Livestock
How to Recognise an Animal Fit for Qurbani
Buyers should choose a healthy, injury-free sacrificial animal of the right age, avoiding artificially fattened and pregnant animals.
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Livestock
Vegetables
What to Do to Protect Livestock and Crops From a Cyclone
The Department of Agricultural Extension has listed steps farmers can take to protect crops, fish and livestock from cyclone damage.
Livestock
Two Chattogram Cattle Markets to Go Cashless
Chattogram City Corporation and Bangladesh Bank will work together to make transactions at two sacrificial animal markets in the city cashless this year.
Crops
Selim Osman to Sell Tk 3 Crore of Qurbani Animals Without Profit
Businessman and MP Selim Osman says he will sell 141 sacrificial animals worth about Tk 3 crore at cost this Eid and spend the money on social work.
Agribusiness
Nahid Succeeds With Quail Farming in Patuakhali
A young man in Patuakhali who began keeping 16 quails as a hobby now runs a 3,200-bird commercial farm that is inspiring others to take up quail rearing.
Livestock
1 Crore 29 Lakh 80 Thousand 367 Animals Ready for Qurbani
Bangladesh has nearly 1.3 crore animals ready for sacrifice at Eid-ul-Azha, well above demand, the fisheries and livestock minister said.
Crops
Caring for Livestock in the Month of Jaistha
With heat rising in the Bengali month of Jaistha, livestock and poultry need special care, including vaccination and preparation for the monsoon.
Vegetables
Beekeepers Turn to Cucumber Flower Honey in the Off-Season
A young Dinajpur beekeeper has succeeded in harvesting honey from cucumber flowers after the main season, and others in the district are following him.
Livestock
No Cattle Market in Aftabnagar, High Court Rules
The High Court stayed a lease notice for a cattle market in Aftabnagar ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, meaning no market can be held there, lawyers said.
Vegetables
Heatwave Scorches Crops as Livestock Struggle
A nearly month-long heatwave has damaged boro rice, jute and fruit crops and hit poultry and cattle farmers hardest.
Vegetables
Drought Scorches Farmers' Hopes in Nilphamari
A long dry spell in Nilphamari is withering crops across the district, and farmers fear heavy losses despite extra irrigation.
Fisheries
Maize Cultivation Rises in Mirsarai
Farmers in Mirsarai upazila of Chattogram are turning to maize, with the area under the crop up 10 hectares this year.
Livestock
7ft Python Removed from Chicken Coop
A seven-foot python found in a chicken coop in Morrelganj, Bagerhat, was rescued and released into the Sundarbans.