Dhaka May 8, 2026, 3:01 am
With eight more days to appear the Bangla month of Jyestha, commonly known as ‘Modhumash’, the juicy fruit litchi has started appearing in the local markets including Rajshahi city and its adjacent areas in limited scale.
The litchi tresses here taken a greenery look with its huge tender fruits which made the farmers and businessmen very much optimistic about the possibility of bumper production of the mouth-watering seasonal fruit this season
Plentiful flowering of the trees this year is indicating a bumper litchi yield in the district.
Prawn (Galda) production in the country witnessed a sharp rise in the fiscal year 2011-12 (FY12) compared to that in the previous fiscal (FY11), and continued the upward trend till fiscal year 2016-2017 (FY17).
Officials of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) are expecting bumper mango production following smooth formation of tender fruits after massive blooming in Rangpur agriculture region this season.
Large scale farming of cereal crops and vegetables in Padma char (riverbed) have turned the vast land into a green field during the current season.
Agriculture Minister Dr. M Abdur Razzak today said that a strong marketing strategy along with some research can boost the demand for potato, the fourth highest growing product of Bangladesh, in the market.
Farmers are now very busy in harvesting cotton in the region amidst the hope of better yield and cherished market price.
Although there are couple of weeks more to end winter some of the mango trees have started sprouting early in the region.
Agriculturists have stressed on expanded cultivation of flood-tolerant rice to increase rice production for attaining sustainable food security amid adverse impacts of climate change.
Successful promotion of modern technologies is very vital to boosting sugarcane production in the region including its vast Barind tract to meet its gradually mounting demand.
The census will be conducted at a time frame of 'May 2017 to December 2020' at a budget of Tk 3.45 billion
Due to low production cost gradually more farmers are getting interested in this method. They are optimistic about expanding such method of vegetable farming on floating garden in more areas under the upazila within next year
To avert any unpleasant situation during the production season of the major crop, the corporation postponed overhaul of some age-old urea manufacturing units
The incentives will be provided to encourage the production of wheat, maize, mustard, peanuts, dal, BT brinjal, boro rice, wintertime mung beans and for summertime mung beans and summertime sesame in the March-May season
Any fisherman violating this instruction will land in jail for one to two years or pay Tk 5,000 fine. The punishment will be double, if anyone repeats the offence
Senior bankers have asked their subordinates to ensure farmers-friendly banking for boosting agricultural production.
A dairy farm named Uttaran had been established at David Company Para of the district town for welfare of the transgender people at cordial effort and initiative of superintendent of police (SP) on Friday.
Rashida Begum, 45, a resident of Beel Sohar village under Tanore upazila, has been able to break the poverty cycle after finding the way of a better livelihood though self-employment.
The tender plants of Transplanted Aman (T-Aman) rice are growing superbly following recent rainfalls as farmers are predicting excellent production of the crop in Rangpur agriculture region this season.
