412 reports translated from the Bengali original, most recent first. বাংলা সংস্করণ
Agricultural entrepreneur Habibur Molla is growing plum trees — known in Bengali as alubukhara — in Lokhnath village, Boalmari upazila, Faridpur, selling the fruit at Tk 300 a kilogram. He received 25 seedlings from…
A farmer, Nazmul Hossain, 25, was killed by a lightning strike while plowing a field with a power tiller in Rudranagar, Damurhuda upazila, Chuadanga, on Thursday afternoon. He was the son of Jasim Uddin…
Farmers and traders in Rajbari have dumped onions into a river after markets across the area failed to return a fair price, leaving many growers facing financial losses.
A three-day mango exhibition and fruit fair has opened in Natore, inaugurated by Deputy Commissioner Asma Shahin at the Kanaikhali Mini Stadium on Tuesday. The fair is displaying 14 common and 23 uncommon local…
On a hill slope in Saria village in the Borlekha upazila of Moulvibazar, a private-school teacher, Rezaul Karim Khondoker, has built an eye-catching orchard of 50 mango varieties and more than 100 local and…
Farmers, potato traders and others held a human chain at Satmatha in Bogura on Sunday, demanding that cold-storage potato-rent be capped at five taka per kilogram. The Potato Value Chain Promotional Body's president, Chamiul…
Farmers in Kalmakanda's Kharnai union allege that genuine flood-hit growers were left off the government agricultural-incentive list while non-farmers and 'fake' individuals were included, and held a protest human chain at Palpara Bazar. Union…
Farmers in Kishoreganj's Nikli upazila allege irregularities, bias and favoritism in drawing up the list of those eligible for government flood relief.
World Vision Bangladesh and Bangla-German Sampreeti held a joint workshop in Teknaf to address problems facing children and the local community.
Government paddy procurement in Jamalganj upazila of Sunamganj has been suspended a month after it began because of a jute-sack shortage, leaving farmers in difficulty.
The youth wing of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami's Sreepur municipal unit held a tree-planting program in Gazipur's Sreepur upazila to promote environmental protection and a love of trees among students.
Mobarak Hossain of Narsingdi turned five Silkie hens bought four years ago into a farm with 22 breeds of poultry, earning Tk 40,000 to Tk 50,000 a month, he said.
The BNP government's proposed Tk 9.38 lakh crore budget for 2026-27 gives agriculture, food, fisheries and livestock just 3.2 percent of total spending, far too little for a sector tied to half the population,…
A cycle rally was held in Dhaka to mark World Blood Donor Day, led by Dhaka North Jamaat-e-Islami chief and city mayoral candidate Mohammad Selim Uddin.
Farmers in Pirojpur's Nazirpur upazila say they are being denied the chance to sell paddy at the government rate, alleging irregularities favoring influential people.
Agricultural entrepreneur Milan Fakir has drawn attention by commercially cultivating pineapples for the first time in Saltha, Faridpur, and hopes to earn Tk 80 lakh if the harvest is good.
The country's 55th budget proposes Tk 1,062.50 crore for Farmer Cards covering 42.5 lakh farmers, fish, livestock and salt producers across 100 upazilas — within a record Tk 9,38,000 crore budget with a Tk…
The government plans to build 1,000 cold-storage units nationwide to cut post-harvest loss of potatoes, onions, garlic and other produce — against an annual potato demand of ~90 lakh tonnes versus ~45 lakh tonnes…
Akash Saha turned a hobby into a business in Faridpur's Boalmari, growing rare adenium — 'desert rose' — on his 1,800 sq ft roof: thousands of plants worth Tk 7-8 lakh, and Tk 15-20,000…
World Environment Day brings a planting carnival every year, yet Bangladesh lost ~270,000 hectares of tree cover between 2001 and 2025 — the saplings photographed today are rarely alive in three years; planting must…
After someone uprooted the flowering plants on his father's and grandmother's graves, Faridpur youth Shamim Ahmed planted 1,500 flower saplings along 2km of his village's roads as an unusual protest.
Dominance by intermediaries in Bangladesh's farm-produce supply chain is creating wide gaps between producer and consumer prices, a Centre for Policy Dialogue survey has found — green chilli rose 116 percent and onion 87…
A farmer, Anwar Hossain, 44, and two cattle were killed by lightning in Kurigram on Wednesday afternoon, in incidents in the district's Bhurungamari and Nageshwari upazilas.
Nilphamari has launched its internal boro paddy procurement for the season, with the district set to buy 2,400 tonnes of paddy from local farmers through a lottery of 845 growers.
Boro paddy is selling at Tk 800–850 per maund (about 37 kg) in Rangpur division against a production cost of Tk 920–950, as a bumper harvest peaks and farmers rush to sell, the Daily…
Chuadanga district began its commercial mango harvest on Wednesday, with district administrator Lutfun Nahar inaugurating the season at an orchard in the town's Mahila College area.
A growing exodus from villages to Dhaka and other cities has left fields short of hands at the height of the boro rice harvest, with farmers paying up to Tk 1,500 a day and…
Bangladesh will excavate about 20,000 kilometers of rivers, canals and reservoirs over the next five years in a program that could transform water management, Disaster Management and Relief Minister Asadul Habib Dulu said.
Chuadanga has set a target of 30,842 tonnes of mango production this season and will begin collecting fruit on May 13, the district administration said after a tripartite meeting Sunday.
Chuadanga's mangoes will reach markets starting May 13 under a calendar finalized at a Sunday meeting at the deputy commissioner's office, beginning with atti, guti and bombai varieties.
Faulty embankments, heavy rains and flash floods have submerged wetland paddies in Moulvibazar and Sunamganj, destroying crops worth hundreds of crore taka and leaving thousands of farmers in despair.
The government's seasonal paddy and rice procurement program was formally inaugurated in Kishoreganj's Pakundia upazila on Thursday, with officials warning that heavy rains and crop damage could complicate this year's targets.
BARISHAL — Six days of heavy rain and tidal flooding have damaged crops on roughly 1.9 million hectares across Bangladesh's Barishal division and directly affected more than 100,000 farmers, the agriculture department said.
Farmers in the haor wetlands of Moulvibazar's Rajnagar are struggling to dry the little paddy they salvaged from floodwaters, with many fearing they will lose their homes to debt.
Wild elephants are descending from the hills of Cox's Bazar's Chakaria upazila in search of food, leaving farmers anxious about losing their ripe boro paddy crop.
Excessive rainfall and floodwaters from India during the summer rice harvest season have put vast areas of Bangladesh at risk of flooding, threatening the country's main crop.
MOULVIBAZAR — A flood protection embankment on the Gogalichhara in Kulaura has collapsed, inundating 15 villages and causing widespread damage to crops, officials said.
JASHORE — Local residents and a lawmaker have called for establishing a full-fledged agricultural university on unused land at one of the country's largest cotton research farms in Chougachha upazila.
Junior Water Resources Minister Farhad Hossain Azad said agriculture cards will be distributed without regard to party affiliation or religion, with 4 crore families to receive family cards in phases.
HILI — Lychee farmers in Hili, Hakimpur, in Dinajpur district had hoped for a bumper harvest this year, but erratic weather — heavy rain at flowering followed by extreme heat — has knocked their…
Farmers cultivating sweet pumpkin on the sandy chars of the Tista River in Kaunia upazila have reaped a strong harvest this season, with crops fetching good prices in markets across Bangladesh.
Hailstorms and heavy rain have damaged crops worth nearly 2 crore taka on the Tista riverbed in Rajarhat upazila of Kurigram, affecting 563 farmers, according to the upazila agriculture office.
Rising upstream water and sudden rain have submerged thousands of bighas of boro paddy in Rangpur's Pirganj upazila, prompting farmers to demand the sluice gates be opened.
Farmers in Pirojpur’s Nesarabad upazila say a severe diesel shortage has halted irrigation across about 3,000 hectares of paddy fields, putting the boro harvest at serious risk.
Boro rice farmers in Jashore's Chougacha upazila expect a bumper harvest, though a heat wave and labor shortages threaten to delay the cut.
A sudden Kalbaishakhi storm tore through villages in Jashore on Thursday, killing one farmer, injuring at least 20 people and causing widespread damage across the district after weeks of extreme heat.
BARISHAL, Bangladesh — Fishermen attacked a Bangladesh Coast Guard team during a raid on the Kalabadar river, in an operation that the Department of Fisheries said had been carried out without notice and in…
Kishoreganj-4 MP Advocate Mohammad Fazlur Rahman warned of strict action against anyone whose negligence on flood-protection embankments causes farmland to be submerged.
PANCHAGARH — The historic Patheraj river of Boda upazila, dug under late president Ziaur Rahman's canal excavation drive, has dried into a dead channel, leaving farmers reliant on costly deep tube wells.
Maize cultivation in the river-island char lands of Gaibandha has reshaped the district’s agricultural economy, becoming one of its most profitable crops and improving farmers’ lives, officials and growers say.
Farmers in Lalmonirhat's Aditmari upazila say a syndicate controlling the fertilizer market is forcing them to pay double the official price while government-allocated supplies are diverted to the black market.
The Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA) has developed two new varieties of aman rice, Bina Dhan 27 and Bina Dhan 28, offering high yields, blast disease resistance and improved nutrition. The National Seed…
Azizul Haque, a farmer in Mymensingh's Gauripur upazila, learned beetroot cultivation from YouTube videos and turned it into a profitable venture. After earning 30,000 taka from a small plot last year, he is now…
Farmers in Jamalpur's Dewanganj harvested water chestnuts worth 5 crore taka from abandoned wetlands this year, lifting livelihoods in the area.
PANCHAGARH — At Debdarutala in Debiganj upazila, Bangladesh's largest olive market handles about 100 tons of fruit a day, worth roughly 15 million taka.
BARISHAL — Hundreds of nurseries along the Sandhya River in Banaripara and Nesarabad upazilas are expected to sell roughly half a crore (5 million) flower saplings this winter, worth more than 10 crore taka…
Mustard cultivation has gained popularity in Brahmanbaria's Nabinagar upazila, with golden mustard fields painting the landscape across Banchharampur and Bijoynagar.
MOULVIBAZAR — At dawn on Friday, homes along the haor were still asleep. Beyond them, fish farms stretched along the road as farmers began the boro planting season.
MOULVIBAZAR — Pakhi Mia, 55, has turned a leased bigha of fallow land in Juri upazila into a thriving apple and ber orchard, becoming the first in his area to do so.
A fisherman in Barguna's Pathorghata upazila hooked a 23.5-kilogram pangas with his rod and sold it for 23,500 taka at the local market.