Enamul Haque Sajib of Baliakandi, Rajbari, turned to fruit bagging after failing to find a job and now sells chemical-free mangoes above market price straight from his orchard.
A 25-year-old trader in Bhaluka, Mymensingh, died after a cobra hiding under his shop's cash box bit him on the right leg.
Braving rough weather after a long spell, fishermen on one trawler returned to Alipur in Patuakhali with 65 maunds of hilsa that sold for Tk 38 lakh.
The peace lily purifies indoor air and flowers all year with little care, provided it gets some sun, the right soil and not too much water.
Young entrepreneur Sagar Hossain of Sundarganj, Gaibandha, has built a profitable ornamental fish business that began with Tk 3,000 and YouTube videos.
The Khulna Divisional Journalists Forum held a fruit festival in Dhaka to promote local seasonal fruit and health awareness.
Tripura sent its Queen variety pineapples to Bangladesh in return for 300 kg of Haribhanga mangoes gifted by Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus.
The spider plant is an easy, air-purifying indoor plant that thrives with gentle light, loose soil, careful feeding and regular watering.
A Thai mango variety called Chiang Mai, said to be the biggest mango in the country, is on sale at Kansat market in Chapainawabganj for Tk 7,000 a maund.
A 19-year-old college student in Shailkupa, Jhenaidah, died after being bitten by a snake while asleep and first being taken to a snake charmer.
Buyers at the Pran Mango Fest in Dhanmondi, Dhaka, said they were glad to find mangoes brought straight from orchards and free of formalin.
Fragrant Sagar bananas, juicy Ghorashal pineapples and tangy latkan once made Narsingdi famous across the country, but the district's banana heyday has faded.
EnvironmentOn the afternoon of 11 July 2025, Rokeya Akter Rina, 48, died after a venomous snake bit her in her kitchen in Solia village, Parshuram, Feni, where she had gone to cook once the floodwater went down.
