LivestockHalf paralysed by a stroke, Kushtia farmer rebuilds on fat-tailed sheep
After a brain haemorrhage closed his buffalo farm, Rakibul Islam started again with one pair of dumba sheep; six sales have brought him Tk 12 lakh.
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AgribusinessFlemish farm start-ups jump 62 percent as a pension rule drives handovers
Statistics Flanders counted 1,096 agricultural start-ups in 2025, but many are existing farms passed to a younger manager after a new pension criterion took effect.
OpinionOpinion: farm-based tourism could open new income for Bangladesh's farmers
Shariful Islam Roni argues that, as in Italy, New Zealand and Australia, agritourism could give Bangladeshi farmers several incomes from the same land, provided farming comes first and tourism second.
Livestock
Huge Python Found on Cattle Farm
A large python that crept into a cattle farm in Sreemangal, Moulvibazar, was rescued by the Bangladesh Wildlife Service Foundation and released in Lawachara forest.
Livestock
Chickens Die in Heat and Power Cuts, Pabna Poultry Farmers Face Ruin
Severe heat and long power cuts are killing chickens on Pabna's poultry farms, adding to losses from high feed and medicine prices and disease.
Livestock
Wild Animal Attack Kills a Thousand Chickens on Farm
About 1,000 chickens at a poultry farm in Darshana, Chuadanga, have died in an overnight attack by a wild animal, causing an estimated loss of Tk 4 to 5 lakh.
Fisheries
Government Giving Top Priority to Rehabilitating Flood-Hit Farmers, Says State Minister
State Minister Sultan Salahuddin Tuku said the government is giving top priority to rehabilitating farmers hit by natural disasters as he toured flood-damaged Patiya.
LivestockFrom Five Cows to About 500 Animals: RBC Agro Farm in Mirsarai, Chattogram
A farm in Mirsarai, Chattogram, that started with five cows in 2012 held more than 300 cattle and about 500 animals in all in July 2026, and sold more than 200 cattle and buffaloes at that year's Eid ul-Adha.
Rooftop farming
Over Two Hundred Colourful Birds on a Rooftop Hobby Farm
On an 8,000-square-foot roof in Narayanganj, Bazlur Rashid Selim keeps more than 200 pairs of birds of 50 species purely as a hobby.
LivestockPatuakhali snake venom farm registered, but no buyers for its venom
In July 2026 the owner of a snake venom farm in Patuakhali, Abdur Razzak Biswas, said it could collect venom worth about Tk 8 crore a month, but three months after registration with the Department of Livestock Services no drug company had offered to process it.
Livestock
Joypurhat's Government Poultry Farm Limps Along
A staff shortage and crumbling sheds have left the government poultry breeding and development farm at Jamalganj, Joypurhat, producing far below its targets.
LivestockPatuakhali bull 'Kalo Manik' sold for Tk 20 lakh at Dhaka's Diabari cattle market
Kalo Manik, a black Holstein Friesian bull of about 45 maund raised for seven years in Mirzaganj, Patuakhali, was sold for Tk 20 lakh at the Uttara Diabari market on 24 May 2026, Jagonews24 reported. Its farmer had asked Tk 22 lakh.
AgribusinessBangladesh Eid cattle markets open slow as fewer sacrifices are feared
Ahead of Eid-ul-Azha 2026, high inflation, an economic slowdown and costly fodder cast a slump over Bangladesh's sacrificial animal markets, with fears that sacrifices would fall below 2025's 9.1 million.