Crops
National Fruit Fair Opens as Adviser Urges Everyone to Eat Local Fruit
The three-day National Fruit Fair 2025 opened in Dhaka with 75 organisations taking part and a call from the agriculture adviser to eat local fruit.
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Crops
Does the Call of the Kanakua Bring Rain?
The greater coucal, or kanakua, whose deep call villagers long linked with rain, is becoming scarce as its habitat and food chain are disturbed.
Agribusiness
Chandpur Traders Say They Will Not Accept Fixed Hilsa Prices
Hilsa traders in Chandpur say they will not accept an administration plan to fix hilsa prices, warning that fish would stop coming to the ghat.
Crops
Farmers Growing More Interested in Nutrient-Rich Crops, Workshop Told
A national workshop heard that farmers want to grow more nutrient-rich crops but are held back by patchy support and a lack of quality seed.
CropsBRRI gets three new rice varieties: salt-tolerant, high-yield Boro and blast-resistant
On 18 June 2025 the National Seed Board approved three new varieties from the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute: salt-tolerant Aman BRRI dhan112, high-yielding Boro BRRI dhan113 and blast-resistant Boro BRRI dhan114.
Environment
Snakebite Victim Dies After Hospital Lacked Required Injections
A teenage snakebite victim could not be given antivenom at the Nangalkot Upazila Health Complex in Cumilla because the necessary injections were not in stock, and he later died.
Fruits
Supershops the Last 'Hope' for Export-Grade Mangoes
With exports held back by certification, cargo and packing problems, most of the Rajshahi region's export-grade mangoes end up in local supershops.
BangladeshWild elephant attack on a home in Ramu’s Eidgarh kills a toddler
A wild elephant attacked a home in Eidgarh union of Ramu, Cox’s Bazar, on the night of 17 June 2025, killing a one-and-a-half-year-old boy and injuring his 10-year-old sister.
Fruits
Ripe Mangoes Can Brighten Your Skin
Ripe mango's vitamins and antioxidants can benefit the skin, and it can be made into simple face packs with honey, yoghurt or aloe vera.
Crops
The Colourful History Behind the Name of the Amrapali Mango
The Amrapali mango, a Dasheri-Neelum cross released in Bangladesh as BARI Aam-3, takes its name from the famed dancer of ancient Vaishali.
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The Story Behind the Name of the Bishkhali River
Local legend offers three sad and strange stories behind the name of the Bishkhali, the fast-flowing river of Jhalakathi and Barguna.
Environment
Sheikh Hasina Wrote the Country's History as She Pleased: Rizvi
BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi alleged at a tree-planting programme in Dhaka that former prime minister Sheikh Hasina had written the country's history and textbooks as she pleased.
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National Fruit Fair Begins Thursday
The Ministry of Agriculture's three-day National Fruit Fair opens on Thursday, 19 June, at the Krishibid Institution Bangladesh premises in Khamarbari, Dhaka.