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.
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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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Fisheries
Winter Glut of Hilsa Surprises Everyone
Markets in Barishal and across the south are flooded with large, affordable hilsa in the middle of winter, something never seen before at this time of year.
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.
Environment
Polluted Water From Naogaon Rice Mill Leaves Farmers in Despair
Farmers in Naogaon Sadar say a rice mill built against a culvert blocks drainage and sends polluted water into their fields, damaging crops year after year.
Bangladesh
Women Ahead in Agricultural Higher Education Too
Female students have overtaken male students in admissions to Bangladesh's seven public agricultural universities for the first time.
Rooftop farming
40 Kinds of Fruit and Vegetables on a Rooftop
A salaried worker in Pirojpur town has built a rooftop garden of 40 kinds of fruit and vegetables that now largely feeds his family.
Agribusiness
Naogaon's Sourav Succeeds at Squash Farming After Watching YouTube
A Raninagar farmer who learned about squash from a YouTube report has had a good first harvest with support from the agriculture department.
Vegetables
Late Blight Hits Potato Fields
Continuous cold and fog have spread late blight in Thakurgaon's potato fields and put boro rice seedbeds in Patgram at risk.
Fisheries
Barishal Markets Flooded With Hilsa
An unusual winter glut of large hilsa has filled Barishal's biggest fish market, and experts call it a positive sign of better conservation.
Crops
New Pest Attacks Maize Fields
Bangladesh's maize output may rise 14 per cent this year, but the armyworm, rated among the world's most destructive crop pests, has attacked the crop in 37 districts.
Agribusiness
Rice Transplanter Plants a Bigha in Half an Hour, Saving Time and Money
At a demonstration in Dhanbari, Tangail, a rice transplanter planted rice in six rows at 0.35 hectares an hour, cutting planting costs by 50 to 80 percent.