Mango Calendar Troubles Satkhira Orchard Owners
Satkhira mango growers and traders say the district's harvest calendar ignores local differences in ripening and costs them money, while officials defend it.
Satkhira mango growers and traders say the district's harvest calendar ignores local differences in ripening and costs them money, while officials defend it.
FruitsRafiqul Islam of Rajarampur in Gomastapur, Chapainawabganj, began year-round mango farming in 2012 and told Jago News in April 2025 that his orchards had grown to about 800 bighas.
China's ambassador in Dhaka, Yao Wen, visited a mango orchard in Chapainawabganj and gave assurance that the district's mangoes would be exported to China this year.
Rokeya Sultana explains how to turn any mangoes knocked down by the Baishakh storms into sweet, sour and spicy aamsatta.
Chapainawabganj's mango growers, heirs to a centuries-old tradition, keep faith with the crop despite unseasonal storms and disease.
A farm owner in Abhaynagar, Jashore, is harvesting his first Japanese Miyazaki mangoes from saplings imported from India in 2024.
Green mangoes have reached almost every market in Dhaka with the start of Baishakh, selling at Tk 80 to Tk 100 a kilogram.
A Chinese importer toured mango orchards in Shibganj and said China wants 120,000 tonnes of Chapainawabganj mangoes.
After a long dry spell, a light drizzle in Chapainawabganj on Friday has brought relief to mango growers, and the agriculture department calls it a blessing for the crop.
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has ordered vacant posts in government agencies and institutions to be filled quickly.
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has ordered quick implementation of some recommendations of the national reform commissions.
Interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus will visit China on 26 March to speak at an international conference.
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will give Bangladesh $4 million to build warehouses for storing mangoes, the chief adviser's press secretary said.