Good Jute Prices Bring Smiles to Joypurhat Farmers
Joypurhat's farmers are pleased with this year's jute prices, which are better than in recent years, and ample water has made retting easy.
Joypurhat's farmers are pleased with this year's jute prices, which are better than in recent years, and ample water has made retting easy.
The bank of the Ganges-Kobadak (GK) project's main canal broke in Alamdanga, flooding Aman paddy, homes, retting jute and fish ponds.
A young graduate in Kaliganj, Lalmonirhat, is drawing attention by growing gourds and vegetables in sacks raised above the water of his fish farm.
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Floodwater from the Muhuri river has dumped sand up to 6 feet deep on farmland in Feni, and farmers fear they will not be able to grow crops for years.
More hilsa is reaching Chandpur's Borostation fish ghat late in the season, but prices have not fallen, and traders say demand outstrips supply.
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Buyers in Faridpur say a syndicate is driving up hilsa prices even in the peak season, while traders point to low catches and costs.
Hit by three floods this year, Sunamganj's haor farmers are replanting Aman paddy, often with high-interest loans, in a bid to recover.
Shamim Hossain Shishir's garden brings the green of his Naogaon childhood to busy Mohakhali, with medicinal plants, flowers, vegetables, birds and cats.
Border Guard Bangladesh seized 46.5 kg of hilsa that smugglers abandoned while trying to take it into India through Tahirpur upazila.
Snakes driven out by severe flooding have bitten 112 people across Lakshmipur in 10 days, 80 of them treated at the Sadar hospital.
Young entrepreneur Rustam Ali of Joypurhat has grown ginger in 1,000 sacks between his papaya trees and expects a profitable harvest.
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The Forest Department rescued an elephant that had been beaten in Cumilla early on Thursday, on the orders of environment adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan.
A three-year-old girl died after a snake bit her in her sleep in Mirsarai, Chattogram, on Wednesday night.
Abnormal tides and days of rain have washed away transplanted Aman seedlings and seedbeds in Bhola, leaving indebted farmers facing heavy losses.