Crops
Prime Minister Holds Meeting on Improving Salt Farmers' Lives
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman held a meeting on improving the living standards of the country's salt farmers, with emphasis on fair prices for their salt.
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Fruits
Chapainawabganj Mangoes Can Be Picked Once Mature, No Fixed Date
Chapainawabganj district administration has again decided not to fix a date for mango picking, allowing mangoes to be picked once mature while warning against selling unripe fruit.
Vegetables
How to Make Restaurant-Style Onion Salad at Home
The lachha onion ring salad, popular on social media, can be made in a few minutes with ingredients most kitchens already have.
Agribusiness
BNP Syndicate Dominates Bogura's Cattle Market Leases Before Eid
Leaders of the BNP and its affiliates are accused of controlling the leasing of Bogura's cattle markets before Eid-ul-Azha by managing rival bidders and filing single tenders.
Crops
Natore Mangoes to Reach Markets From 15 May
Natore district administration has announced that mango picking will begin on 15 May, starting with gooti varieties, and has promised strict checks on chemical use.
Crops
Fruit Orchard Built From Tuition Savings Earns Barishal Youth Tk 7 Lakh a Year
A Barishal graduate who started an orchard with his tuition savings during the Covid pandemic now earns Tk 5 lakh to Tk 7 lakh a year from a nursery and mixed fruit garden.
Crops
Unripe Madrazi Litchi Reaches Dinajpur Markets Early at High Prices
Madrazi litchi has reached Dinajpur's markets ahead of time and is selling at high prices, although agriculture officials say the fruit is not yet ripe.
Crops
Sherpur Boro Farmers Squeezed From Four Sides as Paddy Prices Fall
Boro farmers in Sherpur say low prices, high wages, short-weighing at markets and a procurement syndicate are leaving them unable to cover their costs.
Fruits
Mistakes to Avoid When Buying Sweet, Juicy Litchis
Litchis are sometimes dyed or ripened with chemicals, so checking colour, firmness, smell and skin before buying helps ensure the fruit is safe and sweet.
Fruits
Chuadanga Mangoes to Reach the Market From 13 May
Chuadanga's mangoes will reach the market from 13 May under a harvest calendar agreed at a meeting chaired by deputy commissioner Lutfun Nahar.
Fruits
When Will Each Rajshahi Mango Reach the Market?
The Rajshahi district administration has published this season's mango calendar and warned of strict action against anyone who picks or sells mangoes before the set dates.
LivestockChattogram bans Eid cattle markets beside roads, highways and railway lines
At the Chattogram district law and order committee meeting on 10 May 2026, Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Zahidul Islam Mia ordered that no Eid-ul-Azha cattle markets be held beside roads, highways or railway lines. The meeting also called for a special drive to recover illegal arms, safe ferry crossings and price control.
Livestock
Banks Told to Set Up Fake-Note Detection Booths at Cattle Markets
Bangladesh Bank has ordered commercial banks to set up counterfeit note detection booths at cattle markets ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.
Crops
In Bogura, a Maund of Paddy Cannot Pay One Labourer
Boro farmers in Dhunat, Bogura, say a good yield has been spoiled by low paddy prices that no longer cover a day's harvest wage.
Crops
Why Climate Change Is Speeding Up
In this opinion piece, environmentalist Hasan Zahid argues that wars in Ukraine, Gaza and Iran are adding greenhouse gases and pollution and accelerating climate change.
Crops
Magura Farmers Busy Harvesting, but Bumper Yield Brings No Relief
Boro farmers in Magura are enjoying good yields, but low paddy prices and high harvest wages have left them frustrated.
Agribusiness
Fodder Crisis in the Haor; Many Sell Cattle Before Eid
Flood-hit farmers in Kishoreganj's haor, with their straw rotted and grazing under water, are selling cattle before Eid because they cannot feed them.
Crops
Haor Sharecroppers Hit Hardest: Babar
Netrokona-4 MP Lutfozzaman Babar said sharecroppers were the worst hit in the haor and that the list of affected farmers would be rechecked so real farmers get aid before Eid.
FruitsHow to grow the miracle berry, the West African fruit that makes sour taste sweet
A Jagonews24 guide of 9 May 2026 said the miracle berry, a West African shrub whose fruit makes sour food taste sweet, can be grown in Bangladesh in acidic soil with partial shade and steady watering.
Vegetables
Cook Bottle Gourd With Prawns in Little Time
Bottle gourd cooked with prawns is a quick, simple and nutritious home dish, and here is how to make it.