VegetablesSweet pumpkin growers in Ghior, Manikganj, said in April 2026 that yields had fallen from 3-4 tonnes a bigha to 1-2 tonnes and fruit was rotting, so good prices could not cover their costs; the DAE said district output beat its target and farmers were profiting.
CropsIn April 2026 farmers in Munshiganj, where potatoes were planted on 34,660 hectares, said wholesale prices were below their production costs and they were losing money on every maund sold. They called for TCB purchases and more exports.
CookingOn 15 April 2026, as a mild heatwave spread across western Bangladesh, Jagonews24's lifestyle desk offered a light lunch dish: ridge gourd and potato cooked in poppy seed paste with mustard oil and green chillies.
CropsIn March 2026 Lalmonirhat farmers who had borrowed after last season's losses said they were selling potatoes at Tk 8-10 a kg against a cost of about Tk 15, while night rain soaked harvested tubers in low-lying fields.
Former additional secretary Md Mahbub Kabir Milon said on Facebook that potato farmers are in mourning, with field prices at Tk 7 to Tk 8 a kg.
A yam weighing about 20 kg and resembling human hands and feet has been dug up in a farmer's yard in Sundarganj, Gaibandha.
AgribusinessIn a Jagonews24 column published on 20 February 2026, the day after Ramadan began, Rajshahi College student Abu Rayhan argued that poor planning and weak monitoring, not demand alone, push prices up every Ramadan while farmers still sell their crops cheaply.
CookingDuring Ramadan, on 20 February 2026, Jagonews24 published an iftar recipe for a blended potato soup made with milk, cream and cheese; health authorities' advice on soup and potatoes at iftar is added.
VegetablesIn mid-February 2026 Joypurhat's potato yields were good, but farmers said prices of Tk 200 to 230 a maund left them Tk 10,000 to 15,000 short on every bigha they grew.
CropsDepending on the variety, potatoes are ready 85 to 95 or 100 to 120 days after planting, early varieties in 70 to 80 days; lifting them in dry, sunny weather two to three weeks after the plants die gives firm skins that store well.
CookingOn 9 February 2026 Jagonews24 published a home recipe for the head of a rui (rohu) fish cooked with potatoes and spices into a hot, fairly dry chorchori to eat with rice.
After Germany's biggest potato crop in 25 years, a Berlin campaign has been giving away thousands of tonnes of surplus potatoes to charities, residents and the zoo.
Lalmonirhat farmers have had a bumper early potato crop, but a glut of old cold-stored potatoes is keeping prices low.
