Fisheries
20 kg koral netted in the Sundarbans' Bhola river sells for Tk 36,000
A fisherman from Sarankhola, Bagerhat, caught a 20 kg koral (barramundi) in the Bhola river of the Sundarbans; it sold for Tk 36,000, or Tk 1,800 a kilo.
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HealthUS scraps tariffs on rare-disease and gene-therapy drugs from Bangladesh and 19 others
The United States has set a zero tariff on certain rare-disease, fertility, cell and gene therapy, antibody-drug conjugate and veterinary medicines, and their ingredients, from 20 partners including Bangladesh and India.
Health
BIRTAN Sirajganj trains 210 outbound migrant workers in nutrition this year
At a one-day course by the Bangladesh Institute of Research and Training on Applied Nutrition in Sirajganj, workers heading abroad learned about balanced and safe food, drinking enough water and staying healthy in a foreign climate.
LivestockFallen sheep collections quadruple in Devon as bluetongue spreads across England
National Fallen Stock Company data show Devon up 310% and Somerset 228% in August, as BTV-3 is confirmed on 2,124 premises in Great Britain this season.
CropsNo rain on 67 of 102 days: Maharashtra's Sakri loses its kharif crop to a dry spell
Seasonal rain in Dhule's Sakri taluka was near normal, but it went without rain on 67 days between 1 June and 11 September; the state has declared 265 of its 358 talukas drought-hit.
Health
Why infections after caesarean births are rising, a doctor explains
Under BDHS 2022, 45 percent of births in Bangladesh are by caesarean; a six-hospital study found post-operative wound infection in 19.1 percent of mothers.
HealthEating with dengue: plenty of fluids, soft food, and no faith in papaya-leaf juice
There is no specific antiviral for dengue; rest, fluids and easily digested food are the mainstay, and home remedies to raise platelets are unproven.
FruitsKuwait returnee's Saudi date orchard in Dinajpur, 150 kg from one tree
Zakir Hossain, back from Kuwait, harvests Ajwa, Barhi, Medjool and Helali dates from about 100 palms on 1 acre 57 decimals in Parbatipur, Dinajpur, and sold about 3,000 seedlings last season.
AgribusinessOnly 125 SFI26 agreements include moorland actions, raising doubts about England's uplands
A third of England's moorland, more than 260,000 ha, has no agri-environment agreement; campaigners blame stocking rules, excluded common land and a clashing deadline.
EnvironmentWeather data only cuts farm risk when it becomes a decision, South African growers told
At the launch of a plan to install 100,000 weather stations in Africa, speakers said growers need clear spray-or-not advice and local trial results, not more raw data, as El Nino narrows their options.
AgrotechGreenfield Robotics, maker of herbicide-free weeding robots, opens shares to the public
The Kansas firm has 82 robots cutting weeds mechanically in 16 states and seeks up to $18.6 million through a Regulation A+ offering to scale production with Amity Technology.
IslamWhat is Hawd al-Kawthar? The Quran and hadith describe the Prophet's fountain
In Surah Al-Kawthar God tells the Prophet He has given him al-Kawthar; hadith describe it as a river of Paradise and the Prophet's pool on the Day of Judgement, its water whiter than milk and sweeter than honey.
Health
Sleeping with a light on linked to heart changes in UK Biobank study
A study in the European Heart Journal links even dim light at night to thicker heart walls and higher risks of heart failure and stroke, though it is observational and cannot prove cause.
OpinionBangladesh has huge potential for agritourism, argues Sikder Anwar
Writing for World Tourism Day, agricultural economist and former secretary Sikder Anwar argues that adding tourism to the same farmland would diversify farmers' income, citing Italy and proposing agritourism zones and a national strategy.
BangladeshOld Himalayan Piedmont Plain (AEZ-1): Farming at the Foot of the Himalayas
Bangladesh's first agro-ecological zone stretches across Panchagarh, Thakurgaon and north-western Dinajpur on land laid down by an ancient Tista river fan. Its light, acidic soils set the rules for farming, and researchers say satellite data and machine learning will help farmers only when they are checked in real fields.
LivestockEgg industry chief tells Australian feedlots how to win public trust on covered sheds
Australian Eggs' Rowan McMonnies told BeefEx that eggs lifted community trust from 56% to about 68-69% by listening, not fighting, and urged lotfeeders to do the same before investing in covered housing.
Environment
Boat rides on the National Zoo lake stall over engine noise
A jetty and two boats costing about Tk 35 lakh are ready on the 32-acre south lake of the National Zoo in Mirpur, but noisy engines have kept the rides from starting, and a zoologist says the plan will drive away migratory birds.
AgrotechIndia's farm AI must explain itself in farmers' own language, Krishi Jagran argues
With 76.3 million Farmer IDs and a voice chatbot answering over 9.3 million questions, the next step is advice farmers can understand, question and hand to a human expert.
VegetablesWhy Rayalaseema tomato and mango farmers fear a bumper crop more than drought
Gluts sent tomatoes to ₹4 a kg against a cost of ₹6; a ₹1-lakh-crore horticulture hub with cold storage and grading in 201 clusters is due to be launched on 2 October.
AgrotechAigen's four-arm solar robot pulls weeds up to six inches across without herbicide
Element Gen 2 X4 uses edge AI to steer four arms to weeds in and between rows and records weed density on every pass; Aigen has built more than 100 robots.