Fisheries
10 Fishermen Arrested for Catching Hilsa in Meghna Despite Ban
The district and upazila task force in Chandpur arrested 10 fishermen for catching hilsa in defiance of the government ban.
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Crops
Bean Farmers See a Ray of Hope After Weathering Disaster
After three spells of heavy rain devastated early bean crops in Ishwardi, Pabna, most plants have recovered and good prices are giving farmers hope.
Crops
Students' Cheap Market Brings Relief to Low-Income People in Patuakhali
A group of students in Patuakhali buys vegetables directly from farmers and sells them at the same price in temporary markets across the town.
Vegetables
Cucumber Being Grown on 302 Hectares in Kurigram
Farmers in Kurigram are busy growing early winter cucumber to make up for this year's flood losses, drawn by low costs and good profits.
Environment
Rare Gandhagokul Found in a Rat Trap in Madaripur
A rare gandhagokul, or palm civet, caught in a farmer's rat trap in Madaripur has been taken by the forest department for release.
Environment
Child Dies Without Antivenom: Commission Orders Probe and Action
The National Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu notice of a 10-year-old's death after he was sent away from Kasba upazila health complex without antivenom.
EnvironmentPythons leave the Mirsarai hills for villages as food runs short
More than 15 pythons entered villages in Mirsarai, Chattogram, in the year to October 2024, most caught in nets protecting crops. Forest and livestock officials put it down to shrinking habitat and a lack of food; every python was released in the forest.
Crops
Pabna Farmers Fear Lower Yield of Murikata Onion
Repeated heavy rain delayed early murikata onion planting in Pabna by two to three weeks and rotted seed in low land, leaving farmers worried about yield and profit.
Fisheries
Attack on Hilsa Protection Drive in Shariatpur Leaves 8 Injured
Eight fisheries department staff were injured when attackers struck a mother hilsa protection drive on the Padma in Zajira, Shariatpur.
Fisheries
14 Fishermen Jailed for Catching Hilsa in Meghna
A mobile court in Chandpur jailed 14 fishermen for catching hilsa in the Padma-Meghna sanctuary in defiance of the ban.
Crops
Kurigram Farmers Show Growing Interest in Chuijhal Cultivation
Farmers in Kurigram are earning extra income by growing the climbing spice chuijhal on mango and betel nut trees with little care and no fertiliser.
Agribusiness
Hilsa Sold Openly in Faridpur Despite Ban
Despite a ban on catching and selling hilsa, the fish was being sold freely from morning to evening at a market on the Padma in Faridpur.
EnvironmentJackal bites injure seven people in Sarishabari, Jamalpur in one evening
A jackal bit seven people, among them a 60-year-old woman and a 14-year-old boy, in Mahadan union and nearby areas of Sarishabari upazila in Jamalpur on the evening of 27 October 2024. The upazila health complex treated all seven and referred three to Jamalpur Sadar Hospital.