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45 Snake Hatchlings Emerge in a Farmer's Yard
About 45 cobra hatchlings were found in a farmer's yard in Char Majlishpur, Goalanda, and the family killed them.
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Foods That Dehydrate the Body in Hot Weather
Besides drinking enough water, it helps to know which foods can dehydrate the body in hot weather.
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Heat Sends Dinajpur's Summer Tomato Prices Crashing
The heatwave has crashed the market for Dinajpur's summer tomatoes, with prices down from Tk 1,100 a maund to Tk 300-350.
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Bumper Paddy Harvest in Favourable Weather Brings Joy to Haor Region
With no storms or early floods this year, Habiganj's haor farmers are bringing in a bumper boro crop without trouble.
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Mango and Litchi Fruitlets Drop in Meherpur's Intense Heat
Extreme heat in Meherpur is making mango and litchi fruitlets drop, threatening this season's crop and leaving orchard owners and leaseholders in trouble.
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Satkhira Farmers Succeed With New Boro Rice Varieties
Leaf blight-resistant Boro rice varieties 64 and 53 are giving farmers in Satkhira's Debhata upazila more than two tonnes a hectare above the rice they grew before.
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Favourable Weather Brings Smiles to Haor Farmers
Favourable weather has given Sunamganj a bumper Boro harvest this season, easing haor farmers' usual fears about getting their single crop home.
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Passion Fruit Hangs From a Restaurant Wall in Zajira
Passion fruit vines planted to decorate a restaurant in Shariatpur's Zajira are now bearing fruit that staff used to throw away as wild berries.
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Hippos Stuck in Mud as Drought Dries Up River in Botswana
More than a hundred hippos have been trapped in the mud of Botswana's Thamalakane River after severe drought dried it up, wildlife officials said.
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Desert Fruit Sammam Now Grows in Sarishabari
A 22-year-old college student in Jamalpur's Sarishabari has drawn attention by growing sammam, a desert fruit also known as rockmelon, for the first time after learning from YouTube.
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Vegetables Sell for a Pittance in Thakurgaon as Output Rises
A bumper harvest has pushed vegetable prices in Thakurgaon so low that tomato growers get only Tk 3-5 a kg, while shoppers still pay Tk 15-20.
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Bhola Palli Bidyut to Plant 50,000 Trees
Bhola Palli Bidyut Samity has launched a programme to plant 50,000 trees to help people cope with the intense heatwave.
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Farmers' Interest in Maize Grows in Shaistaganj
Low costs and strong demand are drawing more farmers in Habiganj's Shaistaganj to maize, with the area nearly doubling this year.