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Rally in Dhanmondi Protests Felling of Roadside Trees
Speakers at a Green Voice rally demanded an end to tree felling on Dhanmondi's Satmasjid Road, where a city corporation contractor is developing traffic islands and dividers.
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Kochu Lati Changes Farmers' Fortunes in Joypurhat
Latiraj taro grown for its stolons, or lati, has changed the fortunes of farmers in Joypurhat's Panchbibi and is now exported to about 20 countries.
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Natore Fixes Dates for Mango and Litchi Harvest
Natore's district administration has fixed dates for picking and marketing mangoes and litchis, warning of strict action against anyone who breaks them.
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Joypurhat Farmers Fear Low Prices Despite Good Boro Yield
Harvesting of early Boro paddy has begun in Joypurhat with good yields, but farmers facing higher fuel and input costs fear losses if paddy prices are low.
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Climate-Smart Technology Brings Crops to Fallow Coastal Land
Poly mulch, solar-powered drip irrigation and mini ponds under a DAE climate-smart project are letting farmers in coastal Khulna grow crops on saline, fallow land.
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Mango Picking Begins in Rajshahi
Mango picking began in Rajshahi on 4 May with local gooti varieties, but only a handful of orchards were harvested on the first day.
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First Boro Crop Brings Record Yields on Coastal Saline Land in Barguna
Two hundred bighas of land in Barguna that used to lie fallow in the dry season produced record Boro yields in their first season under a BRRI coastal programme.
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Farmer Breeders Share How They Developed New Rice Varieties
Farmers from across Bangladesh gathered in Khulna to describe how they developed new rice varieties suited to their areas, from one or two lines to about 200.
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Chapainawabganj Mangoes Can Be Sold as Soon as They Ripen
For the third year running, Chapainawabganj will not set mango picking dates, letting growers sell fruit as soon as it ripens on the tree.
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Rajshahi Mangoes to Reach Markets from Thursday
Mango picking in Rajshahi starts on 4 May with gooti varieties, and the district has fixed start dates for each variety through the season.
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Abdur Rouf Profits from Integrated Farming in Badalgachhi
A Badalgachhi farmer who turned four bighas into an integrated fruit and crop farm has added chia seed this year and hopes to expand if he can sell it.
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'I Was Worried; I Am Happy Chhatra League Harvested My Paddy'
Thirty Chhatra League activists harvested a Mymensingh farmer's 50 decimals of ripe paddy after he could not find labourers.
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Village Doctor Killed Chasing Wild Elephants from Paddy Field
A 50-year-old village doctor died after a wild elephant turned on him as villagers drove a herd out of paddy fields in Haluaghat, Mymensingh.