Crops
Commercial Sunflower Farming Grows in Mirsharai
Farmers in Mirsharai upazila of Chattogram expect a bumper sunflower harvest, and the agriculture office says low costs will draw more growers to the crop.
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Environment
138 Endangered Turtles Rescued in Chattogram
The Wildlife Management and Nature Conservation Division has rescued 138 turtles of an endangered species from two shops on Station Road in Chattogram.
Crops
Planning Commission Questions Tk 463 Crore Ashuganj-Palash Irrigation Project
The Planning Commission has questioned a Tk 463 crore BADC irrigation project whose canal would be built on roads department land that could be reclaimed on three months' notice.
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Dinajpur Litchi Trees Laden With Blossom
Litchi growers in Dinajpur are busy tending trees covered in blossom, hoping for a bumper crop after heat damaged last year's harvest.
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BRRI Issues Advance Heatwave Warning for Rice
BRRI has issued an advance heatwave warning for rice, advising farmers to keep water standing in fields and spray against blast and leaf diseases.
Agribusiness
Kashvi Enterprise's Pet Bird Licence to Stay Cancelled
The Appellate Division's chamber judge has kept in force the cancellation of Kashvi Enterprise's licence over birds imported outside its no-objection certificate and 65 undocumented pet birds.
Fruits
Is Drinking Cold Water in Hot Weather Bad for Your Health?
Cold water is fine in hot weather, but ice-cold water gulped straight after coming in from the sun can cause a range of problems.
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Local Fruit Meets Extra Ramadan Demand
Year-round farming of local fruit is meeting much of Bangladesh's extra Ramadan demand as dearer imports push buyers to cheaper home-grown fruit.
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Mulberry Fruit Becomes a Popular Snack in Dinajpur
Mulberry fruit, grown in Dinajpur for silkworm leaves and absent from the list of food crops, is selling for Tk 250-300 a kg as a popular snack.
Fruits
A Refreshing Bangi Sherbet for Iftar
Bangi, a nutritious melon that cools the body, can be turned into a refreshing sherbet for iftar with this simple recipe.
Environment
Wild Elephants Spread Fear in Kaptai
People living inside the Kaptai hydroelectric power plant area in Rangamati are spending their nights in fear of wild elephant attacks.
Environment
Youth Arrested With Two Bear Cubs in Bandarban
Police in Alikadam, Bandarban, have rescued two cubs of an endangered bear species and arrested a young man for wildlife trafficking.
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Expatriate Raju Succeeds With Quinoa in Lalmonirhat
Rezaul Karim Raju, an expatriate living in America, has succeeded in growing quinoa on 70 decimals of land in Lalmonirhat for the first time.
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Banjui Flowers Spread Fragrance Across Rural Mirsharai
The banjui wildflower is blooming along roadsides across Mirsharai in Chattogram, spreading its scent and catching the eye of local people.
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Cabbage Sells for Tk 5 Each in Birampur
Cabbage is selling for Tk 5 a head at the end of the season in Birampur, Dinajpur, bringing losses for farmers but relief for buyers.
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Maize Farming Keeps Rising in Thakurgaon
Thakurgaon has become the country's third-largest maize-producing district as farmers switch to the crop for low costs and better profits.
Environment
What Patients and Families Must Do to Prevent Snakebite Deaths
Most snakes in Bangladesh are not venomous, yet about 7,500 people die of snakebite each year, mostly because patients and families do not know what to do.
Environment
Elephant Dies in Remote Hills of Teknaf
An elderly male wild elephant has died in the remote hills of Teknaf in Cox's Bazar, and forest department staff recovered the carcass.
Livestock
150 Chickens Die After Farm's Power Is Cut in Meherpur
More than 150 chickens on a schoolboy's rooftop farm in Gangni, Meherpur, died after miscreants cut the power, the family says.
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Faridpur's Bangi Growers Face Losses
Growers of the Lalmi variety of bangi in Faridpur's Sadarpur face losses after cold weather delayed the crop past the start of Ramadan.