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Growing Leafy Vegetables in the Monsoon
The monsoon is a suitable season for growing leafy vegetables, but success depends on a few special techniques.
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Vegetable Farming
VegetablesRed amaranth (lalshak) can be grown all year: sowing, care and harvest
Red amaranth can be sown in any season, though most is grown from Bhadra to Poush. Jagonews24's guide said the leaves are ready 30 to 40 days after sowing and yield 5 to 6 tonnes per hectare.
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Vegetables to Grow in a Rooftop Garden During the Monsoon
Growing vegetables in rooftop gardens is becoming popular, and several crops can be sown in tubs during the monsoon for a good yield all season.
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Vegetables You Can Grow in Pots on Your Balcony This Summer
Six vegetables that grow easily in balcony pots during the hot season, with simple tips on soil, sun and water.
FruitsPapaya seedlings: when and how to plant, according to BARI and AIS guidance
Papaya seedlings are best planted in Falgun-Chaitra, and BARI gives February-March for its Shahi papaya. A May 2026 Jagonews24 guide is checked here against BARI, BAMIS and AIS advice.
VegetablesManikganj sweet pumpkin farmers report losses despite good prices
Sweet pumpkin growers in Ghior, Manikganj, said in April 2026 that yields had fallen from 3-4 tonnes a bigha to 1-2 tonnes and fruit was rotting, so good prices could not cover their costs; the DAE said district output beat its target and farmers were profiting.
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'Baromashi' Canal Changes Farmers' Fortunes in Feni
A canal that carries water all year has turned Kamalla village in Feni's Fulgazi upazila into a hub of chemical-free vegetable farming.
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Energy Crisis Leaves 30 Percent of Vegetables and Crops Spoiling for Lack of Storage
The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry says the energy crisis is spoiling up to 30 percent of harvested crops and vegetables, cutting garment output and pushing up costs across the economy.
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Gani Mia Succeeds With Vegetables Grown Without Pesticide
A Kaliganj farmer who leased two and a half bighas and followed agriculture office advice now makes a living from bottle gourd grown without chemical pesticide.
CropsFormer additional secretary says potato farmers suffer as field price hits Tk 7-8
Former additional secretary Md Mahbub Kabir Milon wrote on Facebook on 6 March 2026 that potato farmers were in mourning, with field prices at Tk 7 to Tk 8 a kg. Reports from the same days also showed prices well below production costs.
Vegetables
Export Hurdles Leave Bholahat's Sweet Pumpkin Farmers in Trouble
Complications in exporting have cut prices for sweet pumpkin farmers in Bholahat, where growers once prospered by selling abroad.
AgribusinessVegetable and chicken prices fall at Mymensingh's Mechhua Bazar in Ramadan
Green chilli fell from Tk 140 to Tk 90 a kilogram and broiler chicken from Tk 180 to Tk 170 at Mechhua Bazar in Mymensingh on 26 February 2026, a week into Ramadan, buyers and sellers told Jagonews24.
Vegetables
Leaving His Job, Selim Finds Success as a Farm Entrepreneur
A former Dhaka job-holder in Magura has made a success of producing environment-friendly vermicompost, officials say.