The Forest Department has returned two elephants rescued two years ago from use in extorting money on roads to their owners, on conditions that they are not abused or used to collect money.
Marginal farmers in Joypurhat say the cost of growing transplanted Aman rice has risen by Tk 3,000 to 5,000 a bigha because of dearer diesel, fertiliser, seed, pesticide and labour, while paddy prices have not risen to match.
Bangladesh is taking part as co-organiser for the second time in the Mekong-Lancang Fruits Festival 2026 in Kunming, where Bangladeshi firms will present fruit and farm products to Chinese and international buyers.
Mulching is spreading among vegetable farmers in low-lying, rain-prone Barishal because it saves water, weeding and labour and improves yields.
Skinless chicken breast packs far more protein by weight, while eggs offer complete protein plus vitamins and choline, so both can have a place in a balanced diet.
A senior columnist argues that the plastic Bangladeshis discard in rivers, drains and rubbish heaps can return to their plates as microplastics in fish and milk, making plastic a food-safety issue.
Some 50 doves caught with banned China duari nets were saved from a hunter in Faridpur and released at a local market after a journalist began filming.
The Forest Department in Kushtia is accused of selling part of about 35,000 saplings given free by a tobacco company, and cannot account for where many of them went.
A technical committee will review which projects can use binna grass, the vetiver that grows untended on fallow land across the country.
Three hundred families in Jamalpur whose three goats from World Vision Bangladesh have grown into herds of 12 to 15 are each giving a goat to a poorer neighbour.
A tasty mash of yardlong beans and shrimp, cooked down in mustard oil, can make a plate of hot rice complete on its own.
State Minister for Fisheries and Livestock Sultan Salahuddin Tuku said the fisheries sector can now meet domestic demand and should turn its attention to exports.
Agriculture Minister Mohammad Amin Ur Rashid said higher output, storage and technology would end imports of onion, green chilli and tomato within at most four years.
