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Seed or Graft: Which Should You Choose for Monsoon Planting?
Trees raised from seed grow deep roots and live long, while grafted saplings bear fruit sooner, so the right choice depends on what the gardener wants.
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Agriculture and nature
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Seasonal Fruit Festival and Tree Planting at Gono University
Gono University's journalists' association shared mangoes, jackfruit and lychees at its yearly fruit festival and planted trees across the Savar campus.
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Does the Call of the Kanakua Bring Rain?
The greater coucal, or kanakua, whose deep call villagers long linked with rain, is becoming scarce as its habitat and food chain are disturbed.
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The Story Behind the Name of the Bishkhali River
Local legend offers three sad and strange stories behind the name of the Bishkhali, the fast-flowing river of Jhalakathi and Barguna.
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Why Plant Trees in the Monsoon
The monsoon's moisture, soft soil, lower temperatures and free irrigation help young trees take root and grow fast, making it the right time to plant.
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The Bird That Chases Away Even Birds of Prey
The black drongo, known in Bengali as finge, is a small, plain bird bold enough to chase off raptors and a friend to farmers for the pests it eats, but its numbers are falling.
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The Quiet Beauty of the Bakul Flower
The small, star-like bakul blooms by night and falls by morning, and the writer argues it deserves a place in tree-planting drives so that new generations know its story.
FruitsCaring for Saplings After Planting: Twelve Steps for Young Fruit Trees
A June 2025 Jagonews24 guide set out twelve steps to keep monsoon-planted fruit saplings alive, from staking and bamboo cages to mulching, watering, feeding by age and variety and pruning after harvest; its fertiliser advice is checked here against BARC's 2024 national guide.
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In Search of the Nilkantha Bird
The nilkantha, or Indian roller, is a native bird of Bangladesh that helps farmers by eating insects, though tree felling, electrocution and pesticides are adding to its risks.
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Biodiversity for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security
Biodiversity in farming, from crops and livestock to fish, insects and soil microbes, is vital for sustainable agriculture and food security.
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Flowers of Three Colours on the Same Plant
The Brunfelsia, known in Bangladesh as Bichitra, changes colour over three days, so one plant carries purple, lavender and white flowers at the same time.
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A Wild Date Palm, or Another Species?
After a video of a wild date palm found in Dinajpur went viral, a Khulna student describes a similar tree known locally as "atal" at her home in Bagerhat and asks the Forest Department to examine and protect it.
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What Young People Can Do to Conserve Biodiversity
For International Biodiversity Day, Kazi Maliha Akter gathers students' thoughts on the threats to biodiversity and what young people can do.