Crops
Mango exports formally launched, target 4,000 tonnes this year
Bangladesh formally began this year's mango exports with a target of 4,000 tonnes, which officials said is double last year's.
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Bangladesh
Livestock
Harun ate jackal meat 'to cure body aches'
A man in Kuakata cooked and ate a wild jackal in the belief that its meat cures body pain, and animal welfare volunteers rescued a second one from his home.
Crops
40 Chapainawabganj growers to be recognised as GI mango producers
Forty Khirsapat mango growers in Chapainawabganj are set to be recognised as producers of the geographical indication (GI) mango.
Environment
Palm trees earn villagers Tk 2 crore, and no lightning deaths
Palm trees line every road in Kakiladah village in Kushtia, bringing in crores of taka each summer and, villagers say, keeping lightning deaths at zero.
Fruits
Seven crude bombs found in shopping bags in mango orchard
Police have recovered seven crude bombs from a mango orchard in Baliadanga union of Chapainawabganj.
Livestock
Writ seeks halt to hasil collection at Eid cattle markets
A writ petition in the High Court seeks a halt to the hasil (toll) that market lessees charge on sales of sacrificial animals at Eid.
Crops
BRRI dhan92 Brings High Yields for Sirajganj Farmers
Farmers in Sirajganj have harvested about a maund of paddy per decimal from BRRI dhan92, which suffers less from pests and disease than older varieties.
Crops
Tangail college student Nahid succeeds with 'black rice'
A 24-year-old college student in Basail, Tangail, has grown a bumper crop of Vietnamese black rice from seed bought online, though officials note the variety is not officially listed.
Crops
Chuadanga mangoes at Tk 9-35 a kg, growers and traders dismayed
Wholesale mango prices in Chuadanga have fallen to about half of last season's, leaving growers and traders fearing losses.
Agribusiness
Cattle prices feared to rise ahead of Eid sacrifice
Repeated rises in cattle feed prices have left farmers struggling and traders fearing that sacrificial cattle will cost more again at this Eid-ul-Azha.
Fruits
Bangladesh Has Strong Potential in Mango Exports
Bangladesh ranks seventh in mango production but barely registers as an exporter, and a DAE project is trying to change that.
Fruits
Rajshahi's Mango Market Fails to Pick Up Even With Gopalbhog
Gopalbhog has reached Baneshwar, Rajshahi's biggest mango market, but supply is thin and storm-fallen fruit makes up much of the trade.
Fruits
Jahangir scores with pesticide-free mangoes
A 56-year-old in Pakundia, Kishoreganj, has had a strong first crop from an organic orchard of late mango varieties planted on unused land in front of his house.