VegetablesA Jagonews24 lifestyle feature of 30 November 2025 urged readers to eat raw tomato salad daily in winter; health authorities and research back its main points, with some limits on what lycopene and potassium can do.
Bangladesh Agricultural University says fish fillet and sashimi, popular abroad, have potential in Bangladesh and for export.
VegetablesTomato growers on the char lands of Nagarpur in Tangail had a bumper crop in February 2025, but said prices had fallen from Tk 2,000-2,500 a maund at the start of the season to Tk 300-500. The upazila grew tomatoes on 152 hectares, up from 130 a year earlier.
CropsDAE figures show Godagari in Rajshahi grew tomatoes on 2,670 hectares in 2024-25 with a 74,760-tonne target; over seven years the area rose and fell, which farmers put down to swinging prices.
AgribusinessSeveral hundred farmers in Sujanagar, Pabna, changed their fortunes by growing winter tomatoes on Padma chars for the first time. The upazila agriculture office said they would earn about Tk 2 crore from tomato sales in the 2019-20 season.
In South Halishahar, inside Chattogram City Corporation, Muhammad Mohsin runs a 250-bigha vegetable farm sending 5 to 6 tonnes of tomatoes to market each day.
