Fruits
Chinese Traders Show Interest in Bangladeshi Farm Produce and Fruit
Bangladesh's stall at the 2026 Mekong-Lancang Fruit, Coffee, Flower and Beer Carnival in Kunming, China, has drawn strong interest from local visitors and traders.
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Environment
Week-Long Tree Fair Opens in Rangamati
Rangamati's MP opened a week-long tree fair and urged that hill afforestation go hand in hand with the livelihoods of people who depend on the forest.
FruitsLaw Reporters' Forum serves mango, jackfruit and latkan at annual fruit festival
About 250 judges, lawyers and law reporters tasted mango, jackfruit, latkan and other local seasonal fruits at the Law Reporters' Forum's annual fruit festival in the Supreme Court Bar Association building on 19 July 2026.
FruitsPirojpur primary school holds festival of more than 60 kinds of local fruit
Palpara Government Primary School in Pirojpur Sadar held its annual fruit festival on 23 June 2026, displaying more than 60 kinds of local fruit so that children could learn to recognise them.
CropsChapainawabganj mango fair puts 183 local and foreign varieties on show
A three-day mango fair opened on 18 June 2026 at the Deputy Commissioner's office in Chapainawabganj, displaying 183 local and foreign varieties. The Department of Agricultural Extension organised it to introduce disappearing local types to a new generation.
Crops
Litchi Festival Opens in Ishwardi Today, Two Ministers to Attend
Ishwardi in Pabna, known as the country's litchi capital, opens its traditional Litchi Festival and Agricultural Trade Fair today, with two ministers due to attend.
Crops
What to Do Before and After Taking Sacrificial Animals to Market
Careful planning, gentle handling and proper rest, water and papers can keep sacrificial animals healthy on the way to market and protect farmers' earnings.
CropsPohela Boishakh: from harvest-time taxes to halkhata and village fairs
The Bengali calendar behind Pohela Boishakh grew out of a Mughal-era 'crop year' meant to time land taxes to the harvest, Banglapedia records. Halkhata, Baishakhi fairs and the Dhaka celebrations still carry the mark of that farming life.
FisheriesSarpunti replaces hilsa at a Boishakh breakfast as prices soar, professor writes
Priced out of hilsa, a Rajshahi University department served sarpunti with panta for Pohela Boishakh 2026. In a Jagonews24 column, a professor there tied the switch to hilsa prices, inequality and food culture, in a month when hilsa output had hit an eight-year low.
Crops
How to Make Date Halwa
Soft date halwa can be made at home with dates, ghee, a little sugar, raisins, nuts and rose water.
Environment
Let Thirty-First Night Be Celebrated Through Humanity
The writer urges people to mark Thirty-First Night with acts of kindness rather than fireworks and loud parties that frighten people and kill birds.
Environment
A Night Frozen by Noise Pollution: Is Our Celebration Someone Else's Sigh?
The writer argues that New Year fireworks break the law, endanger people and animals, and should be stopped through enforcement and public awareness.
Crops
Aman Harvest Festival Under Way in Mirsarai
Farmers in Mirsarai, Chattogram, are busy harvesting aman paddy after cultivation rose by 1,900 hectares from last year's flood-hit level.