Vegetables
Abdul Rashid Becomes a Crorepati Growing Sweet Pumpkin
A former day labourer in Netrokona's Durgapur upazila has become a crorepati by growing hybrid sweet pumpkin, onion and garlic on the Someshwari river char.
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Daily life
Bay Leaf Oil to Ease Ailments
Bay leaf, long used to flavour cooking, is also said to ease headaches and joint pain, and its traditional oil can be made at home.
Fisheries
40 kg of Rice Each for Nearly 2.8 Lakh Fishers Who Stay Off Jatka
The government will give 40 kg of VGF rice each to 280,963 fisher families in 20 districts during the ban on catching jatka.
Fisheries
Three-Maund Baghair Fish Sold at Tk 2,000 a kg
A baghair fish weighing three maunds (120 kg) was cut up and sold at Tk 2,000 a kg at Lalbazar fish market in Sylhet city.
Daily life
What to Do When You Have a Cough
Coughs have many causes, and rest, fluids and simple home remedies such as honey, ginger and turmeric can help ease them.
Agribusiness
Joypurhat's Poultry Industry Caught in Cycle of Boom and Bust
Unstable prices are pushing Joypurhat's 10,000 chicken farms, 40 hatcheries and 11 feed mills between profit and loss, putting over a lakh livelihoods at risk.
Daily life
Coronavirus Now a Global Pandemic, Says WHO
The World Health Organization has declared the new coronavirus outbreak a pandemic, urging governments to take urgent and aggressive action.
FruitsMango and litchi orchards in full bloom as growers watch the weather
In Falgun 2020, mango and litchi trees in Agailjhara, Barishal, and Sreepur, Gazipur, carried heavy blossom, and growers hoped for a good crop if storms and hail held off.
AgribusinessJhenaidah Farmer Grows Bay Leaf Commercially on Four Bighas in Kaliganj
Jaynuddin Khan of Kadirkol village in Kaliganj, Jhenaidah, began growing bay leaf with 100 saplings in 2008 and had 400 trees by March 2020. He says he spends about Tk 40,000 a year and sells about Tk 5 lakh of leaves.
Bangladesh
Greatest Bengali of All Time: Jagadish Chandra Bose, Father of Science in the Subcontinent, Comes Seventh
Jagadish Chandra Bose, whose work spanned physics and plant science, came seventh in BBC Bangla's 2004 listeners' poll of the greatest Bengali of all time.
FruitsECNEC approves Tk 161 crore revision of year-round fruit production project
On 10 March 2020 ECNEC approved the second revision of the Department of Agricultural Extension's project to improve nutrition through year-round fruit production, at a cost of Tk 161.05 crore.
AgribusinessMobile duck farm on a Tangail beel earns over Tk 1 lakh a month, farmer says
Aminur, back from work abroad, started a mobile farm with 1,000 ducklings on Kamarnaoga beel in Delduar, Tangail. In March 2020 he said selling 300 to 350 eggs a day earned him more than Tk 1 lakh a month.
AgribusinessTk 230 crore flower research centre planned at Jhikargachha, Jashore
In March 2020 the Ministry of Agriculture took up a Tk 230.80 crore project to build a flower research centre on 20 hectares at Jhikargachha in Jashore. Sarabangla reported that the project was then going through approval.
Environment
Forest Department Releases Fishing Cat That Strayed into Joypurhat Border Village
A fishing cat that entered a border village in Joypurhat Sadar, possibly from India, has been rescued by the forest department and released into a nearby forest.
Livestock
Montu Mia's Rabbits and Pigeons
A Mirpur resident who began keeping rabbits and pigeons as a hobby now plans to rear them commercially.
Fruits
SAU Scientist Develops Method to Detect Melon Fruit Rot Bacteria
A Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University biotechnologist has developed molecular markers to detect the bacterium that rots melons and watermelons and to select tolerant lines.
Vegetables
Cauliflower lowers the risk of heart disease and cancer
Cauliflower is an important source of nutrients, and its phytochemicals and antioxidants may lower the risk of heart disease, cancer and other illnesses.
Fruits
Kul Sells at Tk 80 a Kg, Porsha Growers Profit
Kashmiri and Ball Sundari kul, grown commercially for the first time in Naogaon, are bringing Porsha growers good yields and wholesale prices of Tk 80 a kg and up.
Flowers
Hospital rubbish dump is now a flower garden
An abandoned rubbish heap in front of Jhenaidah Sadar Hospital has been turned into a flower garden at the initiative of one of its doctors.
Vegetables
Dab Begun Sells at Tk 40 a Kg: How to Grow It
Dab begun, a large aubergine named for its resemblance to a green coconut, yields 5-7 kg a plant and sells at Tk 40-50 a kg.