Agribusiness
Guinea Fowl Can Help Meet Demand for Eggs and Meat
Guinea fowl, or titir, are cheap to raise at home, lay well and can meet demand for both eggs and meat.
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Crops
Flood Water Recedes but Suffering Grows in Netrokona
Flood water has begun to recede in Netrokona, but many returning home find their houses wrecked and their paddy and rice spoilt, leaving them struggling for food.
Agribusiness
Cut Hilsa Goes on Sale in Rajshahi, Buyers Throng on Day One
Traders in Rajshahi have begun selling hilsa in pieces so that low-income people can afford it, and the first day drew a strong response.
Crops
A Different Kind of Seed Fair in Satkhira
Women farmers displayed and swapped seeds of more than 100 local vegetable and food crop varieties at a seed fair in Shyamnagar, Satkhira.
Crops
How to Plant Grape Seedlings at Home
Grapes can be grown at home with the right position, soil and care; here is how to plant and look after grape seedlings.
Agribusiness
Hilsa Prices Hit Record at Chandpur
Hilsa prices at Chandpur's Boro Station fish landing have jumped by Tk 500-600 a kg, a level traders and buyers say the district has never seen.
Agribusiness
Hilsa to Be Sold in Pieces in Rajshahi
The Rajshahi Traders' Coordination Council has decided to sell hilsa cut into pieces so that people who cannot afford a whole fish can buy some.
Agribusiness
Farmers Demand End to Discrimination in Poultry Industry
Marginal poultry farmers in Chattogram have demanded fair day-old chick prices, cheaper feed and an end to discrimination in the poultry industry.
Fisheries
Fishermen Pledge Not to Catch Hilsa in the Jamuna
More than 100 fishermen in Sirajganj Sadar have pledged not to catch hilsa in the Jamuna during the 22-day ban from 13 October to 3 November.
Crops
The Benefits of Rearing Goats and Chickens Together
Farmers who keep chickens alongside goats in a shared shed can cut costs, reduce feed needs and get eggs, meat and compost.
Crops
Government Is Working to Improve Agriculture: Agriculture Adviser
Agriculture and home adviser Lt Gen Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury said the government is working to improve agriculture, speaking after visiting BARI in Gazipur.
Fisheries
Cook Hilsa Pulao for a Special Dinner
A recipe for hilsa pulao, with marinated hilsa cooked in spices and layered with fragrant rice, for a family meal or special dinner.
Fisheries
One Hilsa Sells for Tk 6,840 in Kalapara
A hilsa weighing 2kg 280g, caught by a fisherman from Kalapara in Patuakhali, has sold for Tk 6,840 at auction.
Agribusiness
"Mother Hilsa Must Be Allowed to Spawn in Fresh Water"
The new river police superintendent in Chandpur says hilsa must be allowed to spawn in fresh water and that the task force drive will continue during the ban.
Agribusiness
Livelihoods Hang on the Bamboo Craft in Sitakunda
Thousands of families in Sitakunda depend on bamboo crafts but say moneylenders and local traders keep them from getting fair prices.
Fisheries
Indian Held With 17.6kg of Hilsa at Sonamasjid
BGB has detained an Indian truck driver with 17kg 600g of hilsa while he was smuggling the fish through Sonamasjid land port.
Environment
College Student Dies of Snakebite in Narail
Eni Roy, an 18-year-old college student, has died of a snakebite in Narail after being bitten in her bed at night.
Fisheries
"We Can't Celebrate Eid and Fear Puja": Farida Akhter
Fisheries and livestock adviser Farida Akhter said in Tangail that people cannot celebrate Eid but fear Durga Puja, and that everyone together can ensure a good puja.
Crops
Water on the Padma Chars Leaves Farmers in Despair
The Padma has risen twice in 15 days at Ishwardi in Pabna, submerging hundreds of hectares of char farmland and destroying vegetable crops.
Fisheries
Young Man Dies of Snakebite in Sirajganj
A 35-year-old man bitten while fishing in Ullapara was taken to a healer before reaching hospital in Sirajganj, where he died without receiving antivenom.