Faridpur farmer Sahida Begum, a former housewife, grows onion seed on up to 100 acres, sold at least Tk 4 crore worth this year and pioneered hand pollination of onion seed.
A practical guide to sweet potato farming, from choosing high-yielding varieties to planting cuttings, fertilising and harvesting.
Three civet cubs held by a household in Kamalganj, Moulvibazar, have been rescued and taken to a wildlife rescue centre in Lawachhara National Park.
Vegetable prices in Barishal have risen by Tk 5 to Tk 10 in a week, while fish and meat prices have been stable for two weeks.
A recipe for sweet and sour crispy ginger honey fish made with rui fillet and served with fried rice, pulao or hot rice.
Farmers in Sunamganj's haors fear losing a bumper boro crop to flash floods after a forecast of a week of heavy rain.
Pineapple farming is spreading on fallow hill land along Sherpur's border, with growers saying government support and protection from wild elephants could transform the area.
Potato farmers in Cumilla's Burichang are storing their bumper crop under tarpaulins in the open, with cold stores full and prices below production cost.
Students and researchers at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University have made nutritious pet food from invasive sucker fish, offering a way to control the fish.
A farm owner in Abhaynagar, Jashore, is harvesting his first Japanese Miyazaki mangoes from saplings imported from India in 2024.
A spotted deer that fled into a village in Monpura, Bhola, as tidal water flooded its forest has been rescued, treated and released.
LivestockA guide published in April 2025 to keeping ducks beside a pond, covering night shelters, water, home-made feed and laying, checked against FAO and CPDO duck-keeping guides.
Green mangoes have reached almost every market in Dhaka with the start of Baishakh, selling at Tk 80 to Tk 100 a kilogram.
Detective police have arrested one man and recovered one of three endangered ring-tailed lemurs stolen from Gazipur Safari Park.
BINA trials show sunflower can be sown by dibbling without tillage on saline land after the Aman harvest, and the institute is spreading the technology across the south-west.
HealthRose petals soaked in warm olive oil make a simple rose-infused oil at home, but the American Academy of Dermatology advises testing any new skin product on a small patch for seven to 10 days first.
Market, hospital and shop waste dumped under a bridge at Allahr Darga bazar in Daulatpur, Kushtia, is polluting the Hisna river and driving people away.
A guide to milk fever, the calcium-deficiency disease that leaves high-yielding cows unable to stand around calving, and how to treat and prevent it.
Green litchi fruitlets are setting across Dinajpur, and private estimates put the crop's value at about Tk 2,000 crore, double the official figure.
Pulse cultivation in Mirsharai upazila of Chattogram has spread to 6,077 hectares, with mung the leading crop and farmers expecting good yields.
