Crops
Flower and Fruit Drop in Trees: Causes and Remedies
Excessive flower and fruit drop cuts yields, but it can be reduced by managing water, nutrients, pests and pollination, and by avoiding sprays while trees are pollinating.
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Fisheries
The Pirates Are Gone, but the Hardship Remains
Sea piracy has largely ended around Barguna's Patharghata, but the area's hilsa fishermen remain trapped in poverty by debt, advance-payment chains, disasters and a lack of credit.
Crops
Hopes of Profit Dashed, Strawberry Growers Struggle to Save Their Capital
Two young entrepreneurs who planted strawberries on a vast Teesta sandbar in Kurigram's Ulipur face heavy losses after seedlings of the wrong quality failed to deliver the yield they expected.
FruitsGouripur factory made mango juice without mango; owner jailed for three months
A mobile court in Gouripur, Mymensingh, on 4 March 2025 jailed the owner of an unlicensed juice factory for three months and fined him Tk 1 lakh after finding drinks made from chemicals with no mango at all.
Flowers
How to Grow Beli Flowers the Easy Way
Beli, a fragrant flower used in bouquets and garlands, can be grown in fields or tubs with the right soil, spacing, irrigation and yearly pruning.
Crops
No Buds on Lychee Trees, Growers Fear Severe Crop Failure
Lychee orchards in Ishwardi, where the fruit supports more than a lakh people, have few buds this season, and growers fear the worst crop failure they can remember.
Crops
A Story of Struggle Mixed with the Smell of Dried Fish
At Nazirartek near Cox's Bazar, the country's largest dried-fish village, thousands of fishing families work from dawn to turn the sea's catch into shutki, with daily trade worth crores of taka.
Fruits
Watermelon at Tk 90 a Kg in Mymensingh
Watermelon sellers at Mymensingh's Shambhuganj bazar refuse to sell by the piece and are charging up to Tk 90 a kg, leaving many buyers to go home without one.
Environment
Environment Under Threat, a New Drive for Awareness
As plastic and polythene pollution damages rivers, fish and farmland in Barguna's Patharghata, local man Shafikul Islam Khokon is campaigning to get people to give up plastic.
CropsWhy crops need micronutrients: what zinc, boron and iron do, and signs of shortage
Eight of the 17 elements plants need are micronutrients, required in tiny amounts, yet a shortage of any one of them limits growth and yield. FAO counts zinc and boron deficiencies as the most important worldwide.
Environment
Government Moves to Bring Back Lost Wildlife: Environment Adviser
At a World Wildlife Day event in Dhaka, environment adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan said the government is working to bring animals lost from Bangladesh back into the wild.
Bangladesh
Barking Deer Strays Into Sitakunda Village, Later Rescued
A barking deer chased by dogs and held by villagers at Sitakunda's Olinagar embankment was rescued by coastal forest staff and taken for treatment.
Crops
Disabled Farmer Rana Succeeds With Lemons, Hopes to Sell Tk 4 Lakh Worth in Ramadan
A disabled farmer in Tangail's Sakhipur has a bumper lemon crop on 5 acres and hopes to sell Tk 3 to 4 lakh worth during Ramadan.
Crops
Jasim Uddin Smiles with His Sunflowers
A farmer in Chandpur's Matlab Uttar hopes for a bumper sunflower crop in his third season, while visitors come from far away to see and photograph the blooms.
Environment
Cat Stuck on Elevated Expressway Beam Rescued
A cat stuck on a beam under the Dhaka Elevated Expressway was rescued at dawn on 2 March by volunteers using a baited trap, after city corporation efforts with ladders failed.
Crops
Lychee Blossom Fills the Air in the Land of Lychees
Blossom has come to lychee trees across Dinajpur, and growers and agriculture officials expect a bumper harvest if the weather holds.
Fruits
Fruit Cheap in Kolkata at the Start of Ramadan
Ample supply and imports are keeping fruit prices fairly low in Kolkata's wholesale markets as Ramadan begins, traders say.
Crops
Mineral Resources Could Be a Major Source of Foreign Exchange
Dr Forkan Ali argues that Bangladesh's largely untapped coal, limestone, white clay, glass sand and other minerals, valued by the GSB at over $2.26 trillion, could earn much foreign exchange.
Crops
What Must Be Done in Boro Production to Make Up for Aman Losses
With floods cutting the aman harvest, Bangladesh is counting on a boro crop of 2.26 crore tonnes, which will need a set of steps on seed, water, fertiliser, credit and procurement.
Crops
Sweet Pumpkin Farming Grows but Prices Do Not
Kishoreganj farmers who expanded sweet pumpkin farming now sell at Tk 6-10 a kg, far below past years, amid lower yields and higher costs.