Environment
Nilphamari Student, 13, Dies of Snakebite While Asleep
A 13-year-old student in Nilphamari died after being bitten by a snake while he slept.
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Fisheries
Two 'King Hilsa' Sell for Nearly Tk 13,000 in Bhola
Two large hilsa caught in the estuary off Bhola sold at auction for Tk 12,900 at Taltoli fish landing.
Crops
Land Ministry Moves to Record Actual Land Class During Mutation
The Ministry of Land has ordered the e-mutation system to record the actual class of land in the mutation khatian when an application is approved.
Crops
A hundred soil samples a day: the Mozambican lab turning data into fertilizer advice
With new equipment and training from the FAO-backed SoilFER programme, women scientists at Mozambique's agricultural research institute are analysing soils and translating the results into recommendations farmers can use.
Fisheries
New Adriatic fisheries science unit opens in Split as overfishing falls
A GFCM technical unit in Croatia will coordinate stock science across six Adriatic countries, where the share of overexploited stocks has fallen from 87 percent in 2013 to 52 percent in 2023.
Fisheries
WorldFish and ACIAR launch climate-smart aquaculture project in Egypt and Nigeria
The Promoting Climate-Smart Aquaculture in Egypt and Nigeria project, running from July 2026 to June 2028, will test improved tilapia strains, in-pond raceways, solar pumping and aeration and post-harvest innovations with small-scale fish producers.
Agribusiness
World food prices rise as heat and trade disruption tighten supply
The FAO Food Price Index averaged 133.3 points in August, up 1.9 percent on July, with sugar up 11.9 percent and wheat 15 percent above a year earlier.
Environment
Dhaka University Green Nexus Ends With Call to Plant Native Trees
The three-day Dhaka University Green Nexus 2026 ended with a call to plant more native trees and care for them to tackle pollution in Dhaka.
Agribusiness
Hilsa Price Falls by Tk 200 a Kg in Chandpur
Hilsa prices at Chandpur's Borostation fish landing have fallen by about Tk 200 a kg in a week, though supply is still short of demand.
Crops
What You Need to Know Before Starting to Farm
Tanushree Gain Priyanka sets out how to make compost at home, prepare soil for indoor plants and value livestock, fish and trees before taking up farming.
Vegetables
Soybean Oil Still Short Despite Price Rise, Eggs and Chicken Stay Dear in Dhaka
A Tk 5 rise in bottled soybean oil has not ended the supply shortage in Dhaka's retail markets, where eggs and chicken remain expensive.
Agribusiness
Soybean Oil Price to Follow World Market and Production Cost, Says Minister
Commerce minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir said edible oil prices are set in line with the international market and domestic production and processing costs.
Environment
Dhaka South Launches Tree Planting on Road Dividers
Dhaka South City Corporation has started a tree planting and greening drive on road dividers under the metro rail between Paltan and Dainik Bangla intersection.
Bangladesh
New mutation rules put inherited land on a single joint record first
Under the Ministry of Land's new rules, inherited land that has not been divided will stay on one khatian carrying every heir's name jointly.
Crops
Vietnam's low-emission rice programme moves to bring women into nutrient management
IRRI and CIP brought farmers, cooperatives, extension staff and officials together in Can Tho to work out how women and smallholders can be included in precision nutrient management under Vietnam's One Million Hectares rice programme.
Agribusiness
Keeping young people in farming needs land, credit and housing, FAO says
Forty-four percent of working youth depend on agrifood systems, yet access to land, finance and rural services still pushes young people away from farming, the FAO Director-General told a conference in Croatia.
Agribusiness
An Easy Recipe for Palmyra Palm Patishapta
A step-by-step recipe for tal patishapta, a soft palmyra palm crepe rolled around a coconut and date jaggery filling.
Crops
Farming at Home: Why, Where and How
Tanushree Gain Priyanka explains why farming at home pays and how to make compost and liquid fertiliser from kitchen waste.
Environment
Fires lit to clear land for palm oil blanket Southeast Asia in haze
More than 50,000 people have been admitted to hospital in Indonesia with respiratory infections as smoke from the fires drifts into Malaysia and the Philippines.
Crops
What It Will Take to Save Sea Turtles on Cox's Bazar Beaches
Olive ridley turtles returning to nest in Cox's Bazar are dying in fishing nets in growing numbers, and researchers say enforcement and awareness are essential to protect them.