412 reports translated from the Bengali original, most recent first. বাংলা সংস্করণ
MAHASTHAN, Bangladesh — Cauliflower prices collapsed to about 1.5 taka per kilogram at the Mahasthan wholesale market in Bogura on Sunday, as dense fog and severe cold kept buyers away while supply rose at…
JOYPURHAT — A farmer in Kalai upazila is on track for a profit of about 7,000 taka after planting ash gourd on just 8 percent of his fallow land.
GURUDASPUR, Natore — A young farmer in Gurudaspur upazila has created the shape of Bangladesh's national flag in his paddy field using two varieties of rice plants.
SIRAJGANJ - A mobile court in Sirajganj's Kazipur upazila fined a trader Tk 20,000 on Sunday for selling fertilizer illegally, officials said.
NAOGAON - Dried-fish production in Bhor Tetulia village of Naogaon's Atrai upazila, long known as the country's dried-fish village, has dropped sharply this season due to a shortage of native fish, traders said.
Several Manikchhari farmers said they suffered losses after planting substandard potato seed bought from a local dealer, prompting an upazila agriculture department investigation.
A Chandpur farmer filed a police complaint accusing a neighbor of cutting down his pumpkin crop in a land dispute, destroying months of work just weeks before harvest.
Cold injury and other winter-related diseases are damaging betel leaf crops in the Mohanpur upazila of Rajshahi, turning leaves red and yellow before they wither and die, farmers and officials said.
A fire destroyed betel leaf farms covering 36 bighas in Bagmara upazila of Rajshahi in about half an hour Friday, leaving roughly 60 growers with losses of about 2 million taka, officials said.
A fisherman netted a 76-kilogram baghair catfish in the Padma River in Rajshahi's Godagari upazila late Friday, drawing hundreds of onlookers when it was put on sale at a local market.
Two days of unseasonal rain in early November have damaged crops across thousands of bighas of farmland in five upazilas of Rajshahi, with losses estimated at about 10.27 crore taka, the local agriculture office…
Saiful Islam, a resident of Cumilla's Sadar Dakshin upazila, has lifted his family of seven out of poverty by building decorative coops for chickens and ducks from colored tin and wood.
Livestock farmers in Cumilla's Monohorganj upazila are struggling to feed their animals as the area produces only one rice crop a year, leaving them dependent on increasingly scarce rice straw and husk.
Farmers in Bangladesh's Banshkhali upazila have profited from planting tomatoes two months earlier than usual, with a 415-hectare harvest now reaching markets, agriculture officials said.
A fisherman in Rangamati's Kaptai upazila caught a 23-kilogram catla fish in the Karnaphuli river and sold it for 23,000 taka.
Chandpur authorities raided illegal soil cutting on farmland in Shahrasti upazila after complaints from local farmers worried about crop damage.
Betel leaf farmers in Chandpur's coastal Haimchar upazila sell about 50 crore taka of leaves a year but say they have never received any government support after natural disasters or disease.
Officials in Faridganj upazila of Chandpur met farmer representatives Wednesday to address irrigation problems, with the upazila executive officer presiding over the session at the upazila parishad conference room.
A workshop on safe food production and market linkages for farmers was held Wednesday at the Go Green Center in Damurhuda, Chuadanga district, organized under an agro-ecological learning project.
CHATTOGRAM — Farmers on Dubochar, a 10-kilometer-long tidal flat off Sandwip's northwestern coast, are reaping a record aman paddy harvest, with this season's crop expected to reach 1,200 tonnes from about 500 kani of…
PATUYAKHALI — Two hundred and fifty families in Kalapara received free winter vegetable seeds on Sunday under a livelihoods project run by the Center for Rural Service Society and funded by the Dutch aid…
Jashore district fisheries officer Manirul Islam Mamun said the administration will apply for Geographical Indication recognition for the district's native koi fish, which is fast disappearing from the country.
Five cattle belonging to farmer Kohinoor Mallick burned to death in a mysterious overnight fire at his cattle shed in Choughachha, Jashore, with five other animals in critical condition.
Early winter vegetables are reaching markets in Joypurhat's Kshetlal upazila, but prices remain elevated, with most produce selling for 60 to 80 taka per kilogram, traders said.
Illegal cutting of soil from agricultural land is causing severe damage, creating deep pits, shrinking arable land and threatening food security, the writer argues, urging the government to crack down on the soil-extraction syndicates.
Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter said preserving Bangladesh's native cattle breeds is essential for sustainable livestock development, warning that an exclusive focus on crossbreeds could raise future risks.
In Mirpur upazila of Kushtia, an agricultural library and organization called Krishaker Batighar is encouraging farmers to adopt climate-smart and sustainable farming while training local students.
Producers in Tarash and Ullapara upazilas have begun the season's dried fish output, targeting roughly 275.80 metric tonnes, though traders say a weak flood and rampant pond digging may cut yields sharply.
Wholesale beans sell at 40 taka a kilogram and retail at 60 taka, but Ishwardi farmers say weak yields will leave them with losses despite the high prices.
Betel leaf farmers in Kushtia's Bhairamara are abandoning their groves as falling prices fail to cover even harvest and transport costs, leaving many ruined and debt-laden.
Authorities in Chitalmari upazila launched a free seed and fertilizer distribution program for small and marginal farmers on Thursday to boost rabi-season crop production across seven unions.
Shobuj Shikder, 34, returned home after 17 years away and built a small mushroom-growing business on his veranda with 10,000 taka in capital.
Unknown attackers cut down about 300 high-yield guava trees belonging to farmer Jalal Uddin in Chuadanga's Jibannagar in what police are investigating as the result of a feud.
Mostafa Hasan harvested 221 maunds of rice from four bighas in Bagerhat's Fakirhat upazila using 21 kilograms of seed of the new BRRI-108 variety, agriculture officials said.
Magura Sadar upazila agriculture officer Mohammad Tojammel Haque has been disciplinarily transferred following multiple allegations of irregularities and corruption.
Fields across Meherpur are filling with early winter vegetables as farmers harvest cauliflower, cabbage, gourd and beans for sale in markets at home and beyond.
DEBHATA, Satkhira — About 50 farmers in Debhata upazila are growing off-season watermelons on the embankments of fish enclosures, drawing fresh attention to a model that uses idle land and fetches premium prices, the…
KALIGANJ, Satkhira — Farmers in Kaliganj upazila are reaping success raising bagda shrimp with an improved traditional method that has cut disease losses and doubled returns within three months, the district fisheries department said.
Farmers in Satkhira's Kaliganj upazila are succeeding with an improved traditional method of bagda (giant tiger) prawn farming — no disease, fast growth, and double their investment back in just three months.
Jashore's GI-tagged date palm jaggery season formally opened in Chaugachha upazila on Sunday with a ceremony marking the start of tree tapping for sap collection.
Bimal Pramanik, a farmer from Chhaikhada village in Jhenaidah's Kotchandpur, has become a millionaire after 30 years of cattle rearing that started with a single cow.
Once a day laborer, Bellal of Khulna’s Batiaghata upazila now expects to earn 600,000 taka this season by growing watermelon out of season on fish-pond embankments.
About 1.5 million people in Khulna’s Phultala, Dumuria and Arongghata areas have been waterlogged for nearly two months as Bil Dakatia floods over 30,000 acres of farmland.
Sluice gates in Khulna’s Terokhada upazila have stopped working for lack of maintenance, leaving farmers worried about their crops as canals dry up and waterlogging spreads.
Two hilsa fish were caught in a government pond in Khulna's Paikgachha upazila, surprising local fishermen and officials.
Retail fertilizer dealers in Khulna's Dacope upazila formed a human chain demanding that they be included in the government's fertilizer policy as ID-card holders.
Abdul Bari Bakibillah began with 2.5 bighas of papaya in Natore's Bagatipara upazila. Today his 200-bigha Rikta-Bitto Agricultural Farm supports more than 100 families and supplies fruit to markets across Bangladesh.
RAJBARI — Law enforcement officers arrested nine fishermen for catching mother hilsa in the Padma River in Goalanda upazila of Rajbari in defiance of a government fishing ban, police said.
FARIDPUR — An illegal hilsa market is operating twice a day on a char in the Padma River in Sadarpur upazila of Faridpur, even as a 22-day government ban on catching mother hilsa remains…
A floating guava market in Bhimruli canal in Jhalkati's Kirttipasha union is drawing crowds, with Algeria's ambassador to Bangladesh recently visiting the site.
Officials of Keru and Co. and the Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation met with sugarcane farmers in Darshana to push for increased planting and better-quality cane.
Border Guard Bangladesh seized and destroyed 100 illegal Chinese-style fishing nets valued at 15 lakh taka during a special task force operation in Chuadanga's Damurhuda upazila on Thursday.