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Ducks Rule Tongi's Animal and Bird Market, Tk 800-1,200 a Pair
Ducks dominate the weekly Sunday animal and bird market in Tongi, where a pair sells for Tk 800 to 1,200.
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In Magura, Jute Strippers Earn One Bundle of Sticks for Every Two Stripped
Farmers and workers across Magura are busy stripping retted jute, with labourers earning one bundle of jute sticks for every two bundles they strip.
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Why Fish Farming Matters and Why Catches Are Falling
With wild fish stocks shrinking, fish and shrimp farming is proving more profitable than crop farming for Bangladeshi farmers, and the country ranks fifth in the world in aquaculture.
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Solar Power Opens a New Horizon for Farming and Food
Agrivoltaics, which places solar panels above working farmland, could let land-scarce Bangladesh produce food and clean electricity on the same field.
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Rain and Waterlogging Ruin Vegetables on Hundreds of Acres in Ishwardi
Fifteen days of on-off and heavy rain have flooded hundreds of acres of vegetables in Ishwardi, Pabna, leaving crops rotting and farmers in trouble.
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Free Bamboo Leaf Tea at a Fair Stall Charms Tree Lovers
A bamboo nursery stall at the month-long National Tree Fair in Dhaka has become one of its attractions by serving visitors free bamboo leaf tea.
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Warming World, Uncertain Farming: Adaptation Is the Future
With climate change making farming ever more uncertain, the writer argues adaptation, resilient varieties, water and soil management and digital tools must be at the heart of Bangladesh's agricultural strategy.
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Find the Plant You Want at the Tree Fair
Visitors and buyers are crowding the month-long National Tree Fair 2026 in Dhaka as it enters its final stage.
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Can Dipto Luchi Be Grown in a Pot? Here's How
Dipto luchi, or Peperomia pellucida, is a fast-growing medicinal herb that can easily be grown in pots on a rooftop, balcony or in a yard.
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Green Chilli Prices Are Rising: Grow Your Own in Pots
With green chillies at Tk 400 a kg, a few pots on a rooftop, balcony or yard can supply the kitchen at little cost and with little effort.
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Once a Farm Labourer, Sayeed Now Sells 2,000 kg of Dragon Fruit a Day
Sayeed Sarkar of Gourinathpur in Jhenaidah's Maheshpur left a job, laboured on others' land and now trades 1,500 to 2,000 kg of dragon fruit a day.
CropsHow waterlogging damages soil and crops, and what farmers can do
Standing water starves soil of oxygen, strips out nitrogen and builds up toxic compounds. Amid the floods and heavy rain of July 2026, an SRDI soil scientist set out drainage, organic matter and soil-test-based fertiliser as the remedies.
CropsJute in Shraban: harvesting, retting and producing good seed
In Shraban, farmers cut, ret and strip mature jute, but deshi and tossa jute can also be sown for good-quality seed, and in flood-prone areas stem cuttings planted on high ground can produce seed.