AgribusinessSirajganj's Bagbati olive market trades 30 to 35 tonnes a day
The olive market at Bagbati in Sirajganj Sadar now meets every day of the season; the upazila has 101 hectares under olive with a production target of 905 tonnes.
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GalleryOff-season trellis watermelons at Chattogram's Kadamtali fruit market, in pictures
Trellis-grown watermelons from Noakhali, Feni, Cumilla and the Chittagong Hill Tracts are selling wholesale at Tk 55 to 80 a kilogram at Kadamtali fruit market in Chattogram; nine photographs follow them from the truck to the scales.
FruitsScab leaves Kashmir short of top-grade apples as festive demand peaks
Growers and dealers say 50 to 60 per cent of the Kashmiri apples now reaching the mandis are Grade B and C after a widespread scab outbreak, while demand for Grade A gift packs is strong ahead of Diwali.
GalleryIn pictures: the hog plum season at the boat markets of Jhalokati and Pirojpur
With the monsoon over, hog plum (amra) trading is in full swing at the canal and river markets of Jhalokati and Pirojpur; fruit brought by boat at dawn is sorted, sacked and trucked to Dhaka and Chattogram at Tk 900 to 1,200 a maund.
FruitsDragon fruit worth crores changes hands daily at Jhenaidah's Gourinathpur market
Gourinathpur market in Maheshpur, Jhenaidah, known as the capital of dragon fruit, is trading fruit worth crores of taka a day through more than a hundred wholesale stalls at the height of the season.
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Rangamati's bumper pomelo crop sends 5 to 10 trucks a day to the plains
Rangamati produced 13,500 tonnes of pomelo on 1,175 hectares this year, worth Tk 20 crore to farmers and Tk 100 crore in trade, but growers lack cold storage and face higher transport costs.
GalleryPhoto story: the dawn fruit market by the railway crossing in Kushtia
From dawn, beside the tracks at Mojompur rail gate, apples, oranges, malta, grapes, dragon fruit and pomegranates are auctioned; retailers buy wholesale and carry the fruit off by van.
GalleryWood apples by the sackload: a busy dawn market by a Bogura rail crossing
Wood apples brought from Naogaon, Natore and Satkhira sell wholesale for Tk 5 to Tk 25 apiece at Bogura's Rail Crossing No 3 market, in a photo story by Prothom Alo's Soel Rana.
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Pictures: Sundarbans nipa palm fruit reaches Dhaka at Tk 10 apiece
Fruit of the golpata, the nipa palm of the Sundarbans, brought from the Khulna region is sold from a van in Dhaka's Jurain at Tk 10 each.
FruitsMagura's Simakhali market sends jackfruit to 30-35 districts
Simakhali bazaar in Magura's Shalikha upazila is one of Bangladesh's largest wholesale jackfruit markets, supplying 30-35 districts each season. In 2026 the district grew jackfruit on 752 hectares, and farmers and traders reported a good crop and good prices.
FruitsLychee sellers draw homebound Eid travellers at Dhaka's Sayedabad
On 27 May 2026, the eve of Eid-ul-Azha, roadside sellers at Dhaka's Sayedabad bus stand sold lychees to homebound travellers at Tk 250 to Tk 600 a hundred, Jagonews24 reported.
FruitsKul farming expands in Jashore's Sharsha as Beltala Bazar trade grows
Sharsha's upazila agriculture office said kul (Indian jujube) was grown on about 138 hectares in the 2025-26 season, and in January 2026 Beltala Bazar was sending the fruit daily to Dhaka and other divisional cities.
CropsBogura's Tk 4 Crore Fruit Market at Tinmatha Lies Unused
A Tk 4 crore fruit market built at Tinmatha to clear traffic at Bogura's Satmatha lay largely unused in July 2023 because some traders refused to move; the municipality and administration said they would act.