FruitsOn 20 May 2026 the Shahid Ziaur Rahman Hall union at Rajshahi University picked mangoes from the hall's trees and delivered an equal share to every resident student, after two other halls had done the same with litchis.
Mymensingh has a surplus of sacrificial animals, but at the district's biggest cattle market buyers are scarce and farmers are getting low offers.
Hundreds of trees planted under social forestry along a Faridpur canal have been felled during re-excavation, and officials and a BNP leader blame each other.
Two huge bulls from a Shahrasti farm, dubbed "Jora King", are drawing crowds in Chandpur ahead of Eid-ul-Azha with an asking price of about Tk 13 lakh.
A large python found on a house ceiling in Moulvibazar's Sreemangal was rescued unharmed and handed to the forest department for release.
Budget-minded buyers at Rajshahi's City Haat are turning to medium and small cattle before Eid-ul-Azha, and farmers have brought more of them to match.
Rarity, history, special processing and luxury marketing push the prices of five of the world's most expensive teas far beyond an ordinary cup.
At a road safety programme in a Rampura school, a senior DMP traffic officer asked pupils to save half a day's tiffin money to plant a garden.
A rare albino buffalo named "Donald Trump" at a Narayanganj farm has become a social media star before Eid-ul-Azha and been picked up by international media.
A man in Rajbari's Kalukhali has grown jute on land inside a primary school's boundary after a promised job for his son in exchange for the land never came.
Forecasters say El Niño is strengthening fast in the Pacific and could become one of the strongest on record, threatening record heat and food crises next year.
Bogura's Mahasthangarh cattle market is packed with animals before Eid-ul-Azha, but most visitors are only checking prices and sellers fear losses.
Careful planning, gentle handling and proper rest, water and papers can keep sacrificial animals healthy on the way to market and protect farmers' earnings.
A 16-maund Sahiwal bull called Raja Bahadur, raised on natural feed in Patuakhali's Kalapara, is drawing crowds with an asking price of Tk 5 lakh.
Heat-struck visitors to Rajshahi's City Hat are paying nearly double for green coconuts ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.
An auction of temporary cattle market leases in Purbadhala, Netrokona, was halted after BNP and Jamaat activists scuffled.
Dhaka South City Corporation will clean its area within eight hours of the end of Eid sacrifices, its administrator said.
Rajshahi has about 92,000 more sacrificial animals than it needs this Eid, and farmers fear they will not recover their rising costs.
Counterfeiters are targeting cattle markets and other cash hubs before Eid-ul-Azha, prompting raids and a Bangladesh Bank order for detection booths.
A pair of rare pink albino buffaloes at a dairy farm in Ishwardi, Pabna, are drawing buyers and onlookers before Eid-ul-Azha.
