FruitsThe Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture has released BINA Sofeda-1, a sapodilla variety developed with gamma rays and registered by the National Seed Board in 2023, whose fruits weigh 250 to 450 grams.
The Regional Agricultural Research Station at Akbarpur, Moulvibazar, has developed 11 fruit varieties since 1982 and is now adapting fruits, vegetables and oil crops to the region.
Dinajpur's Bedana litchi, now recognised as a geographical indication product, has a history of some 250 years that local tradition traces to one farmer in Mashimpur village.
Rangamati's famous Honey Queen pineapple has had a record season, lifting hill families' incomes, though farmers still lack cold storage, roads and processing.
Banana farming is booming in the Rangpur region, but a lack of storage and processing means large quantities of fruit are lost every year.
FruitsJagonews24 reported in June 2026 that mango and jackfruit were the fruits produced most in Sylhet division, known for citrus on its acidic soils, but with no commercial orchards only jara lemon was being exported.
FruitsBuyers complained in June 2026 that Naogaon's GI-recognised Nak Fazli mangoes were being sold immature; scientists quoted by Jagonews24 blamed early picking and ethylene-based ripeners.
Few buyers and prices below expectations forced Pabna farmers to bring about 30,000 cattle home unsold from Eid-ul-Azha haats.
FruitsIn early June 2026, after Eid-ul-Azha, Rajshahi's Baneshwar market was full of mangoes but short of buyers; Gopalbhog fell from more than Tk 2,000 a maund at the start of the season to Tk 1,400-1,600.
A bumper lychee harvest in Rajshahi, led by the popular Bombai variety, could bring in about Tk 56 crore this season if market conditions hold.
LivestockIn Pabna villages the big deshi rooster was once saved for the son-in-law. By June 2026 such birds were scarce, selling at Tk 740-750 a kg in town.
LivestockBefore Eid-ul-Azha in May 2026, buyers and sellers at Bogura's Sabgram, Mohasthan and other cattle markets alleged that lessees' collectors were charging tolls above the rates set by the administration. Lessees cited lease costs and common practice; the Shibganj UNO said action would be taken.
Mymensingh has a surplus of sacrificial animals, but at the district's biggest cattle market buyers are scarce and farmers are getting low offers.
