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Summer Watermelon Now Available in Autumn at Tk 60-80 a kg
Year-round watermelon farming has grown so much that the fruit is on sale in Dhaka well after summer.
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Black Queen Watermelon Brings Lakh-Taka Income in 70 Days
Young farmer Abu Bakkar Siddique of Chandipasha in Pakundia, Kishoreganj, has earned more than Tk 1 lakh in 70 days from off-season Black Queen watermelon on 40 decimals.
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Badsha Succeeds Growing Sharifa Fruit in Ishwardi
National gold medal-winning farmer Shahjahan Ali Badsha has made a success of commercial sharifa farming on 33 bigha in Ishwardi, Pabna.
FruitsYoung Jhenaidah grower succeeds with Bhagwa pomegranates in Maheshpur
Abdullah, a 25-year-old Dawrah-e-Hadith student in Maheshpur, Jhenaidah, planted Indian Bhagwa pomegranates on one bigha in late 2022 instead of chasing a job; two years on every tree was bearing, and he said the fruit sold at 300 to 350 taka a kilogram.
FruitsLocal Fruits and Health: The Nutrition in Bangladesh's Harvest
Local fruits such as guava, mango, banana and papaya are rich in vitamin C, vitamin A, potassium and fibre, and health authorities place fruit at the heart of a diet that lowers the risk of chronic disease, as the old sayings of Khana also urged.
FruitsMirsarai grower harvests avocado from trees raised on Indonesian seedlings
A young farm entrepreneur in Mirsarai, Chattogram, said in September 2025 that ten avocado trees grown from Indonesian seedlings had given him more than 500 kg of fruit, which he was selling at Tk 800 a kg.
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Tk 760 Crore Pineapple Trade in Prospect in Madhupur
A bumper pineapple crop and strong demand in Madhupur, Tangail, could bring trade worth Tk 760 crore this year, the agriculture department says.
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Dinajpur Bananas Worth a Crore Taka a Day Go Across the Country
Bananas worth about a crore taka a day are going from Dinajpur to Dhaka and other districts, as bigger harvests and better prices lift farmers.
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Mango Season Grows Longer, with High Prices at the End
Late-ripening varieties have stretched Bangladesh's mango season to about five months, though end-of-season prices in Dhaka have doubled.
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Off-Season Watermelon on Fish Enclosure Dykes Brings Smiles to Debhata Farmers
Unused dykes of brackish-water fish enclosures in Debhata, Satkhira, are now growing off-season watermelon that sells for Tk 70-80 a kg.
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Golpata Fruit Sold Commercially in Bagerhat
The fruit of the golpata palm, which grows untended in coastal salt water, is now sold to visitors outside the historic Sixty Dome Mosque in Bagerhat.
FruitsJhalokati guava output falls in 2025 and good prices fail to cheer growers
Drought at flowering cut the 2025 guava crop in 36 villages of Jhalokati, growers told Jagonews24 in early August, and prices of Tk 1,000 to Tk 1,200 a maund could not make up for the smaller harvest.
FruitsSherpur grower tries 50 foreign grape varieties near the Garo Hills
In Meghadal, a hill village of Sherpur's Sreebardi upazila, entrepreneur Mizanur Rahman was growing about 50 foreign grape varieties on 150 plants in August 2025, with green grapes sold locally at Tk 250-300 a kg, the grower told reporters.