Agribusiness
CUFL urea plant shuts again two days after a six-month restart
A seal leak in the RC pump and low gas pressure mean no production before Saturday; the 1,100-tonne-a-day factory made only 65,000 tonnes of urea in all of 2025-26.
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Environment
RAJUK razes housing project office built on filled farmland and wetland in Savar
A mobile court demolished the two-storey site office of 'Dhaka Western Valley', which was filling land marked as farmland and water body in the detailed area plan without approval; billboards of two neighbouring projects were also removed.
Fisheries
A 280-kilo protected stingray is netted in the Meghna and sold openly at Hatiya
Catching and selling the species is banned under the Wildlife (Conservation and Security) Act 2012, yet the fish was auctioned for about Tk 90,000 and cut up at Chairman Ghat; the district fisheries officer says the fisheries law itself does not bar it.
Environment
Prime minister orders coordinated drive to stop sewage flowing into Dhaka's lakes
Six primary and six secondary sewage entry points have been identified at Gulshan Lake; the fleet of mechanical boats clearing floating waste is to rise from two to ten, with building-level treatment plants and a crackdown on illegal connections.
Crops
Keeping Young People in Farming Is Bangladesh's Biggest Agricultural Challenge
Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies such as AI, IoT and big data could turn farming into a digital, knowledge-based sector that keeps young Bangladeshis on the land.
Environment
Why the fireflies are vanishing from Bangladesh's villages
Firefly larvae spend one to several years in soil and leaf litter; pesticides kill the snails and worms they eat, cleared scrub removes their shelter, and street lights drown out the flashes they use to find a mate.
Agribusiness
Bangladesh grows 15 million tonnes of vegetables a year and exports under 0.3 percent
Pesticide residue, weak traceability and soaring airfreight costs are holding back Bangladesh's vegetable exports, a Swisscontact roundtable in Dhaka heard, with public and private speakers calling for a coordinated effort from field to shipment.
Environment
Prime Minister orders sewage cut off from five Dhaka lakes, cleanup boats raised to ten
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has directed coordinated action to stop sewage entering the Gulshan, Banani, Baridhara, Niketan and Dhanmondi lakes, install sewage treatment plants and raise the number of mechanical boats clearing floating waste from two to ten.
Environment
Survey finds 52 waterbird species on Meghna estuary chars, 14 of them globally threatened
Forest Department and NACOM counts logged more than 32,000 birds in January, a critically endangered spoon-billed sandpiper and a flock of 1,338 Indian skimmers; grazing, hunting and fishing traps threaten the chars, and a ten-year conservation plan has been drawn up.
Environment
Rain and thundershowers forecast across all eight divisions for the next five days
The Bangladesh Meteorological Department expects rain or thundershowers with gusty winds across the country in the 120 hours from 9am Thursday, with moderately heavy falls in places and relief from the mild heat wave over Dhaka, Faridpur, Rangpur, Jashore and Khulna.
Agribusiness
Abul Khair Group restarts four shuttered jute mills under contract, creating 15,000 jobs
Mills in Faridpur and Magura are back in production with a target of 80,000 tonnes of yarn and jute goods a year for export; yarn has already gone to Turkey and China, and more private and state mills are in negotiation.
Environment
Teesta rising: flood warning for Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat, Rangpur and Kurigram
The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre says the Teesta may reach warning level at places in four northern districts within 24 to 72 hours, while the Brahmaputra is steady and the Jamuna and Ganges-Padma are falling.
Livestock
How to Make Egg Bhuna with Milk
Using a little milk instead of water in the gravy gives the familiar spicy egg bhuna a new flavour and a thicker, smoother sauce.