A Hobby Rooftop Garden Full of Grapes
A former expatriate in Narayanganj's Fatullah has filled a rooftop with grape vines of about 35 varieties that now supply his family and relatives.
A former expatriate in Narayanganj's Fatullah has filled a rooftop with grape vines of about 35 varieties that now supply his family and relatives.
Hot weather has ripened litchis early in Sonargaon, Narayanganj, but a lack of rain has left the fruit small and growers worried about prices.
At Garkul in Narayanganj's Baktaboli, more than a hundred farmers sell melons and vegetables straight from their fields to passing travellers.
A college student in Araihazar who began rearing chickens on his roof during the pandemic now runs a farm of about 3,000 birds.
Nurun Nahar Begum has turned the 1,500 sq ft roof of her six-storey home in Siddhirganj into a garden of more than 250 fruit, flower, vegetable and medicinal plants.
A cow bought for Tk 1 lakh for Qurbani in Siddhirganj, Narayanganj, died after touching a live electricity pole on the way home.
With four days to go to Eid-ul-Azha, cattle, goats and sheep are pouring into Narayanganj's markets, where the district has about 1.29 lakh animals ready for sale.
Two bulls named Raja and Badsha, brought from Santhia in Pabna, are drawing crowds at the Fatullah DIT cattle market in Narayanganj.