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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.
AgribusinessBank lending to green projects and sustainable agriculture fell in Q1 2026
Banks and finance companies lent less to green projects and sustainable agriculture in January-March 2026 than in the previous quarter, while total sustainable finance rose, Bangladesh Bank data showed.
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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.
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US Agriculture Department Delegation Visits Mini Cold Storage in Savar
A delegation from the US Department of Agriculture visited a farmers' mini cold storage run by DAE in Savar and praised the technology.
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Flood Damages 3,675 Hectares of Farmland in Rangamati
Floods from a week of continuous rain and hill runoff damaged 3,675 hectares of farmland in Rangamati, causing Tk 61.45 crore in losses.
CropsJuly 2026 floods destroyed crops worth Tk 478 crore, about half of it vegetables
The agriculture ministry's final report on the July 2026 rain and floods, reported by Jagonews24 on 27 July, put crop losses in 43 districts at about Tk 478 crore, with summer vegetables making up about half of it.
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1,000 Founders Receive Ownership Deeds in Integrated Farm Project
A 30-bigha integrated farm and agro-tourism project in Bogura has handed land deeds to its 1,000 founder-owners and raised its share price.
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Why Soil Health and Soil Testing Matter So Much
With organic matter in many fields far below ideal levels, the writer calls for a national IoT-based soil testing programme so farmers can fertilise by data rather than guesswork.
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Babar Sheikh Succeeds With Grapes, Now Has 200 Vines in His Orchard
A young farmer in Faridpur's Boalmari has a bumper grape crop from 200 vines of three varieties, selling fruit at Tk 500 a kg and saplings to would-be growers.
FruitsFormer migrant worker builds a crore-taka papaya and seedling business in Babuganj
Abu Bakar Siddique Sumon, who worked in 22 countries, began growing papaya in Babuganj, Barishal, in 2021. Agriculture department figures cited by Jago News put his five-year sales at about Tk 60 lakh of papaya and Tk 1.6 crore of seedlings, and he says he has trained more than 2,000 people.