Crops
E-Waste Poses a Serious Threat to Agriculture and Public Health
As smart farming spreads, discarded sensors, drones and electronics are adding to e-waste whose heavy metals poison soil, water and the food chain.
Tags
Bangladesh
Environment
Monocled Cobra Found in Home With 25 Eggs
A venomous monocled cobra about five feet long was rescued with 25 intact eggs from a house in Boalkhali, Chattogram, and released in the jungle.
Environment
Will Nepal's Flood Water Come Straight to Bangladesh?
The ice-and-rock avalanche that set off a deadly flash flood in Nepal's Rasuwa district on 26 August holds lessons for downstream Bangladesh on early warning and cross-border river data.
Environment
Landmark Step Towards Safe Food: Bangladesh Moves Ahead on Food Environment Strategy
Bangladesh has taken the drafting of a National Food Environment Strategy a step further at a WHO-organised national consultation that agreed its priorities and roadmap.
Fruits
Chinese Traders Show Interest in Bangladeshi Farm Produce and Fruit
Bangladesh's stall at the 2026 Mekong-Lancang Fruit, Coffee, Flower and Beer Carnival in Kunming, China, has drawn strong interest from local visitors and traders.
Bangladesh
Afroza Khanam Becomes Food Minister
Afroza Khanam Rita, the civil aviation and tourism minister, has been given charge of the Ministry of Food, with M Rashiduzzaman Millat taking over civil aviation and tourism.
Fisheries
Plastic in Fish, Plastic in Milk: A Plate Full of Plastic
A senior columnist argues that the plastic Bangladeshis discard in rivers, drains and rubbish heaps can return to their plates as microplastics in fish and milk, making plastic a food-safety issue.
Crops
Forest Department Accused of Selling Free Saplings
The Forest Department in Kushtia is accused of selling part of about 35,000 saplings given free by a tobacco company, and cannot account for where many of them went.
Fisheries
14 Individuals and Organisations Receive National Fisheries Medal for Contribution to the Sector
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman opened National Fisheries Fortnight 2026 in Katiadi, Kishoreganj, on 16 August and presented the National Fisheries Medal to 14 individuals and organisations.
Crops
Dreams of Sustainable Prosperity Through Silver Fisheries
Marking National Fisheries Fortnight 2026, a government information officer sets out the fisheries sector's record output, global rankings and export earnings, and the challenges it must meet to stay sustainable.
Environment
What to Do When Elephants Enter Villages: Patiya Students Learn on World Elephant Day
More than a hundred students in Patiya, Chattogram, learned how to stay safe when wild elephants come into villages at a World Elephant Day event run by the forest department.
Crops
Company Accused of Selling Pesticides Under Forged Registrations
General Agro Chemical Limited is accused of marketing more than half a dozen pesticides for about a decade under forged registrations, which its managing director denies.
Fisheries
US Ambassador Delighted by Hilsa and Rasmalai at Information Minister's Village Home
US Ambassador Brent T Christensen was treated to Barishal's fried hilsa and Gournadi's famous rasmalai at the information minister's village home.