FruitsChuadanga began its 2026 mango harvest on 13 May with aanti, guti and Bombai mangoes under the district calendar; deputy commissioner Lutfun Nahar said calendar breaches would bring fines and proof of chemicals or formalin strict action.
FruitsChapainawabganj district administration decided on 11 May 2026 to set no mango picking dates again, allowing fruit to be picked once mature while warning of strict action against anyone marketing immature mangoes.
FruitsPicking of Gopalbhog and Gobindabhog mangoes began in Satkhira on 5 May 2026 under the district's mango calendar, ten days before Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj. Researchers told BBC Bangla that lower latitude, coastal heat and soil salt explain the head start; the district targets 70,000 tonnes.
FruitsSatkhira formally began picking and marketing mangoes on 5 May 2026 under the district administration's mango calendar, with a production target of about 70,900 tonnes, and growers said they hoped for good prices.
FruitsOn 26 April 2026 Satkhira's district administration announced its mango picking calendar: local varieties from 5 May, Himsagar and Khirsapat from 15 May, Langra from 27 May and Amrapali from 5 June.
CropsRajshahi's mango calendar set 22 May for Gopalbhog, but on 17 May 2025 the variety was already selling in the city's markets at Tk 70-80, and buyers said most of the fruit was unripe. The agriculture department believed it came from outside the district.
CookingAs ripe mangoes reached Bangladesh's markets in May 2025, Jagonews24 shared a ten-minute lassi of yoghurt, ripe mango, honey or syrup, ice and rose water. Here is the recipe, with the season's harvest calendars and what the ingredients contain.
