GalleryHyacinth stops the nets on Kaptai, hibiscus in a yard: the day in pictures
Prothom Alo photographers on 5 November: a fisher on Kaptai Lake, cheap cabbage in Dinajpur, hibiscus in a Sirajganj yard and thick fog in Rangpur.
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VegetablesJhum crops arrive by boat at Rangamati's twice-weekly hill market
Boats from villages around Kaptai Lake bring jhum vegetables and fruit to a market on a Rangamati road, where most sellers are women and traders put a market day's business at Tk 1-1.5 million.
FisheriesMicroplastics found in all 75 samples of Kaptai Lake's small native fish
Researchers from Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University and Noakhali Science and Technology University have found microplastics in Kaptai Lake's fish, water and bed sediment; scientists say people need not stop eating the fish, but the sources of plastic must be shut off.
GalleryGlimpse, 14 October: nets on Kaptai Lake, a bee on sponge gourd, a barbet on moringa
A fisher's net on Kaptai Lake, a honeybee working sponge-gourd flowers in Khulna, a coppersmith barbet on a moringa branch in Gazipur and plastic drums for rice going to market in Sylhet: Prothom Alo photographers' day in rural Bangladesh.
GalleryPictures: a misty morning in the Rangamati hills, from paddy fields to the lake
Prothom Alo photographer Supriyo Chakma's pictures from Mounaghar, Shimujjechhara and Bhuter Tila show an old farmer checking rice ears, a woman weeding and fishers setting out on a misty lake.
GalleryA day in Bangladesh: fishing on Kaptai Lake, cauliflower fields and lotus
On 30 September Prothom Alo's photographers found fishermen on Kaptai Lake in Rangamati, cauliflower fields and egrets in Shibganj, Bogura, lotus and a black-hooded oriole in Pabna and carambola blossom in Moulvibazar.
FruitsMango glut in Rangamati hill markets brings low prices and losses for growers
In mid-June 2026 the markets of hilly Rangamati were still full of mangoes after a good harvest: buyers paid little, while growers said the prices did not cover the cost of their orchards and of transport.
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Fish in Kaptai Lake Have Declined Alarmingly
In Kaptai Lake, large carp have given way to small kachki and chapila, and fishers and traders complain that fingerling releases and the landing centre are failing.