Environment
Padma and Jamuna rise, swallowing cropland across three districts
The Padma is running 74cm below danger level at Pabna, while 206 hectares of crops are under water in Chapainawabganj and 1,050 hectares in Daulatpur, Kushtia.
Categories
Bangladesh
Crops
Urea stocks will cover demand to November, BCIC chairman says
After inspecting buffer godowns in Nilphamari, Mahendranagar and Kurigram, the BCIC chairman said three domestic plants are producing about 5,000 tonnes of urea a day.
Crops
Self-sufficiency in ginger, chilli, tomato and onion, more organic fertiliser, curbs on pesticide misuse: agriculture minister at standing committee's first meeting
At the first meeting of the 13th parliament's standing committee on agriculture, the minister set out plans to cut import dependence and export farm produce, protect soil health, implement the 2026 fertiliser-dealer policy, open flower and soil research centres at Gadkhali, expand cotton, maize, swe
Crops
Fertiliser dealers get Tk3 a kilo; the farmer's price stays where it was
Dealer-level prices for urea, TSP, DAP and MOP have each been cut by one taka a kilogram, lifting the dealer margin for the first time since 2009.
Health
Puffer fish meal kills a shopkeeper in Satkhira, four of his family in hospital
Five members of one household at Bardal village in Ashashuni fell ill after eating a cooked puffer fish bought at a local market.
Health
Food minister wants mobile food-testing labs in all 64 districts
Meeting staff of the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority, Food Minister Afroza Khanam said the eight divisional mobile labs are not enough and called for faster testing, closer monitoring and wider public awareness.
Environment
The snakes a Bangladeshi farmer meets most often, and which are venomous
Professor Farid Ahsan of Chittagong University says 80 percent of the snakes found in Bangladesh are not venomous.
Crops
Fertiliser dealers' commission raised to Tk 3 a kg; farm-gate price unchanged
Government-appointed fertiliser dealers will get a commission of Tk 3 a kg on all fertilisers, up from Tk 2, from next July, while the price farmers pay stays unchanged.
Environment
Vultures vanishing as poisoning and lost mates halt breeding in Habiganj
Vultures in Habiganj have halved in five years after dozens died eating poisoned carcasses in Moulvibazar, and because a vulture that loses its mate does not pair again, breeding has stalled.
Health
Puffer fish meal kills Satkhira shopkeeper, three of his family in hospital
Azharul Islam, 37, ate the fish despite neighbours' warnings, saying 'nothing will happen'; his mother and two children fell ill too. A hospital official says the fish carries a powerful natural toxin.
Fisheries
A 15-kilo wild pangas from the Meghna fetches Tk 20,100 at Monpura auction
The fish went for about Tk 1,340 a kilo including VAT and is bound for Jatrabari in Dhaka; the fisheries officer says river-caught pangas of this size is rare and commands far more than farmed fish.
Fisheries
Hilsa drops Tk 700-800 a kilo in a week in Moulvibazar, still out of reach for many
A one-kilogram hilsa that cost about Tk 2,800 a week ago now sells for Tk 2,000, but with supply short even in peak season, shoppers say the price needs to fall much further.
Fisheries
Banned 'China duari' trap nets are sold openly on Facebook, YouTube and in shops
Nets of 25 to 102 cubits are advertised at Tk 1,100–3,200 and delivered by courier; the Department of Fisheries cites staff shortages and keeps no count of how many raids it has run.