The long-standing 'dhalan' practice of taking extra weight on every maund of mangoes has been scrapped in the Rajshahi region and replaced by a commission of up to Tk 1.5 a kg.
The monsoon month of Asharh brings a busy time on the farm, and aus rice fields need weeding, pest control and careful seed storage.
The boundary of the Forest Department's reserved forest at Purbachal will be marked as soon as possible and the sal forest restored mainly with sal saplings, the environment adviser said.
Six ways to tell a ripe, juicy jackfruit so that buyers are not cheated by a seller's word.
The heatwave has raised demand for green coconuts in Dhaka, while seasonal mangoes and litchis are plentiful and affordable.
The small, star-like bakul blooms by night and falls by morning, and the writer argues it deserves a place in tree-planting drives so that new generations know its story.
An early flood has submerged low-lying paddy in Pabna's Chatmohar and Bhangura upazilas, while a shortage of seasonal workers over Eid has left farmers struggling to bring in the harvest.
Dhaka's Jatrabari wholesale market remained largely lifeless in the Eid holiday, with few buyers and supplies of fish, vegetables and fruit not yet back to normal.
A 35-year-old housewife died of a snakebite in Bhedarganj, Shariatpur, after first being taken to a traditional healer.
A newborn wild elephant calf was found dead in the Garo Hills of Nalitabari in Sherpur and buried after a post-mortem.
The Asian Development Bank plans to invest more than $1.5 billion from 2025 to 2030 to expand low-carbon rice production in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Pakistan and the Philippines.
The Eid-ul-Azha holiday has cut both supply and demand in Dhaka's kitchen markets, and all kinds of vegetables are now Tk 10 to 20 a kg cheaper than before Eid.
Proper care after planting can raise fruit production by 20 to 40 per cent, and twelve simple steps show how.
