Agrotech
Agricultural Scientists Bring Good News for Onion Growers
Scientists at the Jashore regional agricultural research centre will supply BARI-1 onion seed so farmers can sow seed directly instead of costly bulbs.
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Environment
Farmland soil in Naogaon is going to brick kilns
Three-crop farmland in Raninagar, Naogaon, is being turned into ponds to supply soil to brick kilns, shrinking the upazila's farmland at an alarming rate.
Agribusiness
Mustard farming grows in Tangail but bee boxes decline
Mustard cultivation has risen in Tangail this year, but the number of bee boxes has fallen because honey farmers are not getting a fair price.
Crops
Land ploughed with a horse in Sunamganj
With boro cultivation in full swing in the haors of Jagannathpur, Sunamganj, a farmer has caused a stir by ploughing his land with a horse.
Crops
Maize brings smiles to farmers in Kaliganj
Maize cultivation has grown in Kaliganj upazila of Jhenaidah after farmers were given incentives, with the area this year well above target.
Flowers
Poppy Grown Among the Flowers at Rajshahi University
Banned poppy is allegedly being grown among flowers in gardens across Rajshahi University, including at the vice-chancellor's residence and residential halls.
Agribusiness
How to Make Pigeon Rearing Profitable
Pigeons are easy to keep, cheap to feed and fetch good prices, making them a profitable enterprise; here is how to rear them.
Vegetables
Joypurhat Potatoes Go Abroad
After a bumper harvest, potatoes from Joypurhat's Kalai upazila are being exported to Malaysia, Singapore, Japan and other countries.
Agribusiness
Poppy Grown on Three Acres in Munshiganj
A mobile court seized poppy plants as evidence from about three acres of poppy fields at Charbanial in Munshiganj Sadar upazila.
Agribusiness
Improved Chicken Breeds Can Ease Unemployment
Rearing improved chicken breeds at home can help young people escape unemployment; here is what to know before starting.
Agribusiness
Great Potential in Betel Leaf Farming on Sandwip
Sandwip, once an exporter of betel leaf, now has to bring it in, as rising costs and lack of support push growers away from a crop officials say has great potential.
World
'Saviour of the dead': the man who became guardian of India's unclaimed bodies
Mohammad Sharif could not bury his own son, but for 27 years he has been burying the children of thousands of families whose bodies no one has claimed.
Agribusiness
Five villages of Nalchity busy making puffed rice for Ramadan
The villages of Dapdapia union in Nalchity, Jhalakathi, known as the puffed rice villages, are working day and night to meet Ramadan demand for hand-roasted muri.
Crops
Khulna farmers turn to watermelon after aman losses
Farmers in Khulna are turning to watermelon in greater numbers this year to make up for losses on their aman rice crop.
Crops
Boro rice now grows in the bed of the Narsunda river
With the Narsunda river dried up to a thin stream in Nandail, Mymensingh, farmers have planted boro rice on both sides of it.
Livestock
Full Genome of the Black Bengal Goat Decoded
A team led by Professor A M A M Zonaed Siddiki of Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University has sequenced the Black Bengal goat genome to breed a better goat.
Agribusiness
A cashew nut success story
After early export failures, entrepreneur Shakil Ahmed built what the report calls the country's first integrated cashew processing factory in Patenga, Chattogram.
Fruits
Green watermelons bring smiles on a sandy char
On a seaside sand bar in Rangabali, Patuakhali, where no crop grew before, Hasi Begum's family and other farmers are now harvesting early watermelons.
Daily life
Coronavirus: first vaccine trial begins in the United States
A vaccine against the coronavirus has been developed and was due to begin testing in people in the United States on Monday.
Agribusiness
SAU Researchers Develop Fish Biscuits and Chanachur
Researchers at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University have made protein-rich biscuits and chanachur from pangas and silver carp to add value to these low-priced fish.