Mango Special Train to Be Inaugurated on Thursday
Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan will inaugurate the Mango Special Train at Chapainawabganj railway station at 11am on Thursday, 8 June.
Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan will inaugurate the Mango Special Train at Chapainawabganj railway station at 11am on Thursday, 8 June.
The launch of the Mango Special Train has been moved to 8 June because Railway Minister Nurul Islam Sujan wants to inaugurate it himself.
A special train to carry mangoes from Chapainawabganj and Rajshahi to Dhaka will be inaugurated at Chapainawabganj railway station on Wednesday, 7 June.
Seven tonnes of Chapainawabganj mangoes left for Sweden and London on 29 May, and the exporter is aiming for more than 100 tonnes this season.
The country's biggest mango market at Kansat in Chapainawabganj has opened, but trading is still well below other years.
Forty Khirsapat mango growers in Chapainawabganj are set to be recognised as producers of the geographical indication (GI) mango.
Police have recovered seven crude bombs from a mango orchard in Baliadanga union of Chapainawabganj.
Trade has not yet begun at Kansat, the country's largest mango market, but wholesalers are getting ready for the season.
The mango special train announced for 20 May has not run because most of Chapainawabganj's mangoes are not yet mature.
Mango growers in Chapainawabganj are wrapping fruit in protective bags to keep it free of pests and pesticides, though some complain about poor-quality bags.
The deputy commissioners of Chapainawabganj, Rajshahi and Naogaon have agreed to propose a single courier rate for mangoes sent to Dhaka.
The Mango Special Train will carry mangoes from Chapainawabganj from the last week of May, the West Zone railway said.
A patents office official told a Chapainawabganj workshop that branding the GI-certified Khirshapati mango could make Bangladesh known worldwide.