Crops
Paddy Prices Are Higher, but Fertiliser and Pesticide Costs Hit Farmers
Boro paddy is selling for more than last season in Dinajpur, but rising fertiliser, pesticide and irrigation costs have pushed farmers on leased land into losses.
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Environment
Native Tree Orchard Planned to Protect Island in the Karnaphuli
Environmental activists in Chattogram have begun planting native trees on the 105-acre Baklia char in the Karnaphuli, aiming to create a natural forest on the island.
Crops
Hill Lotkon Growers Dream of Earning Lakhs
Once a neglected wild fruit, lotkon is now in demand in Khagrachhari's hills and beyond, and growers hope to earn lakhs of taka from it.
Environment
Young Man Claims He Is Bitten by a Snake Every Saturday
A 24-year-old man in Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh, claims to have been bitten by a snake at least seven times in 40 days, and a committee of doctors is investigating.
Vegetables
A Dhaka University Professor's Rooftop Garden Full of Fruit and Vegetables
Dhaka University maths professor Dr Shahidul Islam and his wife have turned the roof of their Fuller Road residence into a garden of fruit, vegetables and herbs.
Environment
Tourist Killed While Trying to Photograph Elephants Up Close
A Spanish tourist was trampled to death by an elephant after getting out of his car to photograph a herd up close in South Africa's Pilanesberg park.
Environment
Smuggler Caught With 100 Live Snakes in His Trousers
Chinese customs officers at Futian port in Shenzhen caught a man trying to smuggle 104 live snakes into mainland China hidden in his trousers.
Crops
You Can Make Kabab With Green Bananas Too
A recipe for kabab made with green bananas and chana dal, coated in egg and breadcrumbs and deep-fried.
Crops
Farmers Sell Lakhs of Taka Worth of Mukhi Kochu in Sharsha
At Basabari in Sharsha upazila, Jashore's biggest wholesale market for mukhi kochu, farmers sell lakhs of taka worth of taro every day directly to traders.
Environment
38 die of snakebite in five months
Thirty-eight people died of snakebite across Bangladesh between February and 1 July, and 610 were bitten, the Directorate General of Health Services said.
Agribusiness
How to tell a fresh hilsa
Hilsa becomes easy to find in the monsoon, but many shoppers are cheated into paying high prices for stale fish; a few simple checks help.
Environment
Now is the right time to plant saplings
With light, warmth and rain all in good supply, the monsoon months are the best time to plant saplings, and how they are planted and cared for decides whether they survive.
Environment
11 dogs killed in Feni: court orders main accused to appear
A Feni court has ordered the main accused in the killing of two mother dogs and nine puppies to appear before it after an investigation found prima facie evidence of his involvement.