Environment
40kg Python Rescued From House, Released in Lawachhara
A python weighing about 40kg was rescued from a house in Kamalganj, Moulvibazar, and released the same night in Lawachhara National Park.
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Crops
The Role of Micronutrients in Getting Good Yields From the Soil
Plants need a balanced diet of major nutrients and micronutrients, and correcting deficiencies can raise both the quantity and quality of the harvest.
Crops
Early Flood Risk Raises Fears for Boro Crop in Netrokona Haors
Days of heavy rain, storms and hail have caused waterlogging and cracked embankments in Netrokona's haors, leaving farmers afraid an early flood will destroy their boro crop.
Crops
Solar-Powered Tube Wells Keep Narail Farmers Going Amid Diesel Crisis
Solar-powered irrigation pumps installed in two beels of Narail Sadar upazila have cut farmers' costs and freed them from worries about diesel and electricity.
Crops
What to Do When Citrus Fruit Gets Canker
Canker, a waterborne bacterial disease, is among the most harmful diseases of lemon trees, but orchard hygiene, pruning and copper sprays can keep it in check.
Crops
Untimely Hill Runoff Washes Away Farmers' Golden Dreams in Dhunat
An untimely rise in the Jamuna caused by upstream hill runoff has flooded low-lying char land in Dhunat, Bogura, submerging rice, onion and groundnut fields.
Fruits
What to Do About Panama Disease in Bananas
Panama disease, a soil-borne fungal wilt, is hard to control once it reaches a field, so prevention through clean suckers, crop rotation and hygiene matters most.
Crops
New Government Must Continue Subsidies on Farm Machinery, Says ACI's F. H. Ansari
ACI Agribusiness president Dr. F. H. Ansari says the new government should continue farm machinery subsidies, build cold chains and focus on the agricultural value chain.
Environment
Students to Get Marks in Annual Exams for Planting and Caring for Trees
School, college and madrasa students will plant and tend government-supplied saplings, and their annual report cards will include marks for how well the trees grow.
Crops
Bangladesh's Soil Is Well Suited to Castor Cultivation
The neglected bhenna (castor) plant, a symbol of poverty in Jasimuddin's poem, could become a source of income on Bangladesh's fallow land by replacing imported castor oil.
Environment
Three More Deer Rescued From Villages in Monpura
Three spotted deer that wandered into villages in Monpura, Bhola, apparently looking for food, were rescued and released into a protected forest.
Crops
Hailstorm Damages 4,000 Hectares of Boro Paddy in Kishoreganj
Two spells of hail on 24 March damaged boro paddy on about 4,000 hectares across Kishoreganj, hitting the haor areas hardest.
Environment
Unruly Tourists Crowd Lawachhara, Leaving Forest Animals in Panic
Eid holiday crowds far beyond the capacity of Lawachhara National Park in Moulvibazar have littered the forest and frightened its wildlife, officials and environmentalists say.