'Quail Has Kept Me Alive'
Faridpur's Chunnu Mia turned Tk 16,000 into a quail, turkey and guinea fowl business worth Tk 23 lakh, inspiring other young people in the district.
Faridpur's Chunnu Mia turned Tk 16,000 into a quail, turkey and guinea fowl business worth Tk 23 lakh, inspiring other young people in the district.
A cauliflower that leaves the farmer at Tk 2 in Naogaon reaches shoppers at Tk 15 after changing hands, as farmers accuse a syndicate and officials deny one exists.
Long-standing waterlogging in the Bhabodah area has left boro cultivation uncertain on nearly 2,000 hectares in Abhaynagar upazila of Jashore.
Growing interest in household vegetable plots after last year's disasters has cut demand in Jhalakathi, leaving commercial growers unable to cover costs.
Detective Branch police in Dhaka rescued eight endangered mukhpora langurs and arrested two members of a wildlife trafficking ring at Kajla Bridge in Jatrabari.
Farmers in Meherpur Sadar accuse the upazila agriculture officer of siphoning off money allocated for their demonstration plots, handing over only a small share as inputs.
Potato late blight, a fungal disease, can spread through a field within days in cold, foggy weather, and farmers can curb it with clean seed, careful irrigation and timely fungicide sprays.
Rising demand from cattle farmers has turned aman straw in Mirsarai, Chattogram, into a cash crop worth up to Tk 1 lakh for some growers.
Bangladesh's public grain stocks have fallen to just over 12 lakh tonnes, and the government is importing 16 lakh tonnes of rice and wheat while pressing millers to deliver contracted aman rice.
Farmer Faridul Alam (44) was killed by elephants in Lama, Bandarban, while a pregnant elephant died after touching an electrified wire laid to protect crops.
A headmaster in Hatibandha, Lalmonirhat, has grown a China orange garden on flat land that now draws visitors from surrounding upazilas.
The theft of 30 shallow machines from fields in Gurudaspur, Natore, has left more than 100 farmers unsure how to irrigate winter crops on 300 bighas.
Four simple methods make it easy to remove pomegranate seeds without wasting a drop of juice.
Pomegranate juice mixed with yoghurt, honey, aloe vera and other ingredients can be used in simple face packs for moisture, glow and softer skin.
A simple recipe for pomegranate kheer, a sweet dessert made with pomegranate paste, milk and condensed milk.
Pomegranate, regarded as a superfood, is rich in fibre and minerals and its juice is linked to benefits for immunity, blood pressure and memory.
CropsIn early January 2025, cold and dense fog in Jashore's Sharsha and Benapole put boro seedbeds at risk of cold injury, and farmers bought polythene at high prices to cover them.
About 10,000 people gathered in Dinajpur Sadar upazila to watch pata khela, a traditional game in which tantriks compete using snakes.
Floods and heavy rain left fields in Lakshmipur under water, so aman was grown on well under half the target area this year.
With the cold season under way, sap collectors on the Patuakhali coast have begun tapping date palms for the juice, molasses and pitha that define a Bengal winter.