A 17-year-old schoolgirl in Chuadanga's Alamdanga upazila died after a snakebite that was treated through the night with exorcism rituals before she was taken to hospital.
A 45-year-old housewife from Charbhadrasan, Faridpur, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital six days after a snakebite, having first been taken to a village healer.
A Jagannath University student has found success with a two-bigha dragon fruit orchard in Bhanga, Faridpur, inspiring educated young people in the area.
Mango prices in Sapahar, Naogaon, are rising at the end of the season, but farmers say they are still well below last year's and costs are higher.
A mother, Ayesha Khatun, 25, and her seven-month-old daughter Nusrat Jahan died after a snake bit them in their sleep in Kushtia.
After two years of research, the Rahmatpur Regional Agricultural Research Station has grown off-season BARI watermelons on floating beds over water hyacinth-covered ponds.
A snake catcher rescued a venomous cobra of six to seven feet from the Fulgazi upazila parishad premises in Feni, and officials say snakes have become more common on the site.
About 71,000 seedlings worth nearly Tk 80 lakh were sold at a 28-day tree fair in Khulna, the fair's closing ceremony heard.
A farmer, Rafiq Khandakar, 50, died after being bitten by a snake while working in his field in Sadarpur, Faridpur, having first been taken to an ojha.
A 14-month-old boy, Ariyan, died of a snakebite in the Pagla police station area of Gafargaon upazila in Mymensingh.
Late rain has let about 10,000 farmers in Chattogram's Mirsarai upazila get their transplanted aman into the fields, with the season's target almost met.
Farmers in Bhola have begun growing transplanted aman by the samalay (synchronised) method for the first time, and expect far lower costs and higher profits.
Farmers in the southern guava belt around the floating markets of Jhalakathi, Barishal and Pirojpur say a lack of rain has cut this year's yield.
A man in India's Madhya Pradesh killed his wife and two children and then himself after a dispute over his pet dog, police said.
A simple home recipe for mango yogurt, set overnight from milk, sugar, sour yogurt and cooked mango purée.
Beans are a popular, protein-rich vegetable in Bangladesh, and the best time to sow them is from the Bengali month of Asar to Bhadra.
Agriculture minister Dr Abdur Razzaque said the BRRI dhan98 aus variety will play a big role in food security, during a field visit in Tangail's Dhanbari.
Countless bats have roosted for about 150 years in the trees around a pond at Montu Babu's house in Mirsarai, which locals call the "bat house".
Mango growers in Dinajpur, a district famed for lychees, have had a bumper Gourmati crop but fear losses as local demand is weak and export buyers have not been found.
A farmer, Golam Kibria, 50, died after a venomous snakebite in Mirsarai, Chattogram, having told no one at home that he had been bitten.
