Government Sends 100 kg of Mangoes as Gift for Suvendu Adhikari
The foreign ministry has sent mangoes through Benapole as a goodwill gift, including 100 kg for West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari.
The foreign ministry has sent mangoes through Benapole as a goodwill gift, including 100 kg for West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari.
The Bangladesh government has sent 1,100 kg of Amrapali and Haribhanga mangoes to West Bengal and Tripura as a goodwill gift for their chief ministers and other dignitaries.
Leo Club of Chittagong Bandhan distributed seasonal fruit to staff working at the Chattogram Lions Eye Hospital compound.
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The Jahangirnagar University unit of Chhatra Dal held a seasonal fruit festival for students, serving mango, jackfruit, latkan and pineapple at the central cafeteria.
A trader in Gopalpur, Tangail invited one friend to a mango and jackfruit feast, but the friend arrived with around 100 guests, and the delighted host fed them all.
Bangladesh has become one of the world's leading fruit producers, but with fruit worth Tk 25,000-50,000 crore rotting every year, the next step must be processing and value addition.
Vapour heat treatment is mandatory for mango exports but still limited in Bangladesh, adding time and cost for exporters, said fruit expert Dr. Md. Mehedi Masud.
CropsAt a Jago News round table in Dhaka on 27 June 2026, agricultural economist Dr Jahangir Alam Khan said only a tiny share of Bangladesh's fruit is exported and called on the country's embassies to work harder to find new markets.
Not every mango is equally good for juice; the best are fibreless, sweet and have thick pulp, and a handful of varieties dominate juice-making at home and abroad.
Fruit expert Dr Md Mehedi Masud has demanded that those who destroyed farmers' fruit in the name of formalin be brought to justice and that the affected farmers be compensated.
Without storage, processing technology, good packaging and easy certification, large amounts of Bangladesh's mangoes go to waste, Naogaon agri-entrepreneur Sohel Rana said.
Although Bangladesh produces more fruit, large quantities rot in season, and the fruit-processing industry cannot develop sustainably without a bigger budget for agriculture and horticulture, says economist Dr Jahangir Alam Khan.