Crops
National Fisheries Fortnight on 16-30 August, PM to Give Gold Medals to 14
National Fisheries Fortnight 2026 will be observed across the country from 16 to 30 August, and 14 contributors to the fisheries sector will receive gold medals.
Categories
Bangladesh
Crops
Ducks Rule Tongi's Animal and Bird Market, Tk 800-1,200 a Pair
Ducks dominate the weekly Sunday animal and bird market in Tongi, where a pair sells for Tk 800 to 1,200.
Environment
What to Do When Elephants Enter Villages: Patiya Students Learn on World Elephant Day
More than a hundred students in Patiya, Chattogram, learned how to stay safe when wild elephants come into villages at a World Elephant Day event run by the forest department.
Environment
Woman Detained With 24 Monitor Lizards in Khagrachhari
Police detained a woman in Khagrachhari with 24 monitor lizards she said she had bought in Chattogram to sell.
Environment
Rangamati's Elephants Are Losing Their 'Conflict' With People
Constant conflict with people, habitat destruction and food shortages have pushed Rangamati's critically endangered Asian elephants towards local extinction.
Crops
Headteacher Suspended After Pupils Planted Branches Instead of Saplings
An acting headteacher in Kaukhali upazila has been suspended for having pupils plant tree branches instead of saplings during a government tree-planting programme.
Crops
Government to Import Fertiliser Worth Tk 903 Crore From Saudi Arabia and Morocco
The government will import 110,000 tonnes of urea, DAP and TSP fertiliser from Saudi Arabia and Morocco for about Tk 902.74 crore.
Crops
Government to Buy Rice From Vietnam at Tk 51.50 a Kg
The government will import 100,000 tonnes of non-basmati parboiled rice from Vietnam on a government-to-government basis at Tk 51.50 a kg.
Crops
Government to Buy Sugar, Soybean Oil and Lentils Worth Tk 519 Crore
The cabinet committee on government purchase has approved buying sugar, refined soybean oil and lentils worth Tk 519.38 crore.
Crops
Relief Rice Finally Reaches Kurigram Flood Victims
Distribution of 30 tonnes of GR rice allocated for flood and river-erosion victims in Nageshwari, Kurigram, has finally begun, weeks after the floods receded.
Environment
Collective Effort Needed to Secure Elephants' Future, Says Minister Mintoo
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Abdul Awal Mintoo said at a World Elephant Day event that securing elephants' future needs the whole of society, not the government alone.
Environment
Losing Food and Water in the Forest, Garo Hills Elephants Move Into Villages
Forest loss, encroachment and climate change have left the Garo Hills unable to feed and water wild elephants, driving them into villages where people and elephants are dying.
Crops
Company Accused of Selling Pesticides Under Forged Registrations
General Agro Chemical Limited is accused of marketing more than half a dozen pesticides for about a decade under forged registrations, which its managing director denies.