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Jhenaidah's Date Palm Tappers Get Busy Ahead of Winter
With winter approaching, tappers across Jhenaidah are preparing date palms for sap and gur, even as the number of trees and tappers declines.
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Environment
Two New Arrivals in the Nilgai Family at Gazipur Safari Park
Two nilgai calves born at Gazipur Safari Park, first seen on 21 October, have taken the park's nilgai population to 11.
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Farmer Dies After Snakebite Treated With Healer's Incantations
Abul Bashar Howlader, a farmer in Patuakhali's Galachipa, died after a snakebite when his family called a village healer before taking him to hospital.
FisheriesBarishal division's peak-season hilsa catch fell 23 percent in 2025
Department of Fisheries figures showed 79,310 tonnes of hilsa landed in Barishal division in July-September 2025, 23 percent below 2024 and the lowest in four seasons.
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Papaya Farming Brings Smiles to a Sonargaon Farmer
Sonargaon farmer Abu Taher switched to papaya this year in hope of higher profit and is now enjoying the yield he hoped for.
AgribusinessPatuakhali markets short of hilsa, prices high after 22-day ban ends
After the 22-day mother-hilsa ban ended in October 2025, fishermen returned to the rivers and the sea, but supply in five Patuakhali markets was very low. Hilsa of three to a kilogram sold at Tk 1,000 a kg.
Fisheries
Ban Ends at Midnight, Fishermen Arrive With Huge Hilsa Catches by Morning
Fishermen landed thousands of hilsa at Patuakhali's Alipur-Mohipur on the morning the 22-day ban ended, though much of the catch had rotted because ice plants were closed.
Fisheries
Mother Hilsa Drive: 3,173 Arrested, 1,221 Boats Seized in 22 Days
River police arrested 3,173 people and seized 1,221 vessels during the 22-day nationwide drive to protect breeding hilsa.
Fisheries
Fishermen Back on the River After Ban, but Hoped-For Hilsa Is Missing
Bhola's fishermen say they are catching koral, pangas and poa but little hilsa since the ban ended, while the district fisheries officer says catches meet hopes.
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Zero Pass Rate, and a Raipura College's Field Is Ploughed
After all its HSC candidates failed, a Raipura college ploughed its playing field to grow vegetables, then dropped the plan once the media reported it.
Fisheries
Pangas Rules the Hilsa Landing
Chandpur's fishermen found little hilsa on the first day after the 22-day ban, but large river pangas filled the Boro Station landing and cheered them.
Fisheries
A 2.5 kg Hilsa Sells for Tk 9,200
A 2.5 kg hilsa caught in the Bay of Bengal by a Bhola fisherman fetched Tk 9,200 at auction at Matirhat fish landing in Lakshmipur.
LivestockAkkelpur farmer Ismail Hossain Tuku says his eight poultry farms employ 120 people
Ismail Hossain Tuku of Jamalganj in Akkelpur, Joypurhat, told Jagonews24 in October 2025 that he began with 5,000 Sonali chicks in three sheds in 2000 and now has eight farms with 120 employees.