VegetablesEarly cucumber covers about 60 hectares in Madarganj, Jamalpur, with output of around 2,000 tonnes expected; wholesale prices are Tk 30-40 a kilogram, and a bigha costs Tk 15,000-20,000 to grow and sells for Tk 30,000-40,000.
A mobile court in Madarganj, Jamalpur, fined a food trader Tk 10,000 and seized 250 kilograms of rice for illegally buying and hoarding VGF rice allocated to fishermen during the hilsa breeding ban.
CookingBeef, mutton or buffalo meat thickened with rice flour and finished with fried onion, garlic and cumin, pithali is the dish of weddings, aqiqah and community gatherings in Jamalpur, also known as milli, milani, myanda or menda.
Alam Mia, farming seven bighas, got two sacks in three days and needs four; dealer Abdul Rahim has sold out his 35-tonne allocation; DAE deputy director Alam Sharif Khan says there is no shortage, farmers are buying extra for fear of one, and more than 7,000 tonnes are due next month.
The Bakshiganj upazila administration stopped a van in Tupkarchar village of Merurchar union at around 1am on Thursday night and seized 23 sacks of fertiliser; officials are tracing where the consignment came from and where it was headed.
Three hundred families in Jamalpur whose three goats from World Vision Bangladesh have grown into herds of 12 to 15 are each giving a goat to a poorer neighbour.
Forest loss, encroachment and climate change have left the Garo Hills unable to feed and water wild elephants, driving them into villages where people and elephants are dying.
EnvironmentA woman bitten by a snake died after being taken to the Madarganj Upazila Health Complex in Jamalpur on the night of 6 July 2026; the next day a staff doctor was allegedly assaulted, and a three-member committee was formed to investigate.
CropsHill runoff and several days of rain flooded low-lying parts of Islampur upazila in Jamalpur on 30 June 2026. The upazila agriculture officer said jute, seedbeds and vegetables on 25 hectares went under water, while the Jamuna at Bahadurabad Ghat was still 78 cm below the danger mark.
A 69-year-old worker who went into a reserved forest in Bakshiganj, Jamalpur, to collect firewood was found dead, apparently killed by a wild elephant.
HealthA 14-year-old boy died in Islampur, Jamalpur, on Eid-ul-Azha, 28 May 2026, after a piece of sacrificial beef lodged in his throat during the family meal; the upazila health officer said he died before reaching hospital.
LivestockA buffalo brought for sale at the Sanandabari sacrificial animal market in Dewanganj, Jamalpur, ran out of control on 24 May 2026, injuring at least six people. Police said one died that day and another in hospital on 25 May.
Jamalpur's livestock farmers have a large surplus of animals ahead of Eid-ul-Azha and are worried by feed costs, but many see hope in selling cattle online.
