Environment
Padma and Jamuna rise, swallowing cropland across three districts
The Padma is running 74cm below danger level at Pabna, while 206 hectares of crops are under water in Chapainawabganj and 1,050 hectares in Daulatpur, Kushtia.
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Department of Agricultural Extension
Crops
Good yield, fewer pests and fair prices: Satkhira jute growers expect a profit
Jute was sown on 11,675 hectares in the district this season, yields are running at 12-15 maunds a bigha and the fibre is selling at Tk 3,200-3,700 a maund.
Crops
Rajshahi's 50,000 fish ponds are drawing on the fertiliser allocated for crops
The district's September allocation is almost the same as last year's, yet farmers queue for hours; ponds need 1,334 tonnes each of urea and TSP a month with no allocation of their own, and the whole TSP quota is only 1,045 tonnes.
Crops
Naogaon gives 35,000 marginal Aman growers Tk 2.55 crore of free seed and fertiliser, Tk 730 each
Under the Kharif-2 incentive programme, farmers in the district's 11 upazilas each received 5 kg of seed, 10 kg of DAP and 10 kg of MOP for one bigha; Niamatpur (5,100) and Mohadevpur (5,000) had the most beneficiaries.
Agrotech
Tk 25 crore of polynet houses in Rajshahi division stand torn and empty
Three years after 102 polynet houses were built at about Tk 2.4 million each, most grow no off-season crop; 10 of 16 farmers interviewed report heavy losses, and only nursery and flower growers say they gained.
Fruits
Katimon, the Thai year-round mango, is taking over Bangladesh's off-season market
Output has reached about 100,000 tonnes a year on some 7,000 acres, returns run to about Tk 500,000 a bigha, and ripe fruit sells at Tk 160-280 a kilo from pavement carts to upmarket shops in September.
Vegetables
Northern Bangladesh plants 33,900 hectares of early winter vegetables for a 314,000-tonne target; beans and cabbage already in the markets
Rangpur, Dinajpur, Kurigram, Lalmonirhat, Nilphamari, Gaibandha, Thakurgaon and Panchagarh have radish, cauliflower, cabbage, beans, bottle gourd, tomato and red amaranth in the ground; heavy rain destroyed some plots that have since been replanted, and a Mithapukur grower has sold cabbage at Tk 2,0
Market Management
Kurigram's August urea allocation nearly doubles to 5,875 tonnes; farmers told not to stockpile on rumours
After attempts to stir disorder at distribution points in Roumari and Bhurungamari, Kurigram's agriculture department says allocations are at record levels, 5,875 tonnes of urea in August against 3,253 last year, plus 1,572 tonnes of DAP, 1,648 of MOP and 924 of TSP, that Aman top-dressing is near
Crops
Joypurhat's extension committee sets the Rabi 2026-27 work plan: mobile courts on fertiliser and seed, soil-tested fertiliser doses, 20 Krishikatha subscribers per block
Chaired by DAE deputy director Md Monju Alam Sarker at Khamarbari on 7 September, the District Agricultural Technical Extension Committee approved the Kharif-2 plan and agreed on crop and variety selection, assured seed supply and market monitoring for the coming Rabi season; 40 attended, including
Crops
Rangpur division plants 664,000 hectares of Aman with a 2.63-million-tonne target; rain saves irrigation costs, prices worry growers
Favourable weather and ample rain have carried Aman transplanting almost to completion across northern Bangladesh; the Department of Agricultural Extension's Rangpur office targets 663,714 hectares in the division's eight districts, with the rest to be planted within 10-15 days, while farmers who sa
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.
FruitsDragon Fruit Milkshake: A Simple Recipe With Four Ingredients
On 30 July 2026 Jagonews24 published a simple dragon fruit milkshake recipe: ripe dragon fruit, cold milk, sugar or honey and crushed ice, blended for one to two minutes.
CropsHow waterlogging damages soil and crops, and what farmers can do
Standing water starves soil of oxygen, strips out nitrogen and builds up toxic compounds. Amid the floods and heavy rain of July 2026, an SRDI soil scientist set out drainage, organic matter and soil-test-based fertiliser as the remedies.