FruitsBayezid Alam Bappi of Sreepur in Gazipur has planted about 15,000 banana plants on 15 bigha. After earning Tk 4 lakh in his first year and about Tk 10 lakh in the next, he hopes for Tk 20 lakh.
FruitsFive districts of Rangpur division produced 134,916 tonnes of bananas on 4,077 hectares in 2024-25, but with no cold stores, processing plants or good transport, growers sell cheaply to middlemen.
FruitsA sudden 10-minute storm this week damaged the banana, papaya and other crops of about 700 farmers in four unions of Madhupur, Tangail; the agriculture office puts the first estimate of the loss at about Tk 100 crore.
GallerySagar banana planting has doubled in a few years in Rangpur's Sadar, Mithapukur, Pirgachha and Pirganj upazilas; a photo story from Shyampur, Badarganj, follows the bunches from tree to truck.
CropsA sudden upstream surge on 10-13 September flooded eight chars of Bilmaria union in Lalpur, Natore, hitting 1,300 farmers; as the water recedes, the agriculture office has sent its damage estimate to the government.
Banana farming is spreading in Dhanbari, Tangail, as farmers who lost money on paddy find bananas far more profitable, with 70 hectares planted this year.
Miscreants have cut down the banana trees of a farmer in Naldanga upazila of Natore who took up farming after failing to find a job.
Banana farming has become popular in Joypurhat, where about 10,000 families grow the crop and fruit goes to 35 districts.
