Livestock
More Traders Than Buyers at Chandpur's Cattle Markets
Eid-ul-Azha cattle markets have begun in Chandpur, but at the Shafarmali haat ordinary buyers are bargaining and leaving, and traders make up most of the crowd.
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Bangladesh
Fruits
Remal-Hit Litchis Being Sold by the Kilogram in Ishwardi
Cyclone Remal struck just before Ishwardi's Bombai litchi harvest, splitting and dropping so much fruit that growers are selling it by the kilogram for Tk 20-35.
Crops
Trees Can Bring Relief From the Heat
Trees can ease the heatwave's toll, but experts urge people to choose native species over the foreign trees that now fill the country.
Crops
Caring for Summer Vegetables
The months of Boishakh and Joishtho bring harsh weather that harms vegetables, and these steps help keep summer crops fresh and productive.
Crops
Chapainawabganj Mangoes Due Next Week, Kansat Arots Get Ready
Chapainawabganj's mangoes are expected in the market after the first week of June, and traders at Kansat are building and repairing their wholesale arots.
Vegetables
Vegetables Grown on 22 Acres of Sirajganj Power Plant Land
At a solar power plant in Saydabad, Sirajganj, vegetables are being grown on 22 acres of otherwise unused land under the panels as a pilot project.
Crops
Farmer Dies of Russell's Viper Bite in Ishwardi
A 45-year-old farmer, Hafizur Rahman, has died in Ishwardi, Pabna, after a Russell's viper bit him while he was working in a banana orchard.
Crops
Bitten Farmer Takes Russell's Viper to Hospital
A farmer bitten by a Russell's viper while harvesting paddy in Charghat, Rajshahi, killed the snake and took it in a sack to Rajshahi Medical College Hospital.
Fruits
Mango Trader Dies After Being Drugged on Bus Home
Md Asif Talukder, a 30-year-old mango trader, died after members of an 'ojnan party' gang drugged him on a bus from Satkhira to Dhaka.
Crops
Tobacco Farming Harms Land and Health
Poor farmers are growing tobacco for the cash and support companies offer, while the crop spreads its smell through villages and degrades the soil.
Crops
PM Gets Tk 96,000 Selling Paddy from Her Ancestral Land
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has received Tk 96,000 for three tonnes of paddy from her ancestral land, sold to the government at Tk 32 a kg.
Crops
Formalin Does Not Work on Fruit, Eat More Fruit, Seminar Told
Speakers at a Bangladesh Food Safety Authority seminar said formalin, being highly volatile, has no role in preserving or ripening fruit.
Agribusiness
No Rawhide Market on Gabtoli Bridge, Says Tajul
Local Government Minister Tajul Islam said no market for sacrificial animal hides may be set up on the Gabtoli bridge in the capital this Eid-ul-Azha.