Environment
Hilsa Being Caught at a Surprising Rate: Is This a New Season?
Fishermen in Lakshmipur have landed about 400 tonnes of hilsa from the Meghna in a week, eight times last year's catch at this time.
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Environment
Why Has the Water of Bandarban's Boga Lake Changed Colour?
The sudden change in colour of Bandarban's popular Boga Lake has sparked wide discussion and drawn more tourists.
Environment
Bay of Bengal Could Be Emptied of Fish Without Action, Researchers Warn
Despite success with freshwater fish and hilsa, marine fish stocks in the Bay of Bengal are falling, scientists warn.
Daily life
Pufferfish: The Delicacy Whose Toxin Is Deadlier Than Cyanide
Not every food is safe without careful selection and preparation, and pufferfish is among the most dangerous.
Environment
Are You Harming the Environment With Your Cosmetics and Make-up?
A new BBC documentary shows that much of our favourite cosmetics packaging cannot easily be recycled.
Environment
Single-Use Plastic Surging in Bangladesh, Young People Top Polluters, Study Finds
A study in Bangladesh has found that the country's young people are the most responsible for environmentally harmful plastic pollution.
Crops
India in a Fix Over Imported Onions, Selling Them at Just 10 Rupees a Kg
India's central government, unable to sell imported onions to the states, is being forced to offer them for as little as 10 rupees a kg.
Environment
Are House Plants Bad for the Environment?
Growing plants at home is booming in Britain, raising the question of how good the hobby really is for the environment.
Livestock
Bird Poachers' Poison Bait Kills 500 Ducks in Hakaluki
About 500 ducks belonging to a farmer in Moulvibazar's Hakaluki Haor died after eating poison bait laid by a gang of migratory bird poachers.
Fruits
Water Chestnut: The New Sensation Among Local Fruits
Water chestnut, a nutritious aquatic fruit long grown in China, is now being farmed commercially in Satkhira and Naogaon.
FlowersGerbera in demand in Bangladesh: growing basics, prices and earnings
In February 2020 Jagonews24 reported that gerbera, though a foreign flower, was among Bangladesh's top 10 flowers, with each bloom selling for Tk 30 to 50 and a grower able to earn Tk 60,000 to 70,000 a month.
Daily life
Is Honey a Substitute for Sugar? How Much Sugar Should You Eat a Day?
Many people struggle to choose a substitute for sugar, but most alternatives carry about the same calories, so the answer is to eat fewer sweet foods.
Rooftop farming
A Rooftop Garden in Naogaon
Out of a hobby, Ahsan Habib Ratan has built a fruit, flower and vegetable garden on the roof of his house in Naogaon town.
Flowers
Principal's Initiative Fills Campus With Flowers
A flower garden created and tended by its principal has made Puranbazar Degree College on the Dakatia river one of the most beautiful campuses in Chandpur.
Flowers
Sonapati Flowers Bloom in the Monsoon
Sonapati, a strikingly beautiful yellow flower also called Chandraprabha, blooms in large clusters at the branch tips in summer and the monsoon.
Fruits
Commercial Kul Farming Gains Popularity in Satkhira
Low costs and high profits have made kul (jujube) farming popular with smallholders in Satkhira, where the area under the fruit grows every year.
Environment
Fields Turn Green Again
Farmers in Ashulia near Dhaka are growing vegetables again on unused land around brick kilns closed in a drive by the Department of Environment.
Environment
Indoor Air in Dhaka Is Just as Polluted
Research by a Dhaka University chemistry professor shows the air inside homes in Dhaka has become almost as polluted as the air outside.
Fisheries
Nearly 7-Maund Stingray Caught on a Hook in the Meghna
Fisherman Gani Mia, out to catch boal on the Meghna, instead hooked a shapla pata fish (stingray) weighing nearly seven maunds.
Environment
A 'Home of Birds' on a Lake of Water Lilies
A winding lake full of water lilies at Sagornal tea estate in Moulvibazar's Juri upazila has become home to many species of birds.