Chapainawabganj Mangoes Due Next Week, Kansat Arots Get Ready
Chapainawabganj's mangoes are expected in the market after the first week of June, and traders at Kansat are building and repairing their wholesale arots.
Chapainawabganj's mangoes are expected in the market after the first week of June, and traders at Kansat are building and repairing their wholesale arots.
A 22-year-old man, Payel Ali, has died after being bitten by a snake while asleep in Gomostapur, Chapainawabganj.
Dangerous dead trees along the Amnura-Nachol road in Chapainawabganj remain standing because the district parishad and BMDA both claim them.
Mango growers complained to the agriculture minister that commission agents force them to hand over up to 20kg extra per maund.
Unlike other districts, Chapainawabganj has set no harvest calendar, so growers can pick and sell mangoes as soon as they ripen.
Poor fruit set in Chapainawabganj's mango orchards has left growers unable to sell their orchards in advance as they usually do.
Low blossom and recent Chaitra rain mean Chapainawabganj's mango output could fall by half compared with last year, growers and others involved say.
A day labourer in Shibganj, Chapainawabganj, has spent 12 years using his own wages to repair dirt roads near the border and plant trees along them.
Growers in Chapainawabganj cannot yet tell whether a day of heavy rain harmed or helped their mango trees; officials say it will help fruitlets but damage young blossom.
Rain returned to Chapainawabganj after a long gap, bringing relief to mango growers even though some blossom may be damaged.
A baghdash rescued by local people in Shibganj, Chapainawabganj, is being cared for in a cage at a local man's home.
An exporter has leased a 40-bigha mango orchard in Chapainawabganj before flowering begins, aiming to grow safe, chemical-free mangoes for export.
A 12-year-old boy was killed by a circus elephant in Nachole, Chapainawabganj.