Crops
Banana farmer Anar expects to earn Tk 9 lakh
A farmer in Kishoreganj Sadar who grew champa bananas for the first time expects to earn at least Tk 9 lakh a year.
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Fruits
One mango from a mosque's tree sells for Tk 14,000
A mosque committee in Dubrajpur, Birbhum, auctioned one Miyazaki mango from its tree for 10,600 rupees to fund work on the mosque.
Environment
Strict action for cutting trees, warns Atiqul
Dhaka North City Corporation mayor Md Atiqul Islam has warned that anyone cutting trees without permission will face strict action.
Fruits
Jhalakathi markets awash with seasonal fruit
Markets across Jhalakathi are full of seasonal fruit arriving from far away, busy with buyers and sellers from morning until midnight.
Fruits
What to keep children away from in the summer heat
In this heat, parents should keep children away from junk food, strong sun, heavy and spicy meals and fizzy drinks to keep them healthy.
Environment
Contractor blacklisted, two engineers suspended for felling trees
Dhaka North City Corporation has blacklisted a contractor and suspended two engineers after trees were felled while building a road divider at Mirpur's Technical crossing.
Fruits
Recipe for green mango candy
Green mangoes can be boiled, soaked in sugar and sun-dried into a candy that keeps all year.
Crops
Farmers in Sharsha take more interest in growing mukhi kachu
Farmers in Sharsha, Jashore, are turning to mukhi kachu (sarkachu) because it is profitable, needs less fertiliser, has few diseases and has a ready wholesale market.
Crops
Dry paddy now reaching Bhairab, price up Tk 350 a maund
Paddy prices at Bhairab's market have risen by Tk 200 to 350 a maund in two weeks as dry boro paddy arrives from the haor.
Fruits
Boy dies after climbing tree to pick mangoes
A 13-year-old boy died after falling from a tree he had climbed to pick mangoes in Companiganj, Noakhali.
Fruits
Buyers and sellers crowd Sapahar mango market
Sapahar mango market in Naogaon, one of the largest in the north, has come alive with buyers and sellers since Gopalbhog mangoes arrived.
Crops
No One Wants to Understand Farmers' Suffering: Food Minister
Everyone wants to eat cheaply but no one wants to understand farmers' suffering, Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder said in Naogaon.
Environment
Youth Held With Deer Meat in Bhola
Police in Bhola's Monpura upazila detained a young man carrying a sack of 15 kg of slaughtered deer meat.