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Fruit Flies Destroy Tk 100 Crore of Fazli Mangoes in Chapainawabganj
Fruit flies have destroyed Fazli mangoes worth an estimated Tk 100 crore in Chapainawabganj this season, pushing growers away from the GI-recognised variety.
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Two Bangladeshis Launch AI-Based Agri Startup in Malaysia
Fresh Move, an AI-based startup founded by two Bangladeshi and one Malaysian graduate of the University of Malaya, aims to modernise Malaysia's farm produce supply chain.
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How to Protect Aman Seedbeds and Seedlings in Very Heavy Rain
With heavy to very heavy rain forecast across most of Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute has issued advice for Aman seedbeds and transplanting.
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One Rooftop Garden Changed Sharmin's Life, and Won Her a National Award
Sharmin Akter, a former Rajshahi University student, earns about Tk 12 lakh a year from saplings and pots grown in her rooftop garden and won first place for rooftop gardens in the 2025 national tree-planting awards.
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Floodwater Begins to Recede in Bandarban, Thousands of Families Still Marooned
Floodwater is slowly receding in Bandarban, but thousands of families remain marooned and farmers, roads and bridges have suffered heavy losses.
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River Erosion Intensifies in Kurigram as Floodwater Recedes
Floodwater is receding in Kurigram, but severe river erosion is eating into homesteads and around 500 hectares of crops have been damaged.
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Floods Damage Crops on More Than 28,000 Hectares in 12 Districts
Continuous rain and hill runoff had affected crops on more than 28,610 hectares in 12 districts by 11 July, the agriculture department says, while nearly 10,000 ponds and 320 shrimp farms were hit in Chattogram.
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Rokonuddin Succeeds With Nayanpuri Latkan, Earns Tk 8 Lakh a Year From Grafts Alone
Hafez Rokonuddin, a former imam from Nayanpur village in Mymensingh's Bhaluka, has built two commercial latkan orchards and developed a variety known locally as "Nayanpuri latkan", earning Tk 7-8 lakh a year from grafted saplings alone.
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Fruit Bags Meant to Protect Mangoes Turn Into a Burden for Chapainawabganj Growers
Fruit bagging, adopted to protect mangoes and meet export standards, has become a costly burden for Chapainawabganj growers after bag prices doubled and low-quality bags let fruit rot.
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Government Will Support Flood-Hit Farmers: Agriculture Minister
Agriculture minister Mohammad Amin Ur Rashid says the government will help flood-hit farmers once union- and ward-level lists of the affected are complete.
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Water Lilies from Notdanga Beel and a Puti Fish Curry
A government employee posted in Khulna goes home to Narail's Notdanga beel for water lilies and puti fish, cooked into a curry by his mother.
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Try Shrimp Samosas for Your Afternoon Snack
Crisp samosas with a spicy shrimp filling make a change from the usual afternoon snack.
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Discouraged by Many, Hamidullah Kept Going and Sold Nearly Tk 2 Lakh of Latkan
A union parishad member in Sherpur's Jhenaigati who was told latkan would not grow in the area earned Tk 1.9 lakh from 51 trees this season.