CropsA Netrokona man who lost his job in Narayanganj in 2020 trained with BSCIC, started with 25 bee boxes on a Tk 1 lakh loan and by January 2026 was collecting mustard honey from 150 boxes in Islampur, Jamalpur, Jagonews24 reported.
Farmers in Dharki, Joypurhat Sadar, say BRAC Seed's Courage potato seed failed to sprout on their land, while the dealer and company blame the farmers for planting in wet soil.
A Thursday horse market on a college ground in Jamalpur draws more than 500 horses and buyers from across Bangladesh with prices from Tk 8,000.
EnvironmentA jackal bit seven people, among them a 60-year-old woman and a 14-year-old boy, in Mahadan union and nearby areas of Sarishabari upazila in Jamalpur on the evening of 27 October 2024. The upazila health complex treated all seven and referred three to Jamalpur Sadar Hospital.
Prices of imported fruit such as grapes, apples, malta and oranges are rising steadily in Jamalpur, putting them beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Mahmudul Hasan Ruman, a 30-year-old English graduate, has built a 12-acre mango orchard on fallow land in Dewanganj, Jamalpur, instead of looking for a job.
Ripe paddy on 52 decimals of land is going to waste in Sarishabari, Jamalpur, after a farmer and the landowner were attacked when they went to harvest it.
With floodwater gone, farmers in Dewanganj are replanting Aman after three rounds of flooding destroyed the crop on 287 hectares.
Jamalpur's new deputy commissioner visited the farm of Tara Mia, who keeps more than 7,000 birds and pigeons of 50 to 60 species, and promised support for bird farmers.
After a 14-year-old boy died of a snakebite in Sarishabari, Jamalpur, a village healer delayed his burial with incantations until Friday noon.
A cattle special train carrying 400 cows in 25 wagons left Islampur in Jamalpur for Dhaka on Saturday evening, with more trains to follow.
A langur separated from its troop has wandered into a village in Madarganj, Jamalpur, drawing crowds of curious onlookers.
Agriculture officer Md Shahadul Islam is winning praise for growing winter vegetables on once-overgrown fallow land at the Madarganj upazila parishad in Jamalpur.
