Vegetables
Bhola Farmers Succeed With BARI Capsicum
Farmers on the chars of Bhola Sadar and Daulatkhan have succeeded in growing BARI Capsicum-2 commercially after a successful trial last year.
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Agribusiness
Chicken Traders Summoned by Consumer Rights Directorate
The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection has summoned chicken traders to explain irregularities including missing price lists.
Agribusiness
Chicken Traders Ignoring Everything
With broiler chicken at a record Tk 240-250, a consumer rights drive at Kaptan Bazar found no shop displaying a price list and fined two shops.
Bangladesh
Barking Deer Killed by Truck in Satchari
An endangered barking deer was killed by a truck in the forest of Satchari National Park in Habiganj on Sunday night.
Crops
Technology Cuts Five to Seven Years From Developing a Rice Variety
Using the latest technology, BRRI's Transforming Rice Breeding project is cutting the time to develop a rice variety from 10 to 15 years to 8 to 10 years.
Crops
Combine Harvesters Saved Farmers Tk 1,119 Crore in the Aman Season
Combine harvesters cut rice on 642,000 hectares in the last Aman season, saving farmers about Tk 1,119.41 crore in costs and avoided grain losses, according to DAE.
Livestock
Chicken Meat Output Down 26 Percent, Eggs 25
The Bangladesh Poultry Industries Association says chicken meat output is 25.71 percent and egg output 25 percent below capacity as farms shut.
Environment
12-Foot Python Found in Chattogram Home Released in Hills
The forest department rescued a 12-foot python from a house in Raozan, Chattogram, and released it in the nearby hills.
Crops
Miscreants Cut Down 2,500 Bitter Gourd Plants of Poor Farmer
Miscreants cut down 2,500 bitter gourd plants belonging to a poor farmer, Md Faruk, in Subarnachar, Noakhali, on the night of 3 March.
Vegetables
Fish and Meat Out of Reach for Ordinary People
With beef at Tk 750, broiler at Tk 240-250 and fish prices rising, middle- and low-income families in Dhaka can no longer afford fish or meat.
Environment
Tree Planting in Gulshan Marks 50 Years of Bangladesh-Korea Friendship
Dhaka North mayor Md Atiqul Islam opened a tree-planting programme in Gulshan to mark 50 years of Bangladesh-Korea friendship.
Crops
May Our Native Fruits Survive With Pride
Within just two decades more than fifty of Bangladesh's native fruits have come under threat, depriving people of their taste, nutrition and variety.
Crops
85 Per Cent of Haor Crop-Protection Embankment Work Done in Netrokona
With 15 per cent of the work still to do, Netrokona's haor crop-protection embankments missed the 28 February deadline and the district has been given an extra week.
Crops
Shimul Blossoms Light Up the Railway at Salap in Sirajganj
A thousand flowering shimul trees along the railway at Salap in Sirajganj are drawing crowds, even as the tree becomes scarce across the district.
Environment
Five Snakes Rescued From Snake Charmer Released in Forest
Members of Animal Lovers of Patuakhali released five snakes of three species, rescued from a snake charmer, in Kuakata.
VideoAvocado Grown Commercially in Bangladesh for the First Time
A Jhenaidah schoolteacher has begun the first commercial avocado cultivation in Bangladesh, while a horticulture expert urges research before wider planting.
Vegetables
Python Rescued From Vegetable Field in Sharankhola
An eight-foot python found in a farmer's vegetable field in Sharankhola, Bagerhat, was rescued and released into the Sundarbans.
Livestock
1,200 Chickens Burnt to Death in Night-Time Farm Fire in Narail
A fire at a poultry farm in Narail's B-Patna village late on Sunday night killed 1,200 chickens, with the owner putting the loss at about Tk 8 lakh.
Fisheries
Sheikh Hasina Has Raised People's Capacity, Says SM Rezaul Karim
Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim credited Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with raising people's capacity at the closing of the livestock exhibition in Agargaon.
Agribusiness
Forest Department Raids Bird Market in Gazipur
Wildlife rescued in a Forest Department raid on a Tongi bird market were released in Bhawal National Park in Gazipur.