Fruits
Gobindabhog Mangoes at Tk 120, Bombai Lychees at Tk 450 a Hundred
The first Satkhira mangoes and Ishwardi lychees have reached Dhaka's markets at high prices, with traders blaming heat and drought for a smaller lychee crop.
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Environment
Child Dies of Snakebite in Satkhira
A seven-year-old boy died of a snakebite in Shyamnagar, Satkhira, after first being taken to a traditional healer.
Fruits
Satkhira's Gopalbhog Mangoes Reach the Market
Satkhira opened its mango harvest on 9 May in line with the district administration's calendar, with Gopalbhog and other early varieties first to reach the market.
Fruits
Mumbai and Golapkhas Mangoes to Reach Market from 9 May
Satkhira district administration has announced a mango harvest calendar to stop immature fruit being picked and sold.
Fruits
Administration Destroys 9,000 kg of Chemically Ripened Mangoes
Authorities in Satkhira destroyed 9,000 kg of immature mangoes ripened with chemical spray after police seized a truck.
Crops
Farmers Must Save Seed From Their Own Paddy: BINA Director General
Stressing self-reliance, BINA's director general told Satkhira farmers they must save seed from the paddy they grow and learn what makes a good seed and variety.
Fruits
7,000 kg of Chemically Ripened Mangoes Destroyed in Satkhira
The administration in Satkhira destroyed 7,000 kg of immature mangoes ripened with chemical spray after two separate drives on 29 April.
Environment
Over 150 Trees Felled in Shyamnagar's 'Mini Sundarbans'
More than 150 baen and keora trees have been felled in a char forest known as the Mini Sundarbans in Shyamnagar, Satkhira, allegedly by an embankment contractor's workers.
Bangladesh
Two Young Men Held With 30 Kg of Deer Meat
Forest officials detained two young men with 30 kg of deer meat at Datinakhali, near the Sundarbans in Shyamnagar, Satkhira.
Crops
Bitter Gourd Worth Nearly Tk 5 Lakh Sold Every Day in Satkhira's 'Bitter Gourd Village'
Bitter gourd farming has changed the fortunes of more than a hundred families in Hatchhala village of Shyamnagar, Satkhira, which now sells about 300 maunds a day.
Fisheries
Fishing Goes On Freely in the Sundarbans Despite the Ban
Fishing and crab catching continue in the Sundarbans during the three-month breeding-season ban, with 101 people detained in two months and locals alleging collusion.
Crops
Waterlogged Beel Puts Aman Cultivation on 500 Bighas in Doubt
Aman cultivation on about 500 bighas of Surikhali beel in Tala, Satkhira, is in doubt after a month of waterlogging that farmers blame on blocked drainage.
Environment
Pig From the Sundarbans Bites Man in Shyamnagar Village
A pig that swam across a river from the Sundarbans into a village in Satkhira's Shyamnagar upazila bit and seriously injured a 47-year-old man.