Crops
Lychees Reach Rajshahi's Markets at High Prices
The first lychees of the season are selling in Rajshahi at Tk 300 per hundred, though the main crop is still weeks away.
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Fruits
Unhealthy Race to Pick Unripe Mangoes and Lychees at Rajshahi University
Some Rajshahi University students are stripping unripe mangoes and lychees from trees opened to them, prompting complaints and a proctor's plea to wait 15 days.
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45 Snake Hatchlings Emerge in a Farmer's Yard
About 45 cobra hatchlings were found in a farmer's yard in Char Majlishpur, Goalanda, and the family killed them.
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Mango Fruitlets Dropping in Severe Drought
Rajshahi mango growers fear a poor crop as intense drought dries fruit stalks and sheds young mangoes that irrigation has failed to save.
Crops
Load-Shedding in Rajshahi Leaves Farmers Worried About Boro
With a heatwave in Rajshahi and power cuts rising, farmers cannot irrigate their boro fields properly, and the land has cracked in many places.
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Unable to Sell, Farmers Leave Bottle Gourds at Market in Bagha
With no buyers at Arani municipal haat in Bagha, Rajshahi, bottle gourd farmers took their produce home or left it behind at the market.
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Mango Blossom Sways on Rajshahi's Trees as Young Fruit Begins to Set
Mango blossom has appeared on most of Rajshahi's trees and young fruit is setting on early varieties, though officials and a scientist give different figures for how many trees have flowered.
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Mango trees in blossom, growers worried about fog
Early mango varieties in Rajshahi have begun to blossom, but growers fear fog and cold could damage the buds.
Environment
Rampaging Elephant Finally Captured
A Forest Department team from Dhaka tranquillised and captured an elephant that had rampaged through Tanore in Rajshahi and Nachole in Chapainawabganj.
Environment
80 Per Cent of the Country's Snakebite Patients Admitted to Rajshahi Medical
Snakebite admissions and deaths are rising at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital, which faced an antivenom shortage that its director says is now over.
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Nishita and Ishtiaq's 'Sohojia'
What began as sending mangoes to friends has grown into Sohojia, an online venture run by Ishtiaq Asif and his wife Kaniz Fatema Nishita.
Fruits
Mango Special Train Losses Mount, Traders Unhappy With Service
The Mango Special Train has set off again carrying a burden of losses, having spent several times what it earned over the past three years.
Crops
PRAN Starts Mango Collection at Rajshahi and Natore Factories
PRAN has started collecting mangoes from Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj and other districts for pulping at its factories in Rajshahi and Natore.