AgribusinessA 50 kg sack of urea costs farmers Tk 1,350 at home but sells for about Tk 9,000 in Myanmar; the Coast Guard seized 255 tonnes of fertiliser between July and 25 September.
An intelligence report says subsidised fertiliser is being smuggled through the Cumilla, Brahmanbaria, Chapainawabganj, Jashore, Satkhira and Cox's Bazar borders with the collusion of dealers and transporters; the Coast Guard and BGB seized 235,908 kg and detained 117 people between June and 15 Sept
The boat was chased down in deep water south-east of Chhera Dwip late on Friday; ten people were detained and the 240 sacks of urea and other goods were valued at Tk 13.7 lakh, at a time when Aman farmers in several districts are queuing for fertiliser.
Sixteen fishermen were detained by the Myanmar army after their trawler lost its way in a storm in March; nine of them, from Lakshmipur, have yet to come home.
Hilsa imported from India through Benapole at a landed cost of about Tk 514 a kg is being passed off as Padma hilsa for Tk 1,400-1,800 a kg, buyers complain.
Seven hundred sacks of KAFCO urea worth about Tk 24.5 lakh were being loaded from trucks onto a cargo boat at Banshbaria ghat when the Coast Guard's East Zone moved in; two men were detained and three trucks seized.
A wild elephant was badly injured by a landmine on the Naikhongchhari-Myanmar border and is receiving first aid from the forest department.
A round-up of important news from around the world for Jagonews readers on 31 July 2024.
A baby elephant about seven feet tall has swum across the Naf River from Myanmar and entered Shah Porir Dwip in Teknaf.
Bangladesh has 1.25 crore animals ready for the coming Qurbani, so no imports are needed and border surveillance against illegal cattle entry has been stepped up, the livestock secretary said.
A rare white elephant has been born in western Myanmar, state media reported, in a country where white elephants were considered a symbol of good fortune.
Unregulated fishing and small-mesh nets are threatening hilsa in Myanmar's Irrawaddy river, a BBC Burmese investigation found.
