CropsTurmeric from the three hill districts is dried and sorted at Ichhakhali in Rangunia and sent to Dhaka, Cumilla and Khatunganj, with growers reporting a good crop and price.
EnvironmentOn 10 acres of recovered forest land at Betbunia in Kaukhali, Rangamati, the forest department has planted 10,000 saplings of disappearing hill species such as chapalish, boilam and civit kadam, plus native fruit trees.
EnvironmentAgriculturist Mrityunjoy Roy traces the identity of the Chittagong Hill Tracts' fulsumari or chakoya (Terminalia pendula): drooping branches of tiny ball-like flowers, extremely hard wood and a Mro folk tale.
CropsDepartment of Agricultural Extension figures show coffee imports rising from 264 tonnes in 2012 to 1,745 tonnes in 2025, while commercial coffee farming has spread from the three hill districts to Tangail, Rangpur and Nilphamari.
The forest department is raising 98 rare and endangered native tree species in Rangamati and Khagrachhari; 55 species are protected under the 2012 law.
Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Minister Saching Prue called on Agriculture Minister Mohammad Amin Ur Rashid at the Secretariat on Sunday, seeking training for hill farmers in modern techniques and an end to tobacco and narcotic-plant cultivation in remote areas; the two ministries agreed to work tog
At a Dhaka greening seminar, Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Minister Saching Prue Jerry said tree planting only pays off with the right species, and that the hills could move beyond banana and papaya into cashew, coffee, spices, latkan and Black Bengal goats.
CropsOn the night of 30 July 2026, unknown people cut down about 800 fruiting papaya trees on a leased one-acre orchard at Rangapani in Rangamati town, destroying papayas worth several lakh taka.
EnvironmentHeavy rain, hill run-off and landslides in July 2026 had killed 54 people in seven Bangladeshi districts by 20 July. A meteorologist said the monsoon depression tracked west along the coast, trapping rain clouds over Chattogram division.
CropsMango, jackfruit, pineapple and dragon-fruit output is rising in Rangamati, Khagrachhari and Bandarban, but exporters and agriculture officials say no cargo flights, high air freight and unquarantined orchards keep Chattogram's fresh-fruit exports small.
EnvironmentThe Bangladesh Air Force said on 16 June 2026, in an ISPR press release, that its helicopters would drop seed balls over coastal areas and remote parts of the Chattogram Hill Tracts under its Tree Plantation Programme 2026.
FruitsIn early June 2026 two red wonders drew attention: Antarctica's Blood Falls, coloured by iron-rich brine from beneath Taylor Glacier, and the hill 'blood fruit' (Haematocarpus validus), whose demand rose after posts on social media.
FruitsIn early April 2026 rosko, the wild blood fruit of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (Haematocarpus validus), sold for Tk 400 to 500 a kg in Rangamati, more than imported apples at Tk 300 to 350.
