CookingJagonews24 published a recipe on 1 July 2025 for mango delight: a base of biscuit crumbs, butter and icing sugar topped with ripe mango pulp and malai, set in the refrigerator in two 20-minute rounds.
With exports held back by certification, cargo and packing problems, most of the Rajshahi region's export-grade mangoes end up in local supershops.
Extreme heat ripened most mango varieties at once while the long Eid holiday cut demand, forcing growers to sell at Tk 10-15 a kg less than last year even as exports rise.
The long-standing 'dhalan' practice of taking extra weight on every maund of mangoes has been scrapped in the Rajshahi region and replaced by a commission of up to Tk 1.5 a kg.
FruitsIn May 2025 West Zone Railway officials said the Mango and Cattle Special trains were unlikely to run that season, citing losses in earlier years and weak interest from growers and traders in booking mangoes.
CropsRajshahi's mango calendar set 22 May for Gopalbhog, but on 17 May 2025 the variety was already selling in the city's markets at Tk 70-80, and buyers said most of the fruit was unripe. The agriculture department believed it came from outside the district.
Picking and marketing of mangoes has begun in Rajshahi, with guti mangoes selling at Tk 1,300 to 1,500 a maund on the first day under the mango calendar.
Rajshahi district administration has announced this season's mango calendar, allowing growers and traders to start picking on 15 May.
Chief Conservator of Forests Amir Hosain Chowdhury has opened Bangladesh's first gharial breeding centre in Rajshahi, stocking it with a pair from Gazipur Safari Park.
Demand and prices for hilsa rose in Rajshahi ahead of Pahela Baishakh, putting the New Year fish out of many people's reach.
Under a new irrigation policy, boro rice cultivation in the Rajshahi agricultural region fell by 10,200 hectares this season, which farmers blame on a lack of water.
Facing a severe water crisis after decades of excessive groundwater extraction, the Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) has moved to restrict Boro cultivation in eight upazilas of the Barind region.
CropsOn 3 February 2025 a wildlife inspector of the Forest Department filed a case in Rajshahi Metropolitan Magistrate Court-2 against two content creators over videos of slaughtering and roasting pond herons and lesser whistling ducks. The court issued summonses.
