Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury said the government has begun using digital technology and services to conserve wildlife and ensure coexistence between people and animals.
In Hatibandha, Lalmonirhat, farmer Mokchhedul Haque's BARI Alu-90 Alouette potatoes weigh around 400 grams each, with a harvest of 101 maunds a bigha.
Farm entrepreneur Rajin Ahmed Ranju has succeeded in growing strawberries commercially on fallow land in Sharsha, Jashore, selling the fruit at Tk 300-400 a kg.
Ten vultures of endangered species are waiting to be released from the care centre at Singra Forest National Park in Birganj, Dinajpur, where sick birds are nursed back to health each year.
The coastal forest department rescued two spotted deer caught in poachers' traps on the Sitakunda coast, one of them dead and the other injured.
A farmer named Saiful Islam, 38, was trampled to death by an elephant in Haluaghat, Mymensingh.
With raw turmeric prices in Khagrachhari rising from Tk 400 to Tk 1,100 a maund, hill farmers hope to recover last year's losses and change their fortunes.
The seasonal kul (jujube) market at Beltala Bazar in Sharsha, Jashore, is booming, with fruit dispatched daily to Dhaka and other divisional cities.
Despite a bumper tomato crop in Mirsharai and Sitakunda, farmers are selling at Tk 10-12 a kg and struggling to cover costs while the same tomatoes sell for Tk 25-30 at retail.
Farmers in Sreepur, Gazipur, are turning to strawberries, with the fruit meeting local demand and going to Dhaka and other districts.
Mirsharai farmer Dilip Nath has grown quinoa for the first time in Chattogram, on about 24 decimals of land with help from the upazila agriculture office.
Boro rice cultivation is rising in Patuakhali as improved varieties and inputs become available and farmers get good yields and prices.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told parliament that paddy supply is normal and illegal hoarding is being checked after mills' permitted paddy stocks were cut from five to three times their fortnightly milling capacity.
