CropsOn 28 December 2025 the Sharsha upazila agriculture office in Jashore said mustard had been sown on 6,502 hectares, the full target for the season, with sowing still under way and the final area expected to pass it.
CropsEarly blossom appeared on some mango trees in Rajshahi in late December 2025, about two months before full flowering, and farmers hoped for a good crop after a winter they called milder than the last.
BNP held a tree-planting programme around the reception site for its acting chairman Tarique Rahman to replace trees damaged by the crowds.
An endangered otter kept on a chain at a house in Mahipur, Kalapara, was rescued by the Forest Department and a local animal welfare group.
Md Sharafatul Alam, an assistant teacher in Magura, has built a profitable jujube orchard of 200 trees beside his home.
CookingJagonews24's lifestyle desk published a recipe on 27 December 2025 for doi fulkopi, cauliflower and potato cooked in whisked sour yoghurt with mustard oil, cumin, turmeric and chilli, at the height of the winter cauliflower season.
FruitsOn 26 December 2025 Jagonews24 found Dhaka markets well stocked with local and imported fruit, but kul sold for Tk 250-300 a kg and most imported fruit for Tk 300 or more, and buyers were cutting back about two months before Ramadan.
EnvironmentOn 26 December 2025 Thailand's DNP and Panthera Thailand announced that camera traps in Princess Sirindhorn Wildlife Sanctuary had recorded the endangered flat-headed cat, its first confirmed presence in the country since 1995.
CropsIn late December 2025, farmers across Manikganj's seven upazilas began transplanting hali onion seedlings. The DAE targeted 70,575 tonnes from 4,452 hectares, while farmers worried about costs, fertiliser and imports.
CookingOn 26 December 2025 Jagonews24 published an easy recipe for kheersa pitha: a filling of milk cooked down with powdered and condensed milk, wrapped in thick rice-flour dough and deep-fried over a low flame.
Low in calories and high in fibre and vitamin C, the orange is an easily available fruit that can help people lose or control weight.
With cold waves likely later in the winter, Boro rice farmers need to take extra care of their seedbeds to keep seedlings healthy.
Caribbean coral reefs have suffered irreparable damage over four decades, with hard coral cover down by about 48 per cent since 1980, according to a new study.
