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How to Care for Indoor Plants in the Monsoon
The rainy season can suit indoor plants, but too much humidity, too little sunlight and overwatering can harm them, so they need special care.
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CropsUS Regenerative Feedstock Rule ties cover crops and no-till to biofuel markets
On 25 June 2026 the US Department of Agriculture announced a final Regenerative Feedstock Rule linking soil-friendly practices on corn, soybeans, sorghum and spring canola to biofuel supply chains, as President Donald Trump signed an executive order on regenerative agriculture.
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Five Madrasa Students Propose a Protein-Rich "Super Banana" Using a Lentil Gene
Five first-year alim students in Tangail have designed a recombinant DNA model to add a lentil gene to banana, raising its protein without changing its taste.
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Hill Fruit Fair Opens in Dhaka on Saturday with Rare Wild Blood Fruit
The Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs is holding a three-day hill fruit fair in Dhaka from 27 to 29 June, with 30 stalls from the three hill districts.
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Vegetables You Can Grow in Balcony Pots During the Monsoon
With plenty of moisture in the soil, the monsoon is a good time to grow okra, bitter gourd, ridge gourd, aubergine and chillies in pots on a balcony or roof.
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Contractor Accused of Occupying Fruit Orchard to Store Bricks and Rubble
A landowner in Kaliganj, Jhenaidah, accuses a contracting firm of using his fruit orchard for four months without permission to store bricks and rubble and run heavy machinery.
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Nak Fazli Mangoes Reach Market Before Their Time, Buyers Lose Out
Buyers of Naogaon's GI-recognised Nak Fazli mango are getting sour, spoiled fruit as some growers pick it before maturity and ripen it with chemicals.
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Bengal's Mele-Grass Mat Craft Is Disappearing
Hand-woven madur mats of mele grass, once part of every rural home, are fading as weavers abandon the craft for lack of profit, raw material and demand.
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Why Is the Doyel, the National Bird, Disappearing?
The doyel, Bangladesh's national bird, is in steep decline as pesticide use, urbanisation and loss of nesting places push it towards extinction, writes Sabbir Hossain.
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Jackfruit Could Open a New Horizon for Export Earnings
An opinion piece argues that with planning, processing and branding, Bangladesh's national fruit, the jackfruit, could become a major agro-industry and export product.
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Bitten Farmer Arrives at Hospital With the Live Snake
A farmer in Pangsha, Rajbari, bitten by a venomous cobra while fetching fodder for his cattle, went to hospital carrying the live snake.
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Crates and Transport Cost More Than the Mangoes, Leaving Growers in Trouble
Chapainawabganj mango growers say oversupply, middlemen, a crate shortage and rising transport and courier costs are denying them fair prices.
CropsFisheries minister calls for science-based plan to conserve and export hilsa
At the closing workshop of a hilsa development project in Dhaka on 22 June 2026, Fisheries and Livestock Minister Mohammad Amin Ur Rashid said hilsa should be developed as an export resource through long-term, science-based planning.