EnvironmentOn Friday, 11 April 2025, thousands of visitors braved intense heat to visit the Bangladesh National Zoo in Mirpur, Dhaka; most of them were children and teenagers.
A student writer argues that killing jatka robs future generations of hilsa and threatens fishers' livelihoods.
HealthRose petals and rose water are popularly said to brighten the skin, but evidence from human studies is limited, and dermatologists advise a patch test before using anything new on the face.
CropsIn April 2025, Bimal Chandra Das and Sebika Rani Das were lifting the first onions they had grown commercially in Ichhakhali union of Mirsarai, Chattogram, and reported a good yield.
Bangladesh's agriculture adviser told BIMSTEC ministers that joint work can secure food and nutrition, and offered to lead on a food reserve and research centre.
A clinical dietitian says fruit first thing in the morning can cause blood sugar swings and recommends pairing it with protein or healthy fats.
LivestockOf the many wild quail species, the Japanese quail is the one mainly farmed, in colour varieties such as Pharaoh, English White and Manchurian Golden; Bangladesh has farmed it since 1992.
The government will buy 3.5 lakh tonnes of paddy and 14 lakh tonnes of parboiled rice this Boro season, at prices Tk 4 a kg higher than last year.
The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics wants Tk 27.98 crore for a survey of the production cost of 10 crops, Tk 10.485 crore of it for travel.
CropsMaize covered 12,210 hectares in Kishoreganj in the 2024-25 season, above the 12,100-hectare target, as haor farmers chose a crop they could harvest before the monsoon floods.
A farmer in Gomastapur upazila of Chapainawabganj has grown purple leaf rice on 12 katha of land, drawing farmers and visitors to his field.
Coast Guard members seized 110kg of deer meat from two boats in the western Sundarbans and detained one suspected poacher.
Practical advice on feeding, housing and protecting cattle and calves from the cold in winter.
An illegal mini zoo in Mymensingh's Joynul Abedin Park has been sealed off and wildlife seized, after one of its two bears developed a rotting wound.
A 70-year-old man, Mohammad Hossain, has been killed by a wild elephant in Chakaria upazila of Cox's Bazar.
Beekeepers say litchi-flower honey collection in Dinajpur has hit a record, though government and beekeepers' figures differ enormously.
Colossal Biosciences says it has revived the dire wolf, extinct for about 12,500 years, by editing 20 changes into 14 genes of grey wolf cells.
Without special care in winter, poultry farms can see slower broiler growth, fewer eggs and more chick deaths, so brooding temperature must be managed carefully.
The government will observe Jatka Conservation Week from 8 to 14 April in 20 hilsa-rich districts, stopping the catch of young hilsa.
A sudden die-off of bagda shrimp in the ghers of Kaliganj, Satkhira, has left farmers facing heavy losses at the start of the season.
