FruitsGourinathpur market in Maheshpur, Jhenaidah, known as the capital of dragon fruit, is trading fruit worth crores of taka a day through more than a hundred wholesale stalls at the height of the season.
Veteran grower and Bangladesh Farmers Association organiser Harunur Rashid Musa grows off-season vegetables in a 33-decimal polyhouse and anarkali, avocado and dragon fruit in the field, and proposes hormone monitoring, a farmers' bank and on-farm organic fertiliser.
FruitsAt the district's biggest dragon fruit orchard, in Bajitpur, Rajbari Sadar, each plant has borne 10-12 kg; at the peak of the season about 2,000 kg are picked daily and sold wholesale at Tk 150 a kilogram.
EnvironmentBird and wildlife specialist Dr A N M Aminur Rahman describes a pair of Asian koels eating ripe dragon fruit in a research plot at Gazipur Agricultural University; in Cox's Bazar's Dariyanagar the bird is called kaksayer.
Rooftop farmingAbu Hanif, 62, learned from YouTube and planted dragon fruit on his 1,400 sq ft roof and 6.5 decimals of yard in Matlab Dakshin, Chandpur, in 2024; he now clears more than Tk 1 lakh a year and has leased 60 more decimals.
FruitsGlobal demand for dragon fruit is rising, but South African producers face high set-up costs, invasive-species permits, wet subtropical summers and shoppers used to bland fruit, growers tell Food for Mzansi.
Sirajnagar Tea Estate in Moulvibazar put Tk 12 lakh into the orchard in 2024; Thai Red, Jumbo Red and White Pink varieties fruit 25-26 days after flowering, no pesticide is used, and tea workers earn extra wages and take fruit home free, say manager Shamim Islam and upazila agriculture officer Md Ja
Sirajnagar tea garden in Moulvibazar started a Tk 12 lakh trial in 2024; the Thai Red, Jumbo Red and White Pink varieties fruited in the second year, are grown without chemical pesticides, and the estate now plans to export.
FruitsOn 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.
FruitsTraders at Gourinathpur bazar in Maheshpur, Jhenaidah, said in July 2026 that Tk 1 crore to Tk 1.5 crore worth of dragon fruit changed hands there on an average day, at more than a hundred wholesale depots.
CropsIn June 2026, Department of Agricultural Extension data showed about 34 kinds of foreign fruit grown in Bangladesh, a dozen of them commercially successful. Dragon fruit and malta led, and home-grown dragon fruit had been exported to Sweden.
FruitsDragon fruit, strawberries, rambutan and avocados, once rare and costly in Bangladesh, were grown at home, cheaper and widely sold by June 2026; DAE data put dragon fruit output at 78,749 tonnes in 2024-25.
VideoA 42-bigha dragon fruit farm in Munshiganj shows modern growing at scale, while overuse of growth hormones in some areas is hurting fruit quality and demand.
