Fisheries
Turtles Are Dying Even as They Come Ashore to Lay Eggs
Researchers have recovered more than a hundred dead mother turtles, most of them egg-bearing olive ridleys, from the Cox's Bazar coast during the breeding season.
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Livestock
Shamim Becomes a Crorepati Through Quail Farming
Shamim Al Mamun of Sakhipur in Tangail began with 500 quail chicks and now has about 25,000 birds and his own hatchery.
Livestock
Quitting His Job, He Found Success With Quail
Abdur Rahman left a private-sector job to start a quail farm beside the Chattogram-Cox's Bazar highway and now earns Tk 30,000 a month.
Livestock
Why Raise Quail?
Quail farming has become popular in Bangladesh because the birds can be raised cheaply in little space on little feed.
Fruits
Foods to Eat on an Empty Stomach to Stay Healthy
Honey water, soaked almonds, eggs, oat porridge and fruit are among the foods nutritionists recommend eating first thing in the morning.
Crops
Rajbari's Rubel Becomes Self-Reliant Rearing Guinea Fowl
Starting with 13 guinea fowl as a hobby, Rajbari's Raju Ahmmed Rubel now keeps about 900 birds and sells thousands of chicks each month.
Livestock
'Quail Has Kept Me Alive'
Faridpur's Chunnu Mia turned Tk 16,000 into a quail, turkey and guinea fowl business worth Tk 23 lakh, inspiring other young people in the district.
Livestock
Dhaka University Graduate Turns to Quail Farming After Losing His Job
After his NGO project job ended, Mahabubul Alam Naim built a commercial quail farm in Kalapara that he says now earns him Tk 50,000 a month.
CropsShariatpur college student Antor Gorapi succeeds with foreign chicken breeds
Antor Gorapi, a college student in Naria, Shariatpur, turned one pair of Silkie chickens into a farm of at least 100 birds of eight foreign breeds that, in December 2024, earned him at least Tk 30,000 a month.
LivestockMagura Farmer Rezaul Islam Montu Thrives on a Quail Farm Begun as a Hobby
Rezaul Islam Montu became self-reliant with a quail farm in Naliardangi village, Magura Sadar. His eggs went beyond local markets to Dhaka, and the two-and-a-half-acre farm gave work to 14 to 15 young men from the village.
Crops
Onion Seed Problem: New Seed Distributed to 16,000 Farmers
Farmers whose incentive onion seed failed to germinate this season have been given replacement seed, some of it imported urgently from abroad.
Livestock
Young People Become Self-Reliant Rearing Quail
Quail rearing is helping young people in Cumilla become self-reliant, with the number of farmers growing and demand for quail meat and eggs rising.
Fisheries
Hilsa Carried Fewer Eggs This Year as Rain Came Late, Says Fisheries Adviser
Speaking at a climate justice rally in Dhaka, fisheries adviser Farida Akhter linked a drop in hilsa eggs to late rain and blocked rivers.