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Farmers Happy With Bumper Pea Yield at Low Cost
Low costs, few diseases and good weather gave char farmers in Sherpur a bumper crop of hybrid Debgiri peas, and the DAE expects the area to grow.
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Environment
Agribusiness
Fifty Monitor Lizards Roam a Market, Having Befriended the People
Around 50 big monitor lizards have lived for two decades by a canal next to Sadarpur's upazila market, eating refuse and living peacefully alongside people.
CropsCherrapunji rain: BWDB urges Netrokona haor farmers to harvest ripe paddy fast
With heavy rain upstream in Cherrapunji, India, threatening hill runoff, the Bangladesh Water Development Board on 22 April 2026 advised Netrokona haor farmers to cut their ripe Boro paddy quickly.
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Rivers Rise in Sunamganj, Farmers Urged to Harvest Paddy Quickly
With rivers rising, the Sunamganj Water Development Board has asked farmers to harvest haor paddy quickly to limit losses from a possible early flood.
Environment
Organisations Can Join 25 Crore Tree-Planting Programme as Volunteers
The environment ministry has asked qualified volunteer organisations to send concept papers to take part in the 25 crore tree-planting programme.
Vegetables
Meherpur Farmers Lose Money Growing Onions
A good onion crop in Meherpur has left farmers facing losses, with market prices below production costs and fears of imports during the harvest.
Environment
Rajshahi's 45.1C of 1972 still stands: why the south-west is Bangladesh's furnace
Bangladesh Meteorological Department records kept since 1947 put the country's highest temperature at 45.1 degrees Celsius in Rajshahi on 18 May 1972; meteorologists explain why Rajshahi, Chuadanga, Jashore, Bogura and Ishwardi keep breaking records, and why the hottest reading is not always the mos
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Sunflower Farming Shows Promise in Pirojpur, Market Value Tk 20 Crore
Sunflowers grown on about 984 hectares in Pirojpur this season have an estimated market value of Tk 20 crore and are drawing visitors to the fields.
Environment
Back in Her Village, Chinese Woman Earns Nearly Tk 2 Crore a Year Farming Snakes
A 1995-born woman surnamed Qin returned to her village in Guilin to help her father farm more than 60,000 venomous snakes, a business that earns over 1 million yuan a year.
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Litchis Cracking on the Trees in Rajshahi's Intense Heat
Intense heat and sudden changes in humidity are causing litchis to crack on the trees in Rajshahi, leaving farmers worried.
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Grape Farming Pays Off in Phulbari, Growers Expect 45 Maunds
Entrepreneurs Ruhul Amin and Hashem Ali have built a grape garden of the foreign Bainur variety in Phulbari, Kurigram, that is drawing visitors and new growers.
Environment
Spotted Deer That Strayed Into Village Rescued, Released in Sundarbans
The Forest Department rescued a spotted deer that had strayed into a home in Sharankhola, Bagerhat, and released it deep in the Sundarbans.
Crops
Keeping Lovebirds: A Guide to the Popular Cage Bird
Muhammad Shafiqur Rahman explains how to house, feed, breed and care for lovebirds, small colourful birds that are among the most popular cage birds.