Environment
Fog blankets Tetulia by mid-Ashwin, delaying morning work in the fields
Dense dawn fog and a light cold wind have reached the country's northernmost upazila; vehicles are driving with headlights on.
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Environment
Hills cut again in Bandarban's Lama to feed brick kilns, streams choked
Excavators working at night strip hills in Lama to supply about 40 brick kilns; silted streams have left 15 to 20 hamlets short of drinking water and raised the risk of landslides.
Agribusiness
BAPEX finds gas at Jamalpur-1, plans to pipe it to Jamuna Fertilizer
The well at Madarganj has yielded a moderate amount of gas and two more well sites have been chosen; if the three wells produce, the gas is to be piped to the Jamuna Fertilizer Factory at Sarishabari.
EnvironmentMyTree App to track every planted tree with AI, QR codes and satellites
The I Have and Plan Foundation is building MyTree, billed as Bangladesh's first AI-based digital tree monitoring app, giving each planted tree a QR-code ID and tracking whether it survives through AI verification, GPS and GIS mapping, satellite and drone monitoring.
Daily lifeShorter shopping lists, more consumer loans: how families are coping with rising costs
With food and fuel prices up, many families are swapping fish and meat for eggs or lentils, while consumer loans in Bangladesh rose by Tk 5,364 crore between April and June.
Crops
Chattogram Urea Fertilizer back in production after a 12-day breakdown
CUFL restarted on 15 September after six months idle for want of gas, broke down two days later, and returned to urea production on Tuesday afternoon after repairs.
Daily life
Food safety court fines two Savar bakeries Tk 300,000 over labels and hygiene
A BFSA mobile court fined one bakery for leaving ammonia off its biscuit labels and working in filthy conditions, and another for storing raw and cooked food together without licences.
Crops
No bidders for BADC tender to haul 75,000 tonnes of potash fertiliser
Both tenders closed without a single bid; contractors allege an influential group scared transporters away. A re-tender could delay deliveries of imported MOP to the field.
Health
Bangladesh tells Micronutrient Forum it will fold nutrition into primary care
Dr SM Ziauddin Hyder, the prime minister's special assistant for health, said about 100,000 community health workers are to be hired and recruitment of 25,000 midwives has begun.
LivestockSick cow slaughtered amid Sundarganj anthrax outbreak; owner and six butchers fined
A mobile court in Sundarganj, Gaibandha fined a cattle owner Tk 10,000 for slaughtering a sick cow and six butchers for slaughtering without a livestock certificate; the seized meat was buried.
EnvironmentKushtia polythene factory shut, 845 kg seized and Tk 100,000 fine
The Department of Environment fined Nayan Packaging in Chourhas, Kushtia Sadar Tk 100,000 for making banned polythene, seized 845 kilograms and shut the factory.
Crops
111 sacks of farmers' subsidised urea seized in Mithamain; two held, dealer named in case
Police in Mithamain, Kishoreganj arrested two men moving 111 sacks of subsidised urea meant for farmers to another union without permission; a licensed dealer is among four accused.
Environment
Raised homes on concrete pillars shield Kurigram char families from floods
The Center for Zakat Management has built 12 flood-resilient houses on pillars in Rajibpur's Kodalkathi and Mohonganj unions; ten families have moved in and two homes are still being built.