Crops
Pirojpur Leads in Amra Production, Season's Sales Worth Crores of Taka
Known for guava, Pirojpur now also leads Barishal division in amra, with busy wholesale markets in Nesarabad and farmers pleased with prices despite a smaller crop.
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Crops
Good Days Return to Flatland Tea Farming as Growers Welcome Prices
Tighter monitoring by the district administration and tea board has improved Panchagarh's tea quality, lifting green leaf prices from Tk 12 to Tk 32-35 a kg.
Crops
Elephants Made Strangers in Their Own Land as Encroachers Seize Garo Hills
Herds of wild elephants are coming down from the Garo hills into villages in Sherpur every evening in search of food, as encroachers shrink the forest.
Environment
Short of Food in the Forest, Monkeys Head for Villages in Groups
Around 400 monkeys in the Santoshpur forest of Phulbaria in Mymensingh are leaving the forest in groups in search of food, raiding crops and villages.
Crops
Silk Seed Farm Loses Its Golden Past and Becomes a 'Haunted' Place
Once busy with silkworm rearing and yarn, the Ishwardi silk seed farm now lies overgrown, with one manager for 17 posts and workers idle most of the month.
Fisheries
Hilsa Markets on the Padma Bank in Madaripur During the Ban
As in every year, makeshift hilsa markets are being held on the Padma bank in Shibchar, Madaripur, during the breeding-season ban.
Crops
Potholes Along the Road Cause Suffering for Tens of Thousands
A 17km road on a Padma embankment in Ishwardi, Pabna, has been left unrepaired for years, cutting off 70,000 to 100,000 people in 15 villages and hurting char farmers.
Fisheries
Hilsa Season Has Shifted, Fishers Say
Fishers in Bhola say the hilsa peak has moved to October and are calling for the mother hilsa fishing ban to be timed accordingly.
Crops
The Market Where Betel Leaf Worth Crores Is Sold Every Evening
A betel leaf market in Gournadi, Barishal, comes alive after dark five days a week, with trade worth crores of taka each day.
Crops
Paddy Does Not Enter Government Godown Without a Bribe
Farmers in Astagram, Kishoreganj, say they must pay bribes to sell paddy to the government godown, and a video shows a food inspector demanding Tk 2,000 a tonne.
Crops
Crop Production on Fallow Land Stalls for Lack of a Project
Crop production on fallow land at offices, factories and schools in Khulna has fallen from 2.5 to 1.2 hectares, and the DAE says it has no separate project for it.
Crops
Reopening of Pabna Sugar Mill Stuck at Announcement Stage
Seven months after the interim government announced the reopening of Pabna Sugar Mills, no work has started while machinery rusts and cane growers switch crops.
Crops
Crores of Taka in Red Chillies Change Hands at Gaibandha's Fulchhari Market
Dried red chillies worth crores of taka are traded twice a week at a temporary market on the Brahmaputra in Gaibandha's Fulchhari, though farmers complain of low prices this season.