Bangladesh to Export 50 Tonnes of Mangoes to China for the First Time on 28 May
Bangladesh will send its first 50-tonne consignment of mangoes to China on 28 May, the agriculture secretary said.
Bangladesh will send its first 50-tonne consignment of mangoes to China on 28 May, the agriculture secretary said.
A mango trader in Natore was fined Tk 50,000 for using a chemical to ripen mangoes.
Bangladesh is set to begin mango exports to China at the start of June, with a trade agreement between the two countries expected soon.
Two rounds were fired and two motorcycles smashed when two BNP groups clashed over picking mangoes at an ashram in Lalpur.
FruitsOn 20 May 2025, Export Promotion Bureau vice-chairman Md Anwar Hossain said ten hot water treatment plants would be set up in Chapainawabganj, alongside plans for a mango board, a mango policy and low-cost solar panels for growers.
A good mango harvest in Satkhira has brought losses rather than profit, as prices have fallen below what farmers spent to grow the fruit.
Mature mangoes knocked down by a storm in Chapainawabganj's Gomostapur upazila are selling for just Tk 3.5 a kg.
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.
Beltala in Jashore's Sharsha upazila, one of the country's largest mango markets, trades 15,000 to 20,000 maunds of mangoes worth Tk 5 to 6 crore every day.
Dhaka's markets are full of seasonal fruit at the start of Jyoishtha, with mangoes and litchis in highest demand and prices mostly within buyers' reach.
Mangoes from Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj, Naogaon and Satkhira will reach Dhaka directly from farmers through a scheme run by Qawmi entrepreneurs on the postal network.
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.
Satkhira's Himsagar mangoes reached the market on 15 May after the district brought the harvest schedule forward at farmers' demand.