Environment
Strict action for cutting trees, warns Atiqul
Dhaka North City Corporation mayor Md Atiqul Islam has warned that anyone cutting trees without permission will face strict action.
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Fruits
Jhalakathi markets awash with seasonal fruit
Markets across Jhalakathi are full of seasonal fruit arriving from far away, busy with buyers and sellers from morning until midnight.
Fruits
What to keep children away from in the summer heat
In this heat, parents should keep children away from junk food, strong sun, heavy and spicy meals and fizzy drinks to keep them healthy.
Environment
Contractor blacklisted, two engineers suspended for felling trees
Dhaka North City Corporation has blacklisted a contractor and suspended two engineers after trees were felled while building a road divider at Mirpur's Technical crossing.
Fruits
Recipe for green mango candy
Green mangoes can be boiled, soaked in sugar and sun-dried into a candy that keeps all year.
Crops
Farmers in Sharsha take more interest in growing mukhi kachu
Farmers in Sharsha, Jashore, are turning to mukhi kachu (sarkachu) because it is profitable, needs less fertiliser, has few diseases and has a ready wholesale market.
Crops
Dry paddy now reaching Bhairab, price up Tk 350 a maund
Paddy prices at Bhairab's market have risen by Tk 200 to 350 a maund in two weeks as dry boro paddy arrives from the haor.
Fruits
Boy dies after climbing tree to pick mangoes
A 13-year-old boy died after falling from a tree he had climbed to pick mangoes in Companiganj, Noakhali.
Fruits
Buyers and sellers crowd Sapahar mango market
Sapahar mango market in Naogaon, one of the largest in the north, has come alive with buyers and sellers since Gopalbhog mangoes arrived.
Crops
No One Wants to Understand Farmers' Suffering: Food Minister
Everyone wants to eat cheaply but no one wants to understand farmers' suffering, Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder said in Naogaon.
Environment
Youth Held With Deer Meat in Bhola
Police in Bhola's Monpura upazila detained a young man carrying a sack of 15 kg of slaughtered deer meat.
Crops
Madhutila Eco Park Zoo's Only Deer Stolen and Slaughtered
Thieves slaughtered and ate the only spotted deer at the Madhutila Eco Park mini zoo in Sherpur; the forest department has detained one man and recovered the hide.
Crops
Banana Farming Changes Farmers' Fortunes in Pirojpur
In the villages on both banks of the Baleshwar in Pirojpur, banana growing has replaced paddy and now drives the local economy.
Fruits
Chapainawabganj Mangoes Head to Sweden and London
Seven tonnes of Chapainawabganj mangoes left for Sweden and London on 29 May, and the exporter is aiming for more than 100 tonnes this season.
Crops
What to Keep in Mind When Storing Mangoes Bought in Bulk
A few simple steps after the mangoes arrive can stop them bruising, rotting or ripening too fast.
Crops
Vegetables sell at ten times their production cost
A kilo of pointed gourd that costs a farmer Tk 7.5 to grow reaches Dhaka shoppers at up to Tk 80, as vegetable prices rise tenfold through the hands of middlemen.
Environment
Great hornbills rescued from bus in Chandanaish, supervisor jailed
Police in Chandanaish, Chattogram, rescued two endangered great hornbills from a bus, and a mobile court jailed the bus supervisor for four months.
Fruits
Teacher Beaten in Classroom for Stopping Mango Picking in Kalmakanda
A teacher at a government primary school in Netrokona's Kalmakanda upazila was badly beaten after he stopped local men from picking the school's mangoes.
Crops
Juicy Hill Litchis Could Earn Rangamati Crores
Litchi growers in the hill district of Rangamati have had a strong harvest and are getting good prices for their juicy, sweet fruit.
Crops
Paddy Prices Fail to Cover Farmers' Costs in Netrokona
Netrokona's farmers had a bumper Boro harvest but say the market price of paddy does not cover their rising production costs.