Aman grown on 100 hectares more than target, Jhenaidah farmers hope for good yield
Waves of green paddy now sweep across the fields of Jhenaidah. Aman cultivation in the district has exceeded its target this season. In some fields, early varieties have already begun to ripen. With favourable weather and little disease, farmers are…
Early murikata onion farming begins in Rajbari, third in the country for onions, with free seed and fertiliser planned
The agriculture department has taken various steps to boost onion production in the country to reduce import dependence and meet the shortfall. In line with this, special emphasis is being placed this time on expanding cultivation and raising yields in…
Homes of 27 families lost to the river in a week, Teesta farmers cut unripe Aman to feed cattle as erosion bites
River waters have settled, and with the monsoon over it is now late autumn. The mood of the early harvest festival has brought smiles to farmers’ faces. But in the meantime, severe erosion has begun in the basins of various rivers. One area after…
DNA of 5 fish and 2 shrimp species newly found in Sundarbans rivers and canals heads to international gene bank
The DNA sequences of five fish species and two shrimp species newly found in the waters of the Sundarbans are set to be included in the database of an international gene bank. This is being seen as a major achievement for the country’s…
Farmer Moyez Uddin hopes for profit from summer Early-45 beans in Khansama
Farmer Moyez Uddin has found success by cultivating the hybrid Early-45 variety of summer beans in a village of Khansama upazila in the district. He sees the prospect of profit by cultivating Early-45 hybrid beans in the Kharif-2/2026-27 season under the…
Teesta water fluctuation: Farmers of 180 chars worried over ripe Aman
Farmers of 180 chars surrounded by the Teesta in the north are passing their days in anxiety. The reason is that the water of the Teesta river is sometimes rising and sometimes falling. With such fluctuation of water, farmers in 180 Teesta-surrounded…
Destroying the environment on the pretext of building Sonar Bangla: so-called resort devouring forest and farmland in Savar’s Kamalpur
A few individuals have taken an initiative to set up an establishment named 'Agro Tourism and Resort' on 17 acres of forest land at Kamalpur in the Chhoto Kaliakair area of Savar.
Munshiganj farmers busy producing early winter vegetable seedlings
Farmers of Munshiganj are now passing a busy time producing early winter vegetable seedlings. They are spending their days tending and selling seedlings at the seedbeds. As the weather is favourable and the yield is good, farmers are getting fair prices.…
Padma chars go under water, farmers fear losses
Even a few days ago, the chars of the Padma were covered in green. Farmers were busy tending fields of pointed gourd, cucumber, bitter gourd, bottle gourd, cauliflower and tomato. Now there is waist-deep water in some places there, while in others the…
Tangail farmers dream of changing their fortunes with early winter vegetables
With favourable weather, the advice of the agriculture department, modern technology and intensive care, the greenery of early winter vegetables has spread across the horizon-wide fields of Tangail right at the beginning of Ashwin. Although there are…