CropsA good banana harvest is set up at planting. Bangladesh's Agriculture Information Service advises 20 kg of cow dung, 400 g of TSP, 300 g of MoP and 650 g of urea per pit in stages, with irrigation every 15 to 20 days in the dry season.
Nineteen temporary animal markets will be held in Dhaka's two city corporations for Eid-ul-Azha, though a protest-driven lockout has delayed several DSCC leases.
Two people, including a farmer, died after snakebites in Kushtia's Daulatpur, reported as Russell's viper bites, though the hospital has confirmed the species in only one case.
The army handed two leaders of the BNP and the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement to police over extortion from a buffalo trader at Jatrapur market in Kurigram.
Kuakata farmer Isahak Munshi, inspired by Rajshahi's orchards, has sold more than Tk 1 lakh of mangoes from one tree and now supplies much of his area.
Intermittent rain and tidal water let into shrimp land ended Cox's Bazar's salt season short of target, though BSCIC says field stocks of about 14 lakh tonnes make imports unnecessary.
EnvironmentAfter an injured nilgai from Panchagarh died at the Dulahazara Safari Park and a Kishoreganj gravedigger's horse was found killed, a Jagonews24 column of 28 May 2025 by Shahana Huda Ranjana asked why people kill animals for no reason.
The government will import 70,000 tonnes of urea and DAP fertiliser from Saudi Arabia and the UAE at a total cost of Tk 484 crore 15 lakh 70 thousand.
Villagers of Nayani in Khulna's Koyra upazila protested against a bid to let river saline water into farmland for shrimp enclosures after they switched back to rice.
Mangoes are packed with nutrients, but eating too many can bring problems, from weight gain and blood sugar to stomach upsets.
As saline land spreads in coastal Bangladesh, salt-tolerant crops such as groundnut, sunflower, mung bean and watermelon can bring it into productive use.
An eight-year-old boy, Rifat, died after being bitten by a snake while he slept in Gomastapur, Chapainawabganj.
A roundtable in Dhaka heard that Bangladesh could earn about $1 billion a year from carbon markets and called for a clear policy to attract investment.
