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Nationwide drives against hoarding, fines total Tk 21 lakh
The food ministry fined more than 100 businesses Tk 21 lakh in anti-hoarding drives across the country, with 37 mills in Naogaon alone fined nearly Tk 15 lakh.
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No leniency for buying paddy and hoarding it illegally: food minister
Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder told corporate firms to stop competing to buy paddy and warned there would be no leniency for illegal stocks beyond their capacity.
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Mirsarai's Muslim Uddin succeeds with jujube farming
Md Muslim Uddin of Mirsarai in Chattogram has succeeded with jujube farming in his very first year, selling chemical-free Ball Sundari fruit daily from his orchard.
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Honey collection from mustard fields in full swing in Ishwardi
Beekeepers from various districts are collecting honey from bee boxes set beside mustard fields across Ishwardi, which also boosts mustard yields.
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High fertiliser and labour costs leave Noakhali farmers at a loss
Boro planting is in full swing in remote parts of Noakhali, but farmers are struggling with abnormal rises in the prices of fertiliser, labour and other inputs.
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Chapainawabganj takes another step towards export-quality mango production
An exporter has leased a 40-bigha mango orchard in Chapainawabganj before flowering begins, aiming to grow safe, chemical-free mangoes for export.
Crops
Bumper yield of hybrid tomatoes in Rajbari
Tomato growers in Rajbari have harvested a bumper hybrid crop and expect profits if current prices hold, though they complain of high costs and little official support.
Agribusiness
Delwar's hobby grows into a commercial nursery
Md Delwar Hossain, a former driver who learned to love trees from his employer, has run a nursery business in Dhaka for 17 years.
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Migratory birds of Burungi Beel
Thousands of migratory birds have flocked to Burungi Beel amid the crop fields of Nepaltali union in Bogura's Gabtali upazila.
Environment
Bird fair at JU spreads message of bird conservation
Jahangirnagar University's zoology department held a day-long bird fair, the 23rd of its kind, to raise public awareness of bird conservation.
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Black gram succeeds in Kishoreganj haor
BARI's on-farm research division in Kishoreganj has grown a yellow mosaic-resistant black gram variety without tillage in the haor, harvestable in 80-85 days.
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Vegetable seedling villages sell Tk 15 crore a season
Abdulpur and Bagdanga villages in Jashore Sadar produce about 12 crore vegetable seedlings in an eight-month season and sell them for about Tk 15 crore.
Vegetables
Bean Flowers Dropping in Dense Fog in Mirsarai
Severe cold and dense fog have made the flowers fall from bean plants in Mirsarai, Chattogram, leaving farmers afraid of a crop failure.
Livestock
Disabled engineer Arifuzzaman finds success with lovebird breeding farm
Physically disabled engineer Arifuzzaman Khan has built a successful lovebird breeding farm in Shariatpur's Naria upazila and created jobs for young people.
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Harun Gazi succeeds in growing mustard on saline land
Harun Gazi of Paikgachha in Khulna has grown mustard without tillage on 80 bighas of a saline fish enclosure after draining it and harvesting the fish.
Bangladesh
12 Turtles Rescued in Chattogram as Officials Pose as Buyers, Two Arrested
The forest department arrested two sellers with 12 turtles in Chattogram after its staff posed as buyers.
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Middlemen in Farm Produce Will Be Destroyed: Agriculture Minister
Agriculture Minister Dr Md Abdus Shahid warned that middlemen in the farm produce trade will be destroyed to bring prices under control.
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Alongside His Studies, Monjurul Succeeds With Squash
Monjurul Ahsan, a college student and vegetable grower in Sharsha, Jashore, has made a profit from squash, a crop new to the area, with help from the agriculture department.
Environment
15-Foot Python Rescued in Raozan, Released in Hills
A 15-foot Burmese python weighing about 40 kg was rescued from a village in Raozan, Chattogram, and released in the hills.
Crops
Farmers' Worries Grow With Intense Cold and Fog
Intense cold and dense fog are damaging boro seedbeds and winter crops across Bangladesh, raising farmers' fears for boro and potato production.