CropsAt the end of December 2025 the agriculture department in Sirajganj set a target of 404 tonnes of honey from mustard grown on 90,550 hectares, with more than 500 beekeepers placing hive boxes beside fields in the district's nine upazilas.
EnvironmentFaria Islam, a student at Bhairab Government Women's College, argued that Thirty-First Night fireworks and loud noise harm people, birds and the environment, and urged that the new year be welcomed through acts of kindness instead of wasteful displays.
A rare porcupine caught by villagers in Panchagarh was handed to the Forest Department and sent to Tetulia Eco Park.
The writer argues that New Year fireworks break the law, endanger people and animals, and should be stopped through enforcement and public awareness.
CropsMd. Shariful Islam Akash of Pangsha in Rajbari has sold 25,000 to 30,000 locally made modern farm hand tools worth about Tk 1.5 crore to Tk 2 crore, aiming to make farmers' work faster and lighter.
For people Thirty-First Night is a celebration, but for birds and animals the fireworks, noise and smoke make it a night of terror and injury.
CropsAfter the aman harvest, the paddy stubble known as nara still ties together rural farming, livestock feed and village memory, a Jagonews24 feature said at the end of December 2025.
FruitsAs winter set in at the end of December 2025, a falling number of date palms and tappers meant West Bengal could not get enough date palm sap, and good date palm jaggery was scarce.
A recipe for grilling marinated winter vegetables as a light, healthy alternative to fish or meat barbecue.
CookingAn egg broken on to a rice-flour chitoi pitha, topped with pepper, chilli and coriander and cooked covered for 5 to 6 minutes, makes a spicy winter snack. The recipe, published by Jagonews24 on 29 December 2025, checked and explained.
An opinion piece for National Biodiversity Day on how habitat loss, hunting and veterinary drugs are driving Bangladesh's wildlife towards extinction.
A spell of severe cold and dense fog in Moulvibazar is hitting tea garden workers and day labourers who lack warm clothes but must keep working.
CropsIn late December 2025, at the start of the Bengali month of Poush, farmers in Magura's four upazilas were transplanting early onion seedlings through cold and fog; the district's agriculture office put onion area at 858 hectares.
