FruitsIn early April 2024 Dinajpur's litchi trees were covered in blossom. The DAE put the district's litchi area at 5,787 hectares with a 30,000-tonne target, and growers hoped to recover losses from the 2023 heat.
BRRI has issued an advance heatwave warning for rice, advising farmers to keep water standing in fields and spray against blast and leaf diseases.
The Appellate Division's chamber judge has kept in force the cancellation of Kashvi Enterprise's licence over birds imported outside its no-objection certificate and 65 undocumented pet birds.
Cold water is fine in hot weather, but ice-cold water gulped straight after coming in from the sun can cause a range of problems.
Year-round farming of local fruit is meeting much of Bangladesh's extra Ramadan demand as dearer imports push buyers to cheaper home-grown fruit.
Mulberry fruit, grown in Dinajpur for silkworm leaves and absent from the list of food crops, is selling for Tk 250-300 a kg as a popular snack.
Bangi, a nutritious melon that cools the body, can be turned into a refreshing sherbet for iftar with this simple recipe.
People living inside the Kaptai hydroelectric power plant area in Rangamati are spending their nights in fear of wild elephant attacks.
Police in Alikadam, Bandarban, have rescued two cubs of an endangered bear species and arrested a young man for wildlife trafficking.
Rezaul Karim Raju, an expatriate living in America, has succeeded in growing quinoa on 70 decimals of land in Lalmonirhat for the first time.
The banjui wildflower is blooming along roadsides across Mirsharai in Chattogram, spreading its scent and catching the eye of local people.
Cabbage is selling for Tk 5 a head at the end of the season in Birampur, Dinajpur, bringing losses for farmers but relief for buyers.
Thakurgaon has become the country's third-largest maize-producing district as farmers switch to the crop for low costs and better profits.
