Crops
Blast Disease Greys Out Gaibandha Farmers' Boro Hopes
Farmers in Gaibandha say neck blast is emptying their ripening Boro rice panicles and that pesticides bought from local shops are not helping.
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Crops
Barishal Supplies 80 Per Cent of the Country's Demand for Amra
Barishal division meets 80 per cent of Bangladesh's demand for amra, and its new GI status is expected to raise the fruit's profile at home and abroad.
Environment
42 kg of Deer Meat Seized in the Sundarbans
Forest guards seized 42 kg of deer meat in the Sundarbans after four poachers fled into the forest.
Crops
Cattle, a Symbol of Farm-Based Rural Life
Cattle, long part of farm-based village life in Bangladesh, have become a source of income, nutrition and self-reliance for rural families.
Environment
Green Voice Makes Five Demands on Natural Oxygen Protection Day
About 300 students from at least 20 Dhaka institutions joined Green Voice's rally on Natural Oxygen Protection Day 2025, where the group set out five demands.
Agribusiness
Hilsa Supply Rises in Chandpur but Prices Stay High
Hilsa supply at Chandpur's Boro Station fish landing has picked up a week after fishing resumed, but prices remain very high.
Crops
Not Chemical Panic, but Scientific Mango Growing and Informed Administration
Md Taif Ali of the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority argues that mangoes should not be destroyed on suspicion of chemical ripening without laboratory testing.
Crops
Immature Litchis Fill Ishwardi Markets at High Prices
Immature local litchis are being sold at high prices in Ishwardi as growers report one of the worst litchi yields they have seen.
Crops
Changing Irrigation Can Cut Arsenic in Rice by 40 Per Cent
A Bangladesh Agricultural University project says alternating three days of flooding with four days of drainage can reduce arsenic in rice by up to 40 per cent without cutting yields.
Fruits
Rajshahi Mangoes to Reach Market from 15 May
Rajshahi district administration has announced this season's mango calendar, allowing growers and traders to start picking on 15 May.
Crops
Nak Fazli Mango Now Belongs to Naogaon
The Nak Fazli mango has received geographical indication status as 'Naogaon's Nak Fazli Mango', strengthening the district's tie to the fruit.
Crops
Proposal to Declare Cotton Fibre an Agricultural Product Approved
The interim government's advisory council has approved a proposal to declare cotton fibre an agricultural product, press secretary Shafiqul Alam said.
Crops
Green Coconut Sells for Tk 60 in Pirojpur, Tk 200 in Dhaka
Green coconuts from Nesarabad in Pirojpur fetch three times as much in Dhaka as growers are paid, as middlemen take a cut at every step.
Crops
A Farmer's Wooden Plough Can Still Be Seen in the Fields
In an age of tractors and power tillers, a farmer in Monohardi, Narsingdi, still works his land with a wooden plough.
Crops
Machine Farming Raises Yields and Cuts Labour and Costs in Cumilla
A 50-acre synchronised farming block in Debidwar, Cumilla, using rice transplanters, combine harvesters and BRRI dhan102 averaged 91 maunds an acre and saved Tk 19,815 an acre.
Bangladesh
Wild Elephant Kills Elderly Man in Cox's Bazar
Jafar Alam, 72, was killed by a stray wild elephant at dawn on 5 May in Fashiakhali union of Chakaria in Cox's Bazar.
Crops
Litchi Yield Fails in Faridpur This Season
Lack of rain and a prolonged heatwave have caused a litchi yield failure in Madhukhali, Faridpur, leaving growers and seasonal traders facing heavy losses.
Fisheries
Two Padma Hilsa Sell for Tk 10,400
Two hilsa weighing 2.6 kg in total, caught in the Padma at Daulatdia, sold at auction for Tk 10,400.
Crops
Housewife Hanufa's Strawberry Success in Cumilla
A mother in Burichang, Cumilla, grew strawberries on a trial plot so her child could eat them, and has already sold part of the harvest.
Livestock
No Cattle Market in Two Aftabnagar Blocks and Part of Sun Valley
The High Court has stayed a temporary Eid-ul-Azha cattle market in two blocks of Aftabnagar's Eastern Housing and part of Sun Valley, leased out by Dhaka North City Corporation.