Boro cultivation in Mirsarai, Chattogram, looks set to exceed its target by about 500 hectares, helped by the Mahamaya irrigation project, despite closed irrigation schemes and low paddy prices.
Winter is setting in, and a few preparations can protect pet birds from cold-related problems and illness.
Dry winter weather can leave potted and rooftop plants worn out, so here is how to care for rooftop gardens, tubs and plants in the cold.
A young farmer in Kurigram Sadar expects to double his money from his first commercial harvest of China Jhuri oranges grown on two bighas.
With free goats, sheep and winter vegetable seeds from the non-profit Friendship, 120 families in Joykha village of Mongla are overcoming poverty.
The month of Agrahayan brings Nabanna, the traditional festival of cooking the first new aman rice, though elders say much of the old celebration is fading.
A farmer in Bhedarganj, Shariatpur, has turned 40 decimals of land into a thriving orchard of China-variety oranges after his son saw the idea on YouTube.
A farmer in Sharsha, Jashore, is making good money from an early summer crop of IPSA-1 hybrid beans.
Aman paddy in Mirsarai covers 19,850 hectares, beating the season's target despite late rain, and farmers are hoping for a good harvest.
A lead agriculturist describes how Lakshmidigha, a nearly lost native red rice that grows with rising floodwater, is sown, revived and valued for its nutrition.
With Aman paddy ripening in the month of Kartik, farmers who keep their own seed should select, dry, clean and store it carefully to get a good crop next season.
A Marma farmer in Bandarban has turned three wild jungle fowl eggs into a farm of more than 150 birds, disproving the belief that jungle fowl cannot be tamed.
A college teacher and his brothers pulled down their brick kiln on the Nabaganga river in Kalia, Narail, and built a 23-acre dragon fruit garden that has already earned Tk 16 lakh this year.
