Crops
How to Look After a Poultry Farm in Winter
Poultry farms need special care in winter to keep chicks warm without cutting off fresh air, from jute curtains to week-by-week brooding temperatures.
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Bangladesh
Environment
Migratory Birds Fill Islamic University Campus With Song
With the start of winter, flocks of migratory birds have again arrived at the lake on the Islamic University (IU) campus.
Crops
An Easy Way to Grow Ash Gourd
Ash gourd, or chalkumra, is a popular vegetable that can be grown with simple methods on beds, rooftops or house roofs.
Crops
Elephant Carcass Recovered From Paddy Field in Chattogram
The Forest Department recovered the carcass of a large elephant from a paddy field in Satkania, Chattogram, on Saturday morning.
Crops
Dacope Farmers Keep Farming Despite Disasters
Overcoming cyclones such as Sidr, Aila and Bulbul, river erosion and salinity, farmers in Dacope near the Sundarbans are growing rice and vegetables.
Environment
Bangladesh Keen to Help Saudi Arabia's Tree-Planting Drive
Bangladesh's ambassador in Riyadh has told the governor of Hail that Bangladesh wants to support Saudi Arabia's 10-billion tree-planting programme.
Agribusiness
Magura's Pigeon Traders Hit by Covid
Fancy pigeon traders in Magura have suffered financial losses because of the coronavirus situation.
Livestock
Ostriches to Be Raised at Home, Each Giving as Much Meat as a Cow
The Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute is studying ostriches at Savar and plans to take ostrich farming to trained model farmers across the country by 2025.
Bangladesh
Others Eat 200 Grams of Rice a Day, We Eat 400: Agriculture Minister
Agriculture Minister Dr Md Abdur Razzaque says Bangladeshis eat about twice as much rice per head as people in many other countries, and that cutting this would make rice production sustainable.
Bangladesh
BRRI's Five Decades of Contribution to Food Security
Marking its 50th anniversary, the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute describes how its varieties and technologies helped Bangladesh become the world's third-largest rice producer.
Environment
Rain With Thunder Forecast for Parts of the Country
Rain or thundershowers with gusty wind may occur at one or two places in the Panchagarh region and Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions, the Met Office says.
Bangladesh
The Catch Hardly Matters, the Fun Is What Counts: Fishing Festival at Thakurgaon's Burir Bandh
The yearly opening of the Burir Bandh sluice gate on the Suk river turned into a fishing festival again, though many anglers were disappointed by the thin catch.
Bangladesh
Women's Contribution to Agriculture Goes Unrecognised
As the International Day of Rural Women is marked, women who take part in almost every stage of farming in Bangladesh say their work still goes unrecognised.