Crops
Storms and Hail Feared on Friday and Saturday: What Farmers Should Do to Protect Crops
With storms and hail forecast for 31 March and 1 April, the Agriculture Information Service has told farmers how to limit damage to standing crops.
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Agribusiness
CAB Demands Punishment for Those Who Looted the Chicken Market Through a Syndicate
The Consumers Association of Bangladesh demanded strict punishment for traders who made crores of taka through a broiler chicken syndicate.
Crops
Farmer Dies of Snakebite in Sherpur
Farmer Aynal Haque (38) died after being bitten by a snake while checking his paddy field in Nalitabari upazila of Sherpur.
Agribusiness
Marginal Farmers Ruined by Corporate Companies' 'Manipulation'
Bangladesh Poultry Association accuses a handful of corporate companies of pushing broiler prices down whenever marginal farmers' birds are ready for sale, and has proposed three steps including a poultry board.
Agribusiness
Shopkeeper Fined for Buying Sick Chickens and Selling Them at Extra Profit
A trader in Nabiganj upazila of Habiganj was fined Tk 5,000 for buying sick chickens cheaply and selling them at a profit, and more than a hundred sick and dead birds were buried.
Crops
Not Extortion or Begging: Hijra Group Wins Attention With Farming in Gazipur
Instead of collecting money from people, a group of third-gender people (hijras) in Gazipur has taken up farming on 13 bigha of sharecropped land.
Bangladesh
After the Nilgai, Now a Langur Arrives
After a nilgai, a langur (mukhpora hanuman) has crossed into Dinajpur from India and has been roaming the Hili-Birampur border area for several days, tired and short of food.
Agribusiness
Extortion With Elephants Goes On in Narail
Mahouts in Narail are openly collecting Tk 2,000 to Tk 2,500 a day by taking elephants onto roads and into markets, with many people paying out of fear or embarrassment.
World
Baby Chimpanzee Throws Stones at Visitors, Mother Disciplines It
A video of a zoo chimpanzee mother punishing her baby for throwing a stone at visitors has gone viral after it was shared on Twitter by Indian forest officer Susanta Nanda.
Crops
Food Department Fails on Paddy but Succeeds on Rice
Jhalakathi's food department collected only 15 tonnes of paddy against a 1,689-tonne target because market prices were higher than the government rate, but it met its rice procurement target in full.
Agribusiness
Chicken Prices Fall, Eggs Get Dearer
Broiler chicken prices in Dhaka have fallen by Tk 50 to Tk 60 a kg over three days, but egg prices have risen by up to Tk 10 a dozen.
Environment
Snake Rears Its Hood on Moving Motorcycle, Rider Escapes Unharmed
A snake emerged from the meter box of NGO worker Lutfor Rahman's moving motorcycle in Kurigram, but he stopped the bike quickly and escaped unhurt.
Agribusiness
Tk 936 Crore Looted in 52 Days by Raising Chicken Prices
Bangladesh Poultry Association, which represents marginal farmers, alleges that corporate poultry firms made Tk 936 crore in 52 days by raising the prices of chickens and chicks.
Livestock
13 Vultures Killed by Poison in Moulvibazar
Thirteen endangered vultures and several foxes, dogs and cats died in Moulvibazar after eating a dead goat laced with poison, apparently put out to kill foxes.
Crops
Not a Single Chhatak of Paddy Reached Food Department Warehouses in 7 Rangpur Districts
The food department bought no paddy at all in seven of Rangpur division's eight districts and only 3 tonnes in Dinajpur, against a 62,344-tonne target, though it beat its rice target.
Crops
7,500 Farmers Get Free Fertiliser and Seed in Kumarkhali
Seven and a half thousand farmers in Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia received free rice and jute seed and chemical fertiliser under an incentive programme to boost Aus rice and jute production.
Agribusiness
No Justification for Broiler Price Above Tk 200, Says Consumer Rights DG
The director general of the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection says there is no justification for broiler chicken to cost more than Tk 200 a kg for consumers.
Crops
Farmer Sentu Hajong Develops 23 Rice Varieties in His Humble Home
Farmer Sentu Chandra Hajong of Sherpur has bred 23 new local rice varieties over 17 years of research at home, and hundreds of farmers now grow them.
Agribusiness
Chicken Market Unstable, Egg Prices Up Too
As across the country, the chicken market in Rangpur is unstable and egg prices have risen, putting pressure on low-income people ahead of Ramadan.
Agribusiness
Broiler Chicken Selling at Double Its Production Cost
The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection has told the commerce secretary that broiler chicken is selling at twice its production cost and should not cost more than Tk 200 a kg.