VegetablesAt Naldanga haat, Natore's largest onion market, farmers said in early April 2026 that onions selling at Tk 600 to Tk 1,000 a maund did not cover their costs; traders blamed imports from India and the lack of storage.
CookingFrying a few cloves of chopped garlic gently in oil or butter before adding the carrots gives an everyday carrot fry a new, homely flavour. Alongside the recipe: what carrots and garlic supply, what research says about garlic, and how Bangladesh grows both.
Despite a good harvest, Natore's garlic farmers are losing Tk 15,000-20,000 a bigha because prices have collapsed to Tk 1,200-2,000 a maund.
A civet trapped in a farmer's net in a paddy field in Naldanga upazila of Natore was rescued by environmental activists and locals and released into its natural habitat.
A 30-year-old man, Mithun Chandra, died of a snakebite in Lalpur, Natore, on the way to the upazila health complex.
A snakebite victim in Natore caught the snake that bit him and brought it alive to hospital, where he is being treated with antivenom.
An army team at Jonail cattle market in Baraigram, Natore, found lessees charging extra hasil and had the excess returned to more than 500 buyers.
A mango trader in Natore was fined Tk 50,000 for using a chemical to ripen mangoes.
Two rounds were fired and two motorcycles smashed when two BNP groups clashed over picking mangoes at an ashram in Lalpur.
Natore district administration has set picking dates for each mango and litchi variety, starting with Guti mangoes and Mozaffar litchis on 15 May.
The theft of 30 shallow machines from fields in Gurudaspur, Natore, has left more than 100 farmers unsure how to irrigate winter crops on 300 bighas.
A jackal bit two farmers in daylight in Naldanga upazila of Natore on 18 December, and locals say jackal attacks in the area have increased.
A 26-year-old housewife, Ayesha Akter, died of a snakebite at South Majhgram in Lalpur, Natore, on her way to hospital.
