EnvironmentThe Chattogram district administration will plant 100,000 saplings across 16 upazilas on 27 October, keeping 10,000 to 20,000 spares to replace any that fail, with coconut palms along the coast.
FisheriesDuring the 22-day mother hilsa ban, boats are said to be landing hilsa at night at Botgachtola and Rahmatpur ghats in Sandwip, Chattogram, while none of the upazila's 8,332 card-holding fishers has yet received the promised 25kg of rice; the UNO says distribution starts on Sunday.
Sandwip, once an exporter of betel leaf, now has to bring it in, as rising costs and lack of support push growers away from a crop officials say has great potential.
