A research team led by Prof Dr Md Harun Or Rashid, head of the Horticulture Department at Bangladesh Agricultural University in Mymensingh, has grown European Savoy cabbage in the country's climate.
Miscreants cut down more than 800 mango trees belonging to farmer Selim Reza, 29, late at night in Shibganj, Chapainawabganj.
Pigeons need little space, breed quickly and fetch good prices, making them an easy source of income with a little care.
A young entrepreneur in Hatibandha, Lalmonirhat, is growing cabbage in the unused spaces between his malta trees, feeding his family and earning extra income from the surplus.
Environment adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan says the government is working to develop the country's botanical gardens as nature conservation sites.
Only about 10 to 15 vaquitas, a tiny marine mammal found only in Mexico's Gulf of California, are left, down from several thousand, as illegal fishing nets threaten its survival.
Capsicum, or sweet pepper, is becoming more popular in Barishal, with farmers growing it commercially on the region's wide chars and reporting good yields.
The fishing cat, known locally as mechho bagh or 'fishing tiger', is regularly killed by people who mistake it for a tiger, and experts warn it could disappear unless the killings stop.
After repeated losses on vegetables, three brothers from Bhajendrapur in Tebunia, Pabna, have found success with roses and hope to sell Tk 5 lakh worth this month around Valentine's Day.
Residents of Bangladesh's coastal chars live with storms, floods and hardship yet cling to their homesteads, bound together by mutual dependence and hospitality.
The Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council has developed the Khamari app, which lets farmers in the field see which crop suits their land and how much fertiliser and pesticide to use.
The Bangladesh Cold Storage Association has raised the rent for storing potatoes by Tk 1 to Tk 8 a kg and will no longer take sacks over 50 kg, angering farmers who say their costs have almost doubled.
CropsOn 3 February 2025 a wildlife inspector of the Forest Department filed a case in Rajshahi Metropolitan Magistrate Court-2 against two content creators over videos of slaughtering and roasting pond herons and lesser whistling ducks. The court issued summonses.
Mango blossoms have begun appearing across Dinajpur during the winter month of Magh, and growers hope for a good harvest this year.
Banglamark Limited has unveiled a locally made BRRI Grain Collector at its farm machinery factory in Chattogram, where BRRI-designed machines are being produced.
Researchers have recovered more than a hundred dead mother turtles, most of them egg-bearing olive ridleys, from the Cox's Bazar coast during the breeding season.
Temperatures have risen across Bangladesh outside Rangpur division, and the Met Office says dense fog in places may disrupt air, river and road transport.
Capsicum cultivation on Bhola's isolated chars has expanded by 15 hectares, and with a strong yield and much higher prices, farmers expect good profits this season.
Radish growers in Rajshahi are selling at Tk 3 to Tk 5 a kg, and many are abandoning their produce at the market.
Official statistics show hilsa catches rising, but the fish is scarce and costly in markets, argues media worker Jahidul Islam Mehedi.
