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Shariatpur Betel Leaf Farmers Struggle to Cover Costs as Prices Fall
Betel leaf prices in Shariatpur keep falling, leaving growers unable to recover production costs and calling for government incentives.
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Fisheries
Night Heron Rescued From Chicken Shop in Kuakata, Released at Night
An injured black-crowned night heron held in a chicken shop at Alipur fish port was rescued, treated and released in Kuakata.
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Fishing Cat Cub Caught in Sunamganj Paddy Field, Handed to Forest Department
Locals in Tahirpur, Sunamganj, caught a fishing cat cub in a paddy field and handed it to the forest department.
Vegetables
Seven Benefits From a Single Leafy Green
Cheap and easy to cook, spinach offers nutrients that benefit almost every part of the body, from blood and bones to eyes and skin.
Crops
Pabna's Farming Depends on Private Seed
Pabna farmers save little seed apart from rice, leaving them dependent on bought seed that raises costs and exposes them to adulterated supplies.
CropsRajbari farmer bitten by a Russell's viper takes the live snake to hospital
On 28 November 2025 a Russell's viper bit farmer Md Helal Biswas, 35, in a paddy field on a Padma char in Pangsha, Rajbari. The snake was caught alive and taken to hospital with him; quick identification made treatment easier and the health officer said he was out of danger.
Crops
Python Rescued From Paddy Field in Sreemangal
A python found by farmers harvesting aman paddy in Sreemangal was rescued unharmed and handed to the local wildlife office.
VegetablesRadish, the Overlooked Winter Vegetable: What Its Nutrition Really Offers
On 27 November 2025 Jagonews24's lifestyle desk urged readers to eat more radish in winter. Bangladesh's food composition table puts 100 grams at 18 kilocalories and 94.3 grams of water, with fibre and vitamin C, but the liver, heart and diabetes claims rest mostly on animal and laboratory studies.
EnvironmentADB approves $142 million loan for coastal resilience and biodiversity in Fujian, China
On 27 November 2025 the Asian Development Bank approved a $142.25 million equivalent loan to cut flood risk in Fuzhou and Yunxiao and restore estuary wetlands and mangroves used by migratory birds.
AgrotechBangladesh preparing a 25-year master plan to modernise agriculture
Bangladesh's agriculture secretary told a conference in Dhaka on 27 November 2025 that a 25-year master plan to modernise farming was in its final stage, with a final draft due in December.
EnvironmentTwo-Hour Surgery, 80 Stitches Save Cobra Struck by Excavator in India's Ujjain
Veterinary doctors in Ujjain, in India's Madhya Pradesh state, closed the wounds of a cobra struck by an excavator at a dig in November 2025 with 80 stitches in a two-hour operation, and the snake was reported stable.
Environment
DNCC Building Country's Largest Miyawaki Forest at Diabari
Dhaka North City Corporation has begun a Miyawaki urban forest of about 14,000 saplings on a green belt at Uttara Diabari.
EnvironmentJoint Raid in Mongla Seizes 32 kg of Deer Meat and Snares, One Man Held
A joint Coast Guard and police raid in the Kanainagar area of Mongla, Bagerhat, around midnight on 25 November 2025 recovered 32 kg of deer meat, two heads, eight legs and about 2,000 metres of deer snares, and a man accused of poaching was detained.