GalleryFrom dawn, beside the tracks at Mojompur rail gate, apples, oranges, malta, grapes, dragon fruit and pomegranates are auctioned; retailers buy wholesale and carry the fruit off by van.
FruitsAlamin, an educated young man from Bajitpur in Mirpur, Kushtia, has planted about 170 malta and orange trees after his plan to work abroad fell through; officials visited and advised him.
EnvironmentThe Department of Environment fined Nayan Packaging in Chourhas, Kushtia Sadar Tk 100,000 for making banned polythene, seized 845 kilograms and shut the factory.
LivestockFifty-four anthrax patients were found in Daulatpur upazila in August and September, with cattle infected in villages across its 14 unions; the livestock department is vaccinating animals.
LivestockAt least 47 people have been treated for anthrax at the Daulatpur upazila health complex in Kushtia in the first 23 days of September, most of them after slaughtering sick cattle or handling raw meat.
The Padma has dropped about 15cm in three days at Daulatpur in Kushtia, yet some 50,000 people remain marooned and more than 1,000 hectares of crops have been damaged.
