VegetablesOld ginger and garlic stocks are running low and the new crop has not fully arrived, pushing up retail prices in Rangpur; tomatoes, okra and cabbage eased, while fish, meat and eggs held steady.
VegetablesFarmers in Pirganj, Rangpur, are preparing land and planting murikata onions for the winter market; some fear a fertiliser shortage later, but the upazila agriculture officer says there is none.
FruitsFive districts of Rangpur division produced 134,916 tonnes of bananas on 4,077 hectares in 2024-25, but with no cold stores, processing plants or good transport, growers sell cheaply to middlemen.
CropsNeighbours thought it was a vermicompost works. A raid in Pirganj, Rangpur, found chemicals, brick dust, sawdust and empty branded packets used, officials believe, to make counterfeit fertiliser, pesticides and cattle feed.
RMCH's paediatric department admits 260-300 children a day against 86 beds, three or four to a bed, with 50 of 150 needed nurses, while a 100-bed children's hospital finished seven years ago still lacks staff for admissions.
BangladeshThe Tista Meander Floodplain, Bangladesh's third agro-ecological zone, covers nearly a million hectares from Panchagarh to Bogura. Old river courses left it a patchwork of quick-draining ridges and wetter basins, acidic soils short of several nutrients, and farms that grow rice, potatoes, maize and mustard side by side. New research at Rangpur shows four and five crops a year are possible, and satellite data and artificial intelligence could help match each field to the right crop, if their advice is tested in farmers' fields first.
CropsIn Kaunia, Rangpur, the jute sticks from 24 decimals of land fetch Tk 10,000-15,000, and demand from charcoal and particle-board factories is making up for the early-season fall in jute prices.
Rangpur, Dinajpur, Kurigram, Lalmonirhat, Nilphamari, Gaibandha, Thakurgaon and Panchagarh have radish, cauliflower, cabbage, beans, bottle gourd, tomato and red amaranth in the ground; heavy rain destroyed some plots that have since been replanted, and a Mithapukur grower has sold cabbage at Tk 2,0
Favourable weather and ample rain have carried Aman transplanting almost to completion across northern Bangladesh; the Department of Agricultural Extension's Rangpur office targets 663,714 hectares in the division's eight districts, with the rest to be planted within 10-15 days, while farmers who sa
EnvironmentSocial media posts claimed a Mithapukur man died after ignoring a snakebite to watch Argentina play; the local UP member told Jagonews24 he was under treatment at Rangpur Medical College Hospital during the match.
Banana farming is booming in the Rangpur region, but a lack of storage and processing means large quantities of fruit are lost every year.
Rangpur's famous Haribhanga mango went on sale officially on 15 June, drawing crowds to Padaganj market amid complaints that some traders picked early.
LivestockFarmers in five Rangpur upazilas were replacing rice with Napier grass, Jagonews24 reported in May 2026; by the district livestock office's figures the area grew from 107.40 acres in 2023-24 to more than 137.90 acres in 2025-26.
