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A Green School of Life
Kamrul Ehsan Chandan, a cancer patient in Bhaluka, Mymensingh, has built a garden that has become a green school of life for his neighbours.
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Agriculture and nature
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Flowers You Can Find Close at Hand
Flowers of many colours bloom from village yards to busy city roads, and many of them can be grown in a yard, open space or on a rooftop.
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Dying Canal Threatens Communities and Boro Rice Farming in Barishal
The silted, encroached and polluted Torki-Basail canal in Barishal can no longer irrigate the boro rice grown on about 14,000 hectares, writes Syed Mazarul Islam Rubel.
Agrotech
Bangladesh's Farm Machinery Market Reaches Tk 12,000 Crore and Keeps Growing
The farm machinery market has grown to about Tk 12,000 crore as labour shortages push mechanisation, but local firms supply less than a third and about 80 percent is imported.
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Marine Biodiversity and the Blue Economy Under Threat
In an opinion piece, journalist Kazi Sayed argues that the open sale and use of banned fine-mesh nets is destroying marine life in the Bay of Bengal and putting Bangladesh's blue economy at risk.
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Nature's Ornaments Are Disappearing
A feature on Bangladesh's vanishing birds and wildlife traces declines in tigers, elephants, vultures, turtles and frogs to hunting, habitat loss and harmful drugs, and calls for public awareness.
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Do You Know Dipto Luchi, the Herb Peeping Out All Around Us?
Sanjana Rahman Juthi introduces dipto luchi (Peperomia pellucida), a common damp-ground herb, and lists the medicinal benefits she attributes to it.
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We Are Destroying Our Own Farmland
In an opinion piece, Dr Forkan Ali warns that Bangladesh is losing farmland to housing, industry and brick kilns and urges a law to protect it.
Vegetables
Can Rooftop Gardens Protect the Ozone Layer?
Rooftop gardens do not repair the ozone layer directly, but by cooling cities, absorbing carbon dioxide and trapping pollution they play an indirect part in protecting it.
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Workshop on Nature-Based Solutions for a Climate-Resilient Bangladesh
Youth group Earthhoppers held a virtual workshop on nature-based solutions to build climate awareness among university students across Bangladesh.
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Rare Golden Shark Seen for the First Time in the World
A six-foot golden nurse shark with white eyes, caught and released off Costa Rica, is the first known case of albinism and xanthism appearing together, researchers say.
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Rethinking Agricultural Reform in Bangladesh: What Needs to Be Done
Two experts set out an agricultural reform agenda built on less pesticide use, soil health, bio-pesticides, subsidy reform, digital tools such as the Khamari app and fair prices.
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Which Birds Can You Keep as Pets, and How to Care for Them
Many people keep birds for peace of mind, but only foreign species may legally be kept in Bangladesh, and a vet says strict biosecurity is key to their health.