Crops
Tk 60 Lakh Sought for Foreign Training in Hill Farming
A Tk 47.39 crore SRDI project to improve hill soil management has drawn questions over Tk 60 lakh for foreign training and Tk 90 lakh for a jeep.
Tags
Chattogram
Crops
Mirsarai Farmers Profit From Taro Cultivation
Farmers in Mirsarai, Chattogram, have grown taro on 150 acres this year, with growers and harvest labourers alike earning a good income from the crop.
Crops
Wild Elephant Attacks Terrorise Villagers, One Killed
A day after an orchard owner filed a police complaint against wild elephants in Rangunia, a farmer guarding his vegetable field was killed by one.
Crops
Elephant Carcass Recovered From Paddy Field in Chattogram
The Forest Department recovered the carcass of a large elephant from a paddy field in Satkania, Chattogram, on Saturday morning.
Environment
15kg of Deer Meat Found in Cucumber Baskets at Chittagong University
About 15kg of deer meat hidden under cucumbers in two baskets was seized on the Chittagong University campus.
Environment
28 Zoo-Hatched Python Babies Released
Twenty-eight python hatchlings born by artificial incubation at Chattogram Zoo have been released at the Sitakunda Botanical Garden and Eco-park.
Environment
Elderly Woman Killed in Wild Elephant Attack in Banshkhali
A woman aged about 65 was killed by a wild elephant in the hills of Banshkhali upazila in Chattogram on 16 April.
Environment
The Owl, a 'Bird of Rumour'
Owls are the subject of many myths in rural Bangladesh, but scientists say they are neither good nor bad omens and help farmers by eating rats.
Environment
Call to Amend Wildlife Law to Protect Endangered Elephants
People from many walks of life in Chattogram have demanded changes to the 2012 wildlife act to protect endangered Asian elephants.
Organic
Vermicompost Makes Patiya's Sohaf Uddin Self-Reliant
A 31-year-old from Patiya in Chattogram who left school after class eight now produces three tonnes of vermicompost a month and runs a seed and fertiliser shop.