Bangladesh

Maize Farming Turns Farmers' Fortunes in Thakurgaon

Because it costs little and pays well, maize cultivation keeps growing in Thakurgaon, where farmers have turned to hybrid varieties as an alternative to rice and other crops.

Jagonews247 February 20242 min read

Crops

Farmers Score With Valentina and Carotina Cauliflower

Purple "Valentina" and yellow "Carotina" cauliflowers fetch double the price of white ones, and farmers in Shariatpur are growing more of them each year.

Jagonews247 February 20243 min read

Environment

Vulture Injured by Electrocution Rescued in Bogura

The student environmental organisation "Teer" rescued an injured vulture from Bogilagari village in Shibganj, Bogura, on 6 February and handed it to the forest department.

Jagonews246 February 20241 min read

Crops

Tk 600 Crore of Paddy Washed Away in Sunamganj as Embankments Broke Over Five Years

Breaches in haor crop-protection embankments during untimely floods have washed away Tk 600 crore 20 lakh of paddy in Sunamganj over the past five years, the agriculture department says.

Jagonews246 February 20243 min read

Crops

Sharsha Farmer Ataur Profits From Bean Farming

Farmer Ataur Rahman of Sharsha in Jashore has profited from growing an early summer IPSA-1 hybrid bean variety, one of 45 hectares of early beans in the upazila this year.

Jagonews246 February 20242 min read

Fisheries

Selling Discarded Fish Scales Makes Them Self-Reliant

Scales collected from large fish at Dhaka's markets are dried and sold at Tk 70 to Tk 80 a kg to exporting companies, supporting about 20 families at Karwan Bazar.

Jagonews246 February 20243 min read

Crops

BMDA Neglect Hampers Boro Farming on 250 Bigha

Boro cultivation on 250 bigha in Gaibandha's Saghata upazila is being hampered because pumps under the Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) at Ramnagar have no power connection or remain unrepaired.

Jagonews246 February 20243 min read

Environment

Matian Dighi Comes Alive With Thousands of Migratory Birds

Thousands of migratory birds have again come to Matian Dighi in Dhamair union of Biral upazila, Dinajpur, filling the village with their calls from before dawn until sunset.

Jagonews245 February 20242 min read

Crops

Sitakunda farmers grow 12,000 coloured cauliflowers

Coloured cauliflowers have been grown in Sitakunda, Chattogram, for the second year, with the number rising from 1,200 to 12,000.

Jagonews244 February 20242 min read

Environment

Wildlife crime team visits Panchagarh to find out how leopard died

A three-member team from the Wildlife Crime Control Unit visited the Atwari border area on 3 February to investigate the death of a leopard.

Jagonews244 February 20243 min read

Environment

Two fishing cat cubs found at a Teknaf sawmill sent to Dulahazara safari park

The coastal forest department rescued two fishing cat cubs from a sawmill at Acharbunia in Sabrang union, Teknaf, on 3 February 2024 and sent them to the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Safari Park at Dulahazara, Chakaria.

Online Desk3 February 202414 min read

Crops

'Tal begun' brinjal changes the fortunes of Mirsarai farmers

Brinjal farmers in Mirsarai, Chattogram, are earning well, many of them from the high-yielding tal begun variety.

Jagonews243 February 20243 min read

Bangladesh

Leopard found dead on Atwari border, villagers say it was poisoned

A leopard was found dead on the Darkhor border in Atwari, Panchagarh, with villagers saying it ate a poisoned cow carcass.

Jagonews242 February 20243 min read