Seven crude bombs found in shopping bags in mango orchard
Police have recovered seven crude bombs from a mango orchard in Baliadanga union of Chapainawabganj.
Police have recovered seven crude bombs from a mango orchard in Baliadanga union of Chapainawabganj.
Wholesale mango prices in Chuadanga have fallen to about half of last season's, leaving growers and traders fearing losses.
Gopalbhog has reached Baneshwar, Rajshahi's biggest mango market, but supply is thin and storm-fallen fruit makes up much of the trade.
A 56-year-old in Pakundia, Kishoreganj, has had a strong first crop from an organic orchard of late mango varieties planted on unused land in front of his house.
Dinajpur, best known for its litchis, has a bumper mango crop this year, with sales of about Tk 450 crore hoped for.
A Kuakata farmer has sold nearly Tk 2 lakh worth of mangoes from a single tree, and his orchard now supplies much of the area.
Chemically ripened mangoes sold as ripe fruit can cause a range of health problems, from diarrhoea to hypoxia.
A display of 100 mango varieties has drawn crowds at a three-day agricultural technology fair in Bagha, Rajshahi.
A fixed calendar for picking mangoes has run into trouble this year, and it should be set each year around local climate and farmers' experience, the writer argues.
Trade has not yet begun at Kansat, the country's largest mango market, but wholesalers are getting ready for the season.
Natore has begun picking Gopalbhog mangoes, with the district expecting 80,400 tonnes this season.
Amshotto, the popular sun-dried mango leather, can be made at home with just mangoes, sugar or molasses and vinegar.
The mango special train announced for 20 May has not run because most of Chapainawabganj's mangoes are not yet mature.