Without storage, processing technology, good packaging and easy certification, large amounts of Bangladesh's mangoes go to waste, Naogaon agri-entrepreneur Sohel Rana said.
Recalling the neem trees Bangladesh planted in Saudi Arabia under the late President Ziaur Rahman, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman urged everyone to plant more trees to protect the environment and keep the country liveable.
Although Bangladesh produces more fruit, large quantities rot in season, and the fruit-processing industry cannot develop sustainably without a bigger budget for agriculture and horticulture, says economist Dr Jahangir Alam Khan.
Chapainawabganj dried fruit entrepreneur Ismail Khan Shamim says small and medium enterprises must be brought in if Bangladesh is to build a Thailand-style market for processed fruit.
FruitsAt a Dhaka roundtable on 27 June 2026, fruit expert Dr. Md. Mehedi Masud said 65 percent of Bangladesh's roughly 15.2 million tonnes of annual fruit output comes in four months, and called for storage, processing and year-round production.
A python about eight feet long got caught in a farmer's net at Hutchinsonpur in Khagrachhari and was later rescued by a Forest Department team.
The country's fruit-processing industry is going through a hard time because of reduced export incentives, rising production costs, high-interest loans and dearer raw materials, says Hashem Foods managing director Md Abul Hashem.
Satkora, the aromatic citrus known as Sylhet's traditional fruit, is now almost entirely imported from India, and part of it is re-exported abroad under the name Sylheti satkora.
Formalin is never used on fruit in Bangladesh and the idea is a misconception, the project director of the DAE's exportable mango production project told a Jago News round table.
Rain and upstream runoff have pushed the Dudhkumar river 23 cm above the danger mark at Pateshwari in Kurigram, and the Water Development Board warns of a short-term flood within 72 hours.
Researchers say the rind and seeds of southern Bangladesh's watermelons, now thrown away, could be processed into food, oil, feed and the amino acid citrulline.
Quality fruit and food products are made in Bangladesh, but poor publicity, weak consumer awareness and gaps between farmers and scientists keep the sector from its potential, CAB's vice-president said.
CropsPoor coordination between research institutes, the DAE, the Department of Agricultural Marketing and entrepreneurs was holding back Bangladesh's fruit processing industry, BARI chief scientific officer Dr Md Golam Ferdous Chowdhury told a Jago News round table on 27 June 2026.
