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Chhanowar Quits Teaching and Finds Success Growing Fruit
A Tangail man who left teaching to farm has built a commercial fruit and coffee farm in Madhupur and won a national agriculture award.
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Kamruzzaman Succeeds in Growing 85 Varieties of Grape
A young man in Chandpur has succeeded in growing grapes commercially on 20 decimals of land, with 85 varieties from 18 countries in his collection.
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A Grower's Dream in the Kingdom of Mangoes
Chapainawabganj's mango growers, heirs to a centuries-old tradition, keep faith with the crop despite unseasonal storms and disease.
Fruits
Ayesha's Rooftop Garden Success Sends Saplings to Districts Across the Country
A Faridpur woman who started a rooftop garden with five fruit trees in 2019 now sells grafted saplings online to growers across the country.
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New Prospects for Pineapple Farming in the Garo Hills
Pineapple farming is spreading on fallow hill land along Sherpur's border, with growers saying government support and protection from wild elephants could transform the area.
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Dinajpur Hopes for Tk 2,000 Crore Litchi Harvest
Green litchi fruitlets are setting across Dinajpur, and private estimates put the crop's value at about Tk 2,000 crore, double the official figure.
Fruits
Honey Worth Tk 120 Crore From Dinajpur Litchi Flowers, Beekeepers' Group Says
Beekeepers say litchi-flower honey collection in Dinajpur has hit a record, though government and beekeepers' figures differ enormously.
VegetablesBangladesh fruit and vegetable output grows while exports lag behind potential
Fruit and vegetable output rose while export earnings fell over the long run, and in a March 2025 column agriculture specialist Samiran Biswas urged better quality, storage and processing.
FruitsImported fruit prices in Dhaka rose further after Ramadan duty cuts
Despite cuts to supplementary duty and advance tax on fresh fruit imports for Ramadan, traders in Dhaka said on 26 March 2025 that imported fruit, led by apples and black grapes, had become dearer still.
CropsWatermelon farming on Mirsarai's chars grows from 145 to 1,200 acres
About 1,200 acres of char land in four unions of Mirsarai, Chattogram, were under watermelon in the 2025 season, up from 145 acres in 2022. The upazila agriculture office expected 35,000 to 40,000 tonnes worth about Tk 100 crore.
CropsShibganj in Chapainawabganj grows about Tk 70 crore of strawberries a year
Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj produced strawberries worth about Tk 70 crore a year, its agriculture officer said in March 2025, as mango growers switched to the fruit but still lacked a local market.
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Watermelon Farmers Suffer in Silence as Sellers Laugh All the Way
Watermelons change hands four times on the way to market and sell for four times the farm-gate price, while the farmers who grow them miss out on a fair price.
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Thai Sapodilla Grown in the Hills of Mirsharai
Young agri-entrepreneur Md Omar Sharif has succeeded in growing Thai sapodilla in the hills of Mirsharai in Chattogram, and this year sold some of the fruit at market.