Environment
Survey finds 23 mammal species at Inani, clouded leopard among them
The 7,085-hectare park was divided into 11 zones and surveyed with camera traps and line transects, turning up clouded leopard, hoolock gibbon and Asian elephant.
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Bangladesh
Fisheries
What Size of Hilsa Tastes Best? A Buyer's Guide
A hilsa weighing about 1 to 1.5 kg is a popular choice for flavour, but freshness, build and origin count as much as size.
Crops
In Ghatail, a sack of TSP costs Tk450 more than the official price
The government rate for a 50kg sack of TSP is Tk1,350, but dealers in this Tangail upazila are quoting Tk1,800, farmers say.
Fruits
From cowherd to orchard owner: Sakhipur grower eyes Tk 1 crore from sour jujube
Moslem Uddin of Sakhipur in Tangail expects to sell Tk 10 million of early-variety sour jujube this season from about 50 acres, clearing some Tk 3 million and employing 15 people year-round.
Crops
Agriculture ministry opens a fertiliser control room with 27 teams
The control room runs two shifts from 11 to 24 September and will act immediately on reports of artificial shortage, illegal storage or overcharging.
Fruits
Three years of standing water kill Jamalpur's 66-year-old litchi orchard
More than 150 litchi trees in an orchard planted with 137 trees in 1960 have died with their roots under water, while five neighbourhoods of the municipality spend seven to eight months of the year waterlogged.
Vegetables
Pond banks that cost a lakh to weed now earn Tk 5 lakh in okra in Gauripur
Haji Saral Mia of Mymensingh planted okra, greens and fruit trees on the one-acre bank of his 5.5-acre fish pond; 180 maunds are sold, 200-250 more are coming, and the crop needs no fertiliser and hardly any pesticide.
Bangladesh
Policy Barriers to Food Processing Industry Must Be Removed, Says Consumer Rights DG
Zahirul Islam, director general of the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection, said existing policy barriers to the food processing industry must be removed.
Fruits
Imported Fruit Out of Reach, Buyers Turn to Local Fruit
High prices for imported fruit in Cumilla are pushing buyers towards cheaper local fruit, although local prices have also risen by Tk 10-50 a kg in a week.
Agribusiness
BRAC Bank joins Tk 3,000 crore refinance scheme for northern Bangladesh farming
Under Bangladesh Bank's revolving scheme, farmers and agribusinesses in Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions can borrow at no more than 7 percent for four stages of the supply chain, from production and storage to export.
Crops
No fertiliser shortage, minister says, blaming 'bad actors' outside the dealer network
Speaking in Fulgazi, Feni, Agriculture Minister Mohammad Amin Ur Rashid said monitoring teams were at work, two crore farmers would get farmer cards and farm loans of up to Tk 10,000 had been waived.
Vegetables
Government cuts potato cold-storage rent to Tk 6 a kilo; storage owners push back
The ceiling drops from Tk 6.75 to Tk 6 a kilo until 31 December; owners say they will lose Tk 1.725 billion, while growers say the real cost is no more than Tk 2.50 a kilo.
Environment
Padma and Madhumati erosion spreads across five Faridpur upazilas
Homes, fields, schools and mosques face the rivers in Alfadanga, Sadar, Sadarpur, Charbhadrasan and Bhanga; the Water Development Board promises geo-bags within two days while residents demand a permanent embankment.