EnvironmentAmid criticism over soil removed from beneath Padma rail bridge pillars in Fatullah, Narayanganj, minister Sheikh Rabiul Alam said on 16 June 2026 that the cutting had been stopped and trees would be planted there.
The small sweet-and-sour karamcha, a familiar seasonal fruit of rural Bengal, offers surprising health benefits from immunity to digestion.
US Ambassador Brent T. Christensen toured Baneshwar mango market in Rajshahi's Puthia, tasting local varieties and urging Bangladesh to build more cold chain for exports.
A journalist-entrepreneur has turned an abandoned brickfield in Chandpur into a fruit farm growing 75 foreign and high-value mango varieties.
Eaten in moderation, the sweet-and-sour latkan can help meet children's nutritional needs, supporting immunity, bones and digestion.
FruitsIn mid-June 2026 the markets of hilly Rangamati were still full of mangoes after a good harvest: buyers paid little, while growers said the prices did not cover the cost of their orchards and of transport.
Poor hilsa catches in Bhola's Meghna and Tetulia rivers and strong demand from wholesale markets elsewhere have pushed local prices up, angering ordinary buyers.
A python caught in a fishing net in Hail Haor in Sreemangal, Moulvibazar, has been rescued unharmed by the Bangladesh Wildlife Service Foundation.
Hilsa prices at Chandpur's Borostation fish ghat, one of the country's largest hilsa markets, have fallen by Tk 300 to 500 a kg in about a month.
Few buyers and prices below expectations forced Pabna farmers to bring about 30,000 cattle home unsold from Eid-ul-Azha haats.
A 1997 experiment with a hurricane lamp and rice husk has turned Maheshrauhali in Sirajganj's Tarash upazila into one of the country's biggest duckling markets, now hatching 12 to 15 lakh ducklings a day.
FruitsIn June 2026 demand for tender palm kernels rose in Jashore's Sharsha and Benapole area during the Jaishtha heat; a low yield pushed prices up, and Jagonews24 reported that nearly a hundred local families were living off the seasonal trade.
FruitsLatkan, Bangladesh's sweet-and-sour rainy-season fruit, offers calcium, phosphorus, potassium and some vitamin C. In June 2026 Jagonews24 listed points to know before eating it; here they are checked against nutrition research and health agencies.
