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A Time to Stand Even Closer by People
In a message for Channel i Online's sixth anniversary, Shykh Seraj describes how Channel i has kept up its journalism during the coronavirus and asks for the public's support.
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Livestock
Poultry Farms in Despair Because of the Coronavirus
The coronavirus has plunged Gazipur's poultry industry into crisis, with small farmers selling eggs and meat below cost and half of Sreepur's farms already shut.
Opinion
Coronavirus Times: Coordination in Health Care Is Urgent
Shykh Seraj writes that Bangladesh wasted its head start against the coronavirus and urges testing, isolation, coordinated planning and a fresh look at health spending.
Livestock
Broiler Chicken Does Not Spread the Coronavirus
A government livestock officer argues that broiler chicken does not spread the coronavirus and that meat, including chicken, can help strengthen the body's immunity.
Fruits
Banana Farming Grows Popular in Dhanbari
Banana farming is spreading in Dhanbari, Tangail, as farmers who lost money on paddy find bananas far more profitable, with 70 hectares planted this year.
Crops
Sugarcane Farming Grows in Tangail as Good Prices Reward Farmers
Sugarcane farming in Tangail has spread well past its target this year as farmers enjoy good yields and prices, with 786 hectares planted.
Agribusiness
Chicken at Tk 44, Eggs at Tk 5 and Chicks for Nothing
Farm-gate prices of eggs and broiler chicken have collapsed during the coronavirus shutdown, while shoppers in Dhaka have seen far smaller falls.
FruitsWhy mango blossoms and young fruit drop, and how growers can prevent it
As mango trees moved from blossom to fruit set in late March 2020, Jagonews24 listed four causes of blossom and fruitlet drop (bad weather, dry soil, hoppers and anthracnose) and the orchard care and spray timing that limit the losses.
Environment
20 Lakh Rats Killed in 20 Years
Magura carpenter Abdul Hannan says he has killed at least 20 lakh rats in 20 years with traps he built himself, helping farmers without charging anything.
Fruits
They Never Looked Back After Taking Up Malta Farming
Malta farming is catching on in Jhalokati, led by Nalchity grower Shah Alam Howlader, whose saplings have seeded more than 150 orchards among local young people.
Livestock
Poultry Farmers Cannot Find Wholesale Buyers for Broilers
Broiler farm owners say the coronavirus situation and rumours have left them without wholesale or retail buyers even though their birds are ready for sale.
Daily life
Why We Love Fiery Food Even Though It Hurts
Hot chillies can put people in hospital, yet world chilli production keeps rising, and on average each of us ate about five kilograms of chillies last year.
World
How the State of Israel Was Born by Pushing Out the Arabs
When the state of Israel was founded, about 700,000 Palestinians were displaced and never allowed to return home.
Daily life
Coronavirus: The Myths, and What the WHO Says
The World Health Organization has warned people against popular myths about protecting themselves from the new coronavirus.
Crops
Nilphamari Farmers Look to Wheat to Recover Paddy Losses
Wheat has been sown on a record area in Nilphamari this rabi season, and farmers hope good yields and prices will offset their losses from paddy.
Vegetables
Satkhira's Sohrab Succeeds with Squash
A farmer in Tala upazila of Satkhira has grown the foreign vegetable squash for the first time in the area, selling it at Tk 30 a kg wholesale.
Daily life
Coronavirus: Robots Put to Work Killing Germs
A Danish company's ultraviolet disinfection robots are in heavy demand since the coronavirus pandemic, with production tripled and many units sent to Wuhan.
Daily life
Did the Coronavirus Pandemic Start with Pangolins Smuggled into China?
Scientists writing in Nature have found coronaviruses closely related to Covid-19 in pangolins smuggled into China and urge a strict ban on their sale.
Daily life
Coronavirus: Is There a Risk in Burying Someone Who Died of It?
Burials of people who died of or with symptoms of the coronavirus have met local resistance in Bangladesh, though the WHO lists no risk from burying such bodies.
Crops
Farming Changes the Fortunes of 30,000 Farmers
After villagers and the Kalapara UNO freed the Jugir canal from grabbers and built dams against salt water, about 500 acres of fallow land in Nilganj union are now farmed.