Seven and a half thousand farmers in Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia received free rice and jute seed and chemical fertiliser under an incentive programme to boost Aus rice and jute production.
The director general of the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection says there is no justification for broiler chicken to cost more than Tk 200 a kg for consumers.
Farmer Sentu Chandra Hajong of Sherpur has bred 23 new local rice varieties over 17 years of research at home, and hundreds of farmers now grow them.
As across the country, the chicken market in Rangpur is unstable and egg prices have risen, putting pressure on low-income people ahead of Ramadan.
The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection has told the commerce secretary that broiler chicken is selling at twice its production cost and should not cost more than Tk 200 a kg.
Forest guards have recovered two dead adult deer from Haringhata reserved forest in Patharghata, Barguna, where locals suspect the animals drank poisoned water.
The Bangladesh Rice Research Institute has told farmers how to control rice pests that may multiply as nor'wester storms and rain raise temperature and humidity.
The Agriculture Information Service has set out steps farmers should take to control blast, a fungal disease that can wipe out a rice crop in favourable weather.
The government has gazetted a ban on felling trees in Bangladesh's reserved and natural forests until the end of 2030 to protect the country's biodiversity.
Broiler chicken prices in Dhaka have risen by Tk 30 to Tk 40 a kg in three days to Tk 280-290, a record, even as Ramadan approaches.
Jamal Khan, who lost his mother at 10 and could not finish primary school, built a nursery in Rupganj with Tk 1.2 lakh saved from selling fish fry and now earns more than Tk 5 lakh a year.
Five snakes of three species, taken from a snake charmer in Kalapara, were released into Lembur Forest near Kuakata beach by the Forest Department and Animal Lovers of Patuakhali.
A pet bird keeper describes a day at the Avian Community of Bangladesh's pet bird fair and competition at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University in Dhaka.
