CropsYoung entrepreneur Enamul Haque has grown black rice on a trial 12 decimals in Panchhari, Khagrachhari, with seed bought in Bogura for Tk 500 a kilogram; the dark ears are now emerging.
FruitsAt an Export Promotion Bureau training in Manikchhari, Khagrachari, EPB chief Mohammad Hasan Arif said hill produce cannot be exported without quality production, and that no charge beyond official tolls is acceptable on the road to the plains.
Forest officials rescued a leopard cat that strayed into a house in Islampur on Saturday and released it in the Alutila reserved forest; a conservationist says it looked unwell and should have been observed first.
EnvironmentForest officials visited Kamalchhari Natun Para on Sunday after a video of an endangered masked palm civet, beaten to death on Thursday, spread on social media; those involved have not been found.
CropsIn Matiranga, Khagrachhari, Forkan Uddin grows lemongrass as a companion crop in the gaps of his mango orchard; fresh lemongrass sells for Tk 250 to 300 a kilogram.
CropsYields are good, but orchards, teak plantations, settlements and tired soil are shrinking jhum farming in Khagrachari every year; jhum covered 1,140 hectares in FY2026-27.
A mobile court found 21 tonnes of fertiliser beyond the official allocation in an unlisted warehouse of BCIC dealer SS Traders in Boalkhali union, seized it and fined the manager Tk 15,000 under the Fertiliser Management Act.
A case has been filed under the Wildlife (Conservation and Security) Act 2026; the ten surviving animals were released into forest at Alutila.
Police detained a woman in Khagrachhari with 24 monitor lizards she said she had bought in Chattogram to sell.
Food has been distributed among 300 families affected by the recent flood in Dighinala upazila of Khagrachhari.
CropsThe Bengal slow loris, Endangered on the IUCN Red List, is straying into villages in Khagrachhari as its food trees disappear; in April 2025 the Forest Department rescued two within a week and released them in the Alutila reserved forest.
The Bangladesh Army's Dighinala zone distributed 26,000 fruit and timber saplings in one day in Khagrachhari, and gave saplings and dry food to students of a madrasa and orphanage.
CropsHeavy rain and hill run-off in July 2026 hit about 8,000 farmers in Khagrachhari, and the district administration put the loss to agriculture at about Tk 12.21 crore.
