CropsRecent rain has eased drought and irrigation costs in aman fields of Charghat and Raninagar; Raninagar planted about 18,500 hectares against a target of 19,070.
AgrotechIn Mohanpur, Rajshahi, a 2-horsepower pump run by six solar panels irrigates 20 to 25 bighas a day; 32 solar pumps installed in the division in two years have cut irrigation costs to almost nothing and raised cropping intensity by about 50 per cent.
AgrotechIn net, polythene and steel polynet houses that control light, heat and humidity, Rajshahi farmers harvest grapes twice a year and raise high-value seedlings, while plastic mulching lets them grow watermelon out of season.
Favourable weather and good prices have brought Rajshahi a bumper jute crop, and the agriculture department expects about Tk 450 crore of jute to be sold across the district's nine upazilas this season.
Land Minister Mizanur Rahman Minu joined a palm-planting drive against lightning at Rajshahi Medical College and urged people to care for saplings until they grow.
After weeks of drought, monsoon rain has brought Rajshahi's farmland back to life, and farmers across the district are racing to transplant Aman rice seedlings.
Farmers in Rajshahi's Paba upazila are raising disease-free vegetable seedlings in cocopeat trays inside polynet houses, protecting them from rain, heat and pests.
State Minister for Fisheries and Livestock Sultan Salauddin Tuku said Rajshahi Central Park and Zoo would be modernised, with an expert team to assess turning it into a safari-style park.
Rooftop farmingSharmin Akter of Binodpur, Rajshahi, came first in the rooftop garden category of the National Tree Plantation Award 2025; she says saplings and pots from the garden she began in 2022 earn her about Tk 12 lakh a year.
Six hilsa weighing about 11 kg caught in the Padma at Daulatdia in Rajbari sold for Tk 47,300.
BARI's Fruit Research Station in Binodpur, Rajshahi, is breeding new fruit varieties, conserving germplasm and adapting foreign fruits for Bangladeshi farmers.
Abdur Razzak, 55, was killed in a clash between two sides over a family dispute and the picking of mangoes in Mohanpur upazila of Rajshahi.
The office of online mango seller "Mango Lover" in Paba, Rajshahi, was attacked and vandalised, with two staff injured and more than Tk 15 lakh allegedly taken.
