cattle market lessees, and complainants accuse a former mayor and political leaders of siphoning off the revenue.
Government incentives of free seed and fertiliser have encouraged Barishal farmers to cultivate fallow land, adding some 3,419 hectares of cropland in a year.
Because of the Eid holidays, Bangladesh will observe World Environment Day on 25 June, when the environment fair, tree fair and national tree planting campaign will also open.
