Fruits
Fruit Prices Soar, Sellers Blame Syndicate
Prices of almost all fruits in Dhaka rose within about ten days, with sellers accusing a syndicate of exploiting rising cases of fever in the capital.
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Dewa Fruit Dwindling in Mirsarai
The dewa, a sweet-sour native fruit once common in Mirsarai, Chattogram, is disappearing and unknown to the young.
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Native Fruit 'Khejur' Is Disappearing
The native date palm fruit that village children grew up eating is becoming rare as fewer trees are planted.
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Algerian Ambassador Impressed by Jhalakathi's Guava Orchards
Algeria's ambassador visited Jhalakathi's floating guava market and orchards and saw potential for guava exports to Algeria.
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Demand Grows for Jhalakathi's Bilati Gab
Traders in Jhalakathi collect the traditional bilati gab from villages by loudspeaker announcements and send it to cities across Bangladesh.
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Two-Day Mango Festival Begins in Naogaon
Naogaon's deputy commissioner opened a two-day mango festival in Sapahar, where farmers and officials called for easier mango exports.
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Narsingdi's Three Jewels in the World of Fruit
Fragrant Sagar bananas, juicy Ghorashal pineapples and tangy latkan once made Narsingdi famous across the country, but the district's banana heyday has faded.
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Bumper Pineapple Harvest, but Chemicals Used to Excess
Farmers and wholesalers in Fulbaria are using excessive chemicals to ripen pineapples quickly despite a bumper harvest, putting consumers at risk.
CropsFarmer's 150 Malta and Guava Trees Allegedly Cut Down
A Jhenaidah farmer alleges that an army member cut down 150 fruit-bearing malta and guava trees on land he had leased for five years; the accused says the land is his.
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Rambutan Farming Changes the Fortunes of Returnee Afzal Sheikh
A former migrant worker in Malaysia has turned four rambutan saplings into a thriving fruit and sapling business in Kaliganj, Gazipur.
CropsFertilising coconut trees: when to feed, how to apply and what to watch
Coconut palms yield more when fed twice a year, at the start of the monsoon and of winter, in a ring trench away from the trunk; the amount should come from the upazila agriculture officer, ideally after a soil test.
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Bhola Farmers Hope for Profit From Monsoon Watermelon
Farmers in Bhola have turned to growing summer watermelon in the monsoon, using the sorjan method of raised beds and channels to protect the crop from heavy rain.
FruitsJhenaidah farmers turn to avocado, longan and grapes after trial harvests
Farmers in Jhenaidah who planted avocado, longan and grapes as an experiment were moving towards commercial cultivation in July 2025 after good harvests. The DAE counted 2.25 hectares of grapes, 2 of avocado and 1 of rambutan in the district in 2024-25.