Tractors, harvesters, deep tube wells and solar pumps have transformed farming since the 1980s, raising output while changing rural customs, costs and community life.
EnvironmentThe World Bank reported on 18 March 2026 that the GEF-funded Resiland Project had planted more than 3.6 million saxaul seedlings around Kyzylorda in 2023 and 2.1 million more in 2024-2025, and planted or seeded more than 74,000 hectares of the dried Aral seabed.
Arifur Rahman, a former photojournalist from Barguna, gave up his career to clean beaches and raise environmental awareness, especially at Kuakata.
The farmer card creates a digital database of real farmers so that inputs and government support can reach them directly, and could be linked to AI, IoT and big data.
A farming couple in Dighinala, Khagrachhari, has turned land once leased out for tobacco into a sunflower field, as hill farmers look for a safer alternative crop.
Record blossom points to a strong mango season in Bangladesh, but exports remain tiny next to production, held back by quality, cold chain and certification gaps.
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has directed the agriculture and disaster management and relief ministries to help people hit by recent hailstorms and flash floods during the ongoing holiday.
The National Zoo in Mirpur has placed orders for a leopard, wildebeest and waterbirds, due before Eid-ul-Azha, while it prepares for large Eid-ul-Fitr crowds.
Careful attention at every stage, from blossoming to harvest and after, keeps mango trees healthy and raises the yield.
A private-sector employee in Boalmari has built a rooftop garden of several thousand plants, led by the adenium or 'desert rose', that now earns him a steady monthly income.
Two local Union Parishad members have built a concrete block factory in the deep forest of the Garo Hills in Nalitabari, using sand and stone allegedly lifted illegally from an area known as an elephant sanctuary.
The Speaker and Deputy Speaker each planted a mango sapling in the rose garden of the Parliament House complex on Saturday.
In Sharsha, Jashore, young entrepreneur Abedur Rahman uses LED lighting at night to make dragon fruit flower in winter, tripling off-season yields.
