BARI-7 Mango Fetches Tk 5,000 a Maund
BARI-7 mangoes are fetching the highest price at Kansat, Chapainawabganj's biggest mango market, though less than last year.
BARI-7 mangoes are fetching the highest price at Kansat, Chapainawabganj's biggest mango market, though less than last year.
With mango season under way, here is a simple egg-free recipe for mango pudding made with ripe mango, milk and agar agar.
Growers at Kansat in Chapainawabganj say traders are passing off Amrapali mangoes from other districts as local fruit, deceiving buyers, while agriculture officials see an upside.
A young garments businessman in Tongibari, Munshiganj, who planted mango trees to give his family formalin-free fruit, now runs a three-acre commercial orchard with 20 to 25 varieties.
A large mango market has grown up in the border upazila of Sapahar, trading about Tk 25 crore of mangoes a day, but growers complain they are not getting fair prices.
More than 500 mango saplings have been distributed to educational institutions in Shayestaganj, Habiganj, at the initiative of Barrister Syed Sayedul Haque Sumon.
A development worker in Rowangchhari, Bandarban, who planted dragon fruit as a hobby in 2020 now has more than 1,600 plants on five acres and dreams of crore-taka earnings.
After its famous lychees, Dinajpur is sending mangoes to England for the first time, from two orchards in Biral upazila.
Agriculture Minister Dr Md Abdur Razzaque will visit several mango orchards in Chapainawabganj on a one-day official trip on Thursday, 13 July.
Heavy rain in Chapainawabganj has brought a fruit fly attack that is splitting Fazli mangoes and leaving crores of taka worth of fruit rotting on the trees.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sent 1,500 kg of mangoes to Pakistani Prime Minister Mohammad Shehbaz Sharif as a goodwill gift.
A simple recipe for mango barfi made with just four ingredients: mango, sugar, milk and desiccated coconut.
Jackfruit seeds, cheap and plentiful in season, carry protein, minerals and fibre that can help with digestion, eyesight, skin, hair and more.