Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr A B M Obaidul Islam called for planting more native tree species to tackle the capital's growing pollution at a campus tree planting drive.
Severe heat and long power cuts are killing chickens on Pabna's poultry farms, adding to losses from high feed and medicine prices and disease.
High-starch white potatoes turn soft and fluffy and suit frying and mashing, while waxier yellow-fleshed potatoes keep their shape in curries, salads and biryani.
Buyers from around the country crowded the Boro Station fish landing in Chandpur on the weekly holiday to buy hilsa, though short supply kept prices high.
Mizanur Rahman, a driver from Choto Koldhari village in Magura's Mohammadpur, has built three mixed fruit orchards on two and a half bighas since 2021.
A dozen eggs now costs Tk 150 in Dhaka, up from Tk 130 to 140 two weeks ago, and most vegetables still sell above Tk 80 a kg.
A 12-foot python was rescued unharmed from the ceiling of a house in Sreemangal upazila of Moulvibazar.
The commerce ministry plans to cut or adjust aromatic rice export quotas as domestic prices rise, and has told permitted exporters to report their actual shipments within three working days.
Crisp pakoras made from any leafy greens, such as spinach, red amaranth or Malabar spinach, make an easy snack with tea on a rainy afternoon.
The government has given fish feed producers two months to follow its production guideline, after which mills will be visited and products tested, Fisheries and Livestock Minister Mohammad Aminur Rashid said.
National Fisheries Fortnight 2026 will be observed across the country from 16 to 30 August, and 14 contributors to the fisheries sector will receive gold medals.
Ducks dominate the weekly Sunday animal and bird market in Tongi, where a pair sells for Tk 800 to 1,200.
More than a hundred students in Patiya, Chattogram, learned how to stay safe when wild elephants come into villages at a World Elephant Day event run by the forest department.
