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Pineapples Are Changing Sunamganj's Economy
Pineapple output is rising year by year in the hills of Sunamganj, where this season's crop of about 4,000 tonnes is worth around Tk 16 crore.
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22 to Receive 'AIP' Honour for Contributions to Agriculture
The Ministry of Agriculture will honour 22 people in five categories as Agriculturally Important Persons (AIP) for 2021, the second time the honour has been given.
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More Russell's Viper Bite Victims Recover Than Die
Russell's vipers are turning up across Rajshahi, but hospital data show most people bitten recover, even though most upazila health complexes lack antivenom.
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How Coral (Bhetki) Fish Breed
A guide to the natural and artificial breeding of coral fish, also known as bhetki, a high-value brackish-water species in demand among farmers.
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Farmer Brings Live Russell's Viper to Claim Awami League Reward
Farmer Rezaul Khan brought a live Russell's viper to Faridpur Press Club on 22 June to claim a Tk 50,000 reward announced by the district Awami League.
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Farmers Beat Four Russell's Vipers to Death in Lalpur Peanut Field
Farmers in Lalpur, Natore, beat four Russell's vipers to death while harvesting peanuts on a Padma char on 22 June.
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Mango Maund Set at 52 kg, Growers Held Hostage by Wholesalers
Mango growers at Kansat, the country's largest mango market, say wholesalers are forcing them to sell 52 kg or more as a single maund.
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Miyazaki, the World's Most Expensive Mango
Japan's Miyazaki mango, known as the "egg of the sun", commands extraordinary prices because of painstaking cultivation, limited output and strict quality control.
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Farmer Dies of Russell's Viper Bite in Faridpur
Hossain Bepari, a farmer from Faridpur's remote North Channel char, died in hospital on 21 June after being bitten by a Russell's viper.
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The Snake That Eats Other Snakes
The king cobra, found in Bangladesh's Chattogram and Chattogram Hill Tracts forests, feeds mainly on other snakes and is becoming rare as forests disappear.
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"Ifat Is Not My Son," Revenue Official Warns of Legal Action
A National Board of Revenue official has denied claims that the young man who went viral for buying a Tk 15 lakh goat for Qurbani is his son.
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Sugarcane Planting: When and How to Plant
Sugarcane, a leading cash crop and the main raw material for sugar, needs the right soil, timing and planting method to do well.
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'O Brother, How Much Was the Cow?'
High asking prices pushed most cattle buying in Chattogram's Mirsarai into the last few days before Eid, and every buyer walking home fields the same question.