Fisheries
Hilsa Worth Tk 22 Lakh Seized While Being Smuggled to India
Border Guard Bangladesh seized 885kg of hilsa worth about Tk 22 lakh as smugglers tried to take it to India through Dowarabazar in Sunamganj.
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Bangladesh
Crops
Worker Electrocuted by Wire Set Up to Stop Theft in Orchard
A 50-year-old labourer was electrocuted when he went to drink water in a dragon fruit orchard in Alamdanga, Chuadanga, whose owner had electrified the fence to stop theft.
Vegetables
SAU to Give Vegetable Seedlings and Fertiliser to Flood-Hit Farmers in Cumilla and Feni
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University's horticulture department will distribute 20,000 free vegetable seedlings to 500 marginal farmers hit by flash floods in Cumilla and Feni.
Fisheries
Cook Hilsa Biryani on Your Day Off
Hilsa biryani makes a special dish for a family meal or for guests, and here is how to cook it.
Environment
Rain Trees 'Killed' by a Novel Method
Vandals have stripped the bark from eight rain trees planted by the Roads and Highways Department on the Khagrachhari-Panchhari road, slowly killing them.
Crops
Woman Dies After Sari Caught in Fan While Winnowing Paddy
A 55-year-old woman died in Jibannagar, Chuadanga, after her sari became entangled in a fan she was using to winnow paddy.
Crops
Farmers' Hopes Drowning in Rainwater
Continuous rain has waterlogged hundreds of hectares of early-variety bean fields in Muladuli union of Ishwardi, Pabna, threatening heavy losses.
Crops
Jibonkrishna Succeeds in Growing Stevia, a Sugar Substitute
A government engineer in Kaliganj, Lalmonirhat, has turned 17 stevia seedlings into a 200-plant garden in eight months and plans to grow the sugar substitute commercially.
Environment
Tree Planting Should Be Held in Our Souls: Environment Adviser
Environment adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan told the closing of National Tree Fair 2024 that tree planting should be held in the soul, and urged the Forest Department to focus on afforestation, not the timber trade.
Crops
Perching Method for Controlling Crop Pests Is Spreading
Perching, which lets insect-eating birds control rice pests from sticks set in the field, now covers about 80 percent of rice land in Joypurhat and is cutting pesticide use.
Environment
Schoolboy Dies After Being Taken to Snake Charmer Before Hospital
A seventh-grade pupil in Mirsharai, Chattogram, died of a snakebite after his family first took him to a traditional healer.
Crops
Huge Python Caught in Farmer's Net
Forest officials rescued a large python tangled in a net fence on a chilli field in Hatipagar village, Nalitabari, and released it into Madhutila forest.
Crops
Farmers' Hopes Buried Under Sand
Flash floods after a Dhalai river embankment breach in Kamalganj have buried farmland under sand and destroyed about 32 lakh grafted tomato seedlings.