FisheriesMirsharai upazila fisheries office figures showed the hilsa catch fell from 327.4 tonnes in 2020 to 36.49 tonnes in 2024. Fishermen, officials and a researcher pointed to pollution, changing water flow and the economic zone.
A step-by-step recipe for a sour hilsa curry with amra, tamarind and a pinch of sugar, best eaten with plain rice.
Prices of almost all fruits in Dhaka rose within about ten days, with sellers accusing a syndicate of exploiting rising cases of fever in the capital.
A nine-year-old boy, Ariful Islam, died of a venomous snakebite in Shyamnagar, Satkhira, after being taken first to a local ojha.
With supply down and rain keeping shoppers away, fish prices at Dhaka's New Market rose, with large hilsa at Tk 2,600 a kg and big pangas at Tk 280.
With half of Shraban gone, now (July-August) is the right time to cut jute, and these are the key steps for harvesting and processing it.
A practical guide to raising Thai pangas together with tilapia, koi, galda prawn, shing, magur and carp in the same pond for up to 8-10 tonnes an acre a year.
A look at the lajjaboti plant, why its leaves fold at a touch, its features and the medicinal uses attributed to it.
A snake charmer died after being bitten while catching a king cobra in Kurigram, and another snake handler then ate the snake in a local bazaar.
A six-year-old liger, rescued from smugglers as a sick cub, is drawing visitors to Ban Bilas Zoo in Khulna Cantonment.
Students of the Faculty of Animal Husbandry at Bangladesh Agricultural University locked their faculty gate to demand a combined degree with the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.
A snake charmer, Boyez Uddin, died in Nageshwari, Kurigram, after being bitten by a venomous snake he was catching.
Pigeons are the most popular domestic birds, easy to tame and cheap to keep, and rearing them can bring quick profit.
Fish importers in Kolkata have written to the Bangladesh government asking for hilsa exports ahead of Durga Puja, and for the export window's time limit to be lifted.
Zakir Hossain, a former migrant worker in Kuwait, has become self-reliant growing desert dates in Fulbari, Dinajpur, and selling seedlings across the country.
EnvironmentAt a World Tiger Day discussion in Mongla on 29 July 2025, campaigner Md Nur Alam Sheikh said 30 tigers had died in 25 years, 14 of them beaten to death by local people. Speakers called for an end to poisoning in the Sundarbans' waterways and to tiger trafficking.
Climate change, a shrinking prey base and poaching are putting the endangered tigers of the Sundarbans under threat, experts say.
The Sundarbans tiger count has risen to 125, but poachers and pirates mean the forest is still not safe for tigers or the people who work in it.
CropsGovernment warehouses held 2,054,179 tonnes of food grain on 27 July 2025, which the Directorate of Food called the highest ever. Boro season procurement of paddy and rice had passed 1.428 million tonnes by the same date.
The Chattogram North Forest Division has opened a 15-day tree fair and planting campaign at the city's Laldighi ground.
