FisheriesRajbari's Padma fishers face the hilsa ban short of cards and rice
As the 22-day ban began, rice was allotted to 5,592 of Rajbari's 6,304 card-holding hilsa fishers, and many who have fished for years say they were never given a card.
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VegetablesRot spreads through early cauliflower in Rajbari's Baliakandi
Brown spots turning to rot are spreading through about 200 hectares of early cauliflower; farmers say market sprays are not working, and the agriculture office says it is advising them.
Fisheries
A 17 kg pangas from the Padma sells for Tk 37,400 at Daulatdia auction
Fisher Niranjan Halder's net brought up a 17 kg and an 8 kg pangas at the Padma confluence near Mojlishpur, Goalanda; the Daulatdia trader who bought them is bargaining to sell the big one to a Dhaka buyer at Tk 2,300 a kilo.
FruitsGoalanda schoolteacher grows Shahi papaya on two bighas, hopes for Tk 300,000 profit
Primary schoolteacher Zahir Raihan of Goalanda, Rajbari, has planted about 220 Shahi papaya seedlings on two bighas at a cost of about Tk 200,000 and hopes to sell Tk 500,000 worth of fruit.
Health
Four Goalanda pharmacies fined for selling antibiotics without prescriptions
A mobile court in Goalanda, Rajbari, fined four pharmacies near Ujanchar bazar a total of Tk 20,000 under the Drugs Act 1940 for selling unapproved medicines and antibiotics without a registered doctor's prescription.
Crops
Costs up to double, Rajbari farmers fear they will not get a fair price
With diesel up Tk 20 a litre and wages, fertiliser, seed and pesticide dearer, Rajbari farmers say production costs per bigha have nearly doubled in places, and they fear low prices at harvest.