Environment
Snake bites sleeping child in Sakhipur; four-year-old dies
A four-and-a-half-year-old boy in Tangail's Sakhipur died of a snakebite after being bitten in his sleep and referred to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital for lack of ICU care.
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Bangladesh
Crops
Sherpur's jute beats its target at 4,015 tonnes; growers clear Tk 15,000–20,000 a bigha and sell sticks on top
Good weather and higher yields have put 1,912 hectares under jute against a 1,911-hectare target, with 90 per cent harvested at 10–12 maunds a bigha and a crop worth about Tk 40 crore; jute sticks fetch Tk 80–100 a bundle, 8,000 farmers got 1 kg of seed each, and growers want the government to stop
Fisheries
22-day hilsa fishing ban to begin on 8 October
Catching hilsa will be banned across Bangladesh for 22 days from 8 to 29 October to protect the fish in its main breeding season, the national hilsa task force has decided.
Fisheries
Hilsa fishing, storage and sale banned for 22 days from 8 to 29 October
The national task force on hilsa fixed the breeding-season ban on Tuesday; fishermen who stay ashore will get VGF food aid, and surveillance in Barishal, Chandpur and Bhola and the removal of illegal nets will be stepped up.
Crops
Rajshahi eyes Tk 450 crore jute trade on bumper yield and good prices
Favourable weather and good prices have brought Rajshahi a bumper jute crop, and the agriculture department expects about Tk 450 crore of jute to be sold across the district's nine upazilas this season.
Environment
Playing in soil may boost children's immunity, research suggests
Finnish studies suggest regular contact with soil and plants increases the diversity of microbes on children's skin and in their gut, though researchers say more work is needed before concluding it strengthens immunity.
Crops
Good yield, fewer pests and fair prices: Satkhira jute growers expect a profit
Jute was sown on 11,675 hectares in the district this season, yields are running at 12–15 maunds a bigha and the fibre is selling at Tk 3,200–3,700 a maund.
Crops
Rice Solution App Leads Bangladesh's Push to Use Artificial Intelligence in Farming
Artificial intelligence can raise quality and output while cutting costs, labour and pesticide use, and Bangladesh has begun using it through tools such as BRRI's Rice Solution app.
Agribusiness
Why tonnes of hilsa are being imported into Bangladesh from India
In two months 19 importers brought more than 350 tonnes of hilsa worth about Tk 7 crore from India through Benapole, most of it from Gujarat, as Bangladesh's own hilsa production keeps falling.
Crops
Forty sacks, six hundred farmers: fertiliser protests hit three Nageshwari unions
Farmers blocked roads at Nageshwari in Kurigram after waiting all morning for fertiliser; one dealer said he had 40 sacks in store against about 600 farmers.
Fisheries
One trawler's Tk 26 lakh hilsa haul stands out in a dismal Cox's Bazar season
FV Kulsuma sold 2,200 hilsa for Tk 2.64 million after five empty days at sea; 4,000 of the district's 6,000 trawlers are idle and hilsa landings have collapsed.
Fisheries
Indian traders ship hilsa into Bangladesh — and ask for Padma hilsa back
Roe-heavy hilsa from Gujarat is moving into Bangladesh while the Fish Importers' Association of India seeks permission to buy Padma-Meghna hilsa before Durga Puja.
Fisheries
Five and a half months on, nine fishermen are still held in Myanmar
Sixteen fishermen were detained by the Myanmar army after their trawler lost its way in a storm in March; nine of them, from Lakshmipur, have yet to come home.