EnvironmentKenya hosted the 2026 Desertification and Drought Day on rangelands. UN agencies say up to 40% of land is degraded and drought may affect over three-quarters of people by 2050, while the WMO says early warnings save lives.
The 2026-27 national budget proposes Tk 43,335 crore for agriculture, food, fisheries and livestock, Tk 6,209 crore more than the previous year's revised allocation.
Ghagra Bazar in Rangamati's Kawkhali upazila has long been the trading heart of the area for fruit, jum crops and other produce grown by hill communities.
Native date palms that once filled Magura's fields in Jaishtha are being felled as families build houses in the fields, and the local fruit is becoming rare.
BRRI's LSTD project is building regional offices, satellite stations and technology villages to develop rice varieties and technologies suited to each of Bangladesh's farming regions.
A study led by University of Oxford researchers says Bangladesh will be one of six countries with the most people living in extreme heat by 2050.
In this opinion piece, environmentalist Hasan Zahid argues that wars in Ukraine, Gaza and Iran are adding greenhouse gases and pollution and accelerating climate change.
Tall palm trees can help reduce the risk of lightning to people nearby, but sheltering under any tree during a storm is dangerous, and safety rules must still be followed.
Three pink cassia trees planted beside the Shariatpur district model mosque in 2023 have flowered for the first time, drawing bees and flower lovers.
Magura's litchi, including the GI-recognised Hazrapur fruit, has reached the market early, with satisfactory yields and prices raising hopes of about Tk 85 crore in trade.
The government has fixed variety-by-variety mango picking dates for each district, with Satkhira's local varieties first on 5 May and Gourmati last on 14 August.
Cashew nuts, once left to rot in Bandarban's hill orchards, have become one of the region's most profitable cash crops, and farmers are busy harvesting them.
CropsIn the last week of April 2026, days of heavy rain and flash runoff from upstream put ripe boro rice under water across the haors of Sunamganj, where a large share of the 223,511 hectares planted was still waiting to be harvested.
