In the wake of gradually increasing demand and lucrative market price, cultivation of arum has brought smiles on the faces of farmers in Rajshahi region including its vast Barind tract as they are getting good profit by cultivating it on…
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T-Aus paddy harvest completed in Gaibandha
Harvesting of T-Aus paddy of the current season has been completed in the district in the first week of the current month amid much enthusiasm.
Mass tree plantation to protect climate change: Speaker
Speakers at a profit distribution ceremony here have said tree plantation always brings economic self-reliance besides improving environment to protect the ecology retarding the desertification process.
Forest Deptt lacks capacity to conserve Sunderbans?
Bangladesh Forest Department has little capacity to conserve the Sundarbans, the country’s only natural tiger habitat, admits a top forest official. “The Forest Department lacks the capacity to conserve the Sundarbans…it requires more skilled manpower, arms and ammunition, and training,”…
Bt brinjal cultivation in B’desh a success or propaganda
The BBC’s claim of 90% success for Bt brinjal in Bangladesh has been challenged by a journalist. Claire Robinson reports BBC Panorama’s programme, “GM Food: Cultivating Fear”, has come under attack from a Bangladeshi journalist for falsely portraying Bt brinjal…
Myanmar jails 153 Chinese illegal loggers for life
A court in northern Myanmar has sentenced 153 Chinese nationals to life in prison for illegal logging. The group were arrested in January in Kachin state, close to the Chinese border, during a military operation to crack down on illegal…
Rains damage flower gardens in Jessore
The Eid spirit is missing in Gadkhali, the biggest wholesale market for flowers, near here.
UN postpones action to halt deforestation under industry pressure
New York: The Global Forest Coalition [1] reacted furiously to the final draft of the Sustainable Development Goals released this week. Despite the fact that most Sustainable Development Goals were agreed upon in July 2014, the latest draft, which will…
Sea Change: Bay of Bengal’s Biodiversity is in Danger
Ranjan K Panda In December 2014, when over 75,000 gallons of oil spilled out of a drowned tanker in the Sunderbans delta, pollution of the Bay of Bengal came under international limelight. The Bay of Bengal, occupying an area of…
Discard coal-fired power plant project at Rampal: Citizens’ body
A citizens’ platform to protect oil, gas and mineral resources has demanded that a joint project to set up a coal-run power plant at Rampal near the Sundarbans be dropped during India Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit. Anu Muhammad, member…
Global action must to reduce biodiversity loss: Ban
The UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon in a message for the International Day for Biological Diversity, 22 May, called for global action for biodiversity loss. The UN secretary general said, the variety of life on Earth is essential for the welfare…
15 biodiversity protectors
Danielle Nierenberg May 22 is the International Day of Biodiversity—an opportunity to increase understanding and awareness of the Earth’s flora and fauna. This year’s theme is biodiversity for sustainable development. Human health and livelihoods are linked to biodiversity, the variety…
Farming jute through latest technologies stressed
Experts in a function here yesterday stressed the need for farming jute and its expansion in larger scale through adopting latest technologies to take the agri-sector ahead further for country’s economic emancipation.
Mango yield in Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj blighted
Mango farmers and traders in various parts of the region are concerned by the large number of green mangoes that have been torn from the trees by the recent nor’westers and hailstorms.The unfavourable weather follows the earlier attack by leaf…
Rice-wheat-mugbean cropping pattern can double yield
Wide-ranging promotion of rice-wheat- mugbean cropping pattern in bed planting system could be the effective means of making yield of those double in the region including its vast barind tract. Agricultural scientists and researchers told BSS that the on- farm…
Sunderbans flora, fauna under fresh threat as fertilizer ship sinks
A cargo vessel carrying potash fertilizer capsized in the Bhola River at Swarankhola Range of the Sundarbans East Zone. Amir Hossain Chowdhury, Divisional Forest Officer of the Sundarbans East Zone, has said that the cargo vessel – ‘Jabalenoor’ – ran…
Low paddy price irks Sherpur farmers
As paddy farmers across the district have started harvesting the Boro crops, its price remain very low at the growers’ level.Per maund of Boro paddy is selling at Tk 300 -Tk 420 at the growers’ level, and between Tk 400…
Mega agri projects envisages to pull one-fifth population out of poverty
The government has taken two mega agricultural development programmes seeking to enhance the capacity of farmers and improve water management and agri-business, and thus pull some one-fifth population of the country out of poverty. According to official documents obtained by…
Bumper chilly production likely in Bogra
Farmers of Bogra district are hopeful of achieving bumper production of Chilly in this season as the agricultural imputes are provided by local Department of Agriculture Extension. Besides, the favourable climate condition also helps to grow bumper chilly.
McDonald’s says it will stop cutting down trees
McDonald’s french fries might not be the best things for your health, but they could soon be a little less destructive for the planet. On Tuesday, the fast food giant announced that it planned to eliminate any links to deforestation…
Mango farmers commercially use fruit bagging technology in Rajshahi, Chapai
For the first time in the region, fruit bagging technology is going to be promoted in mango orchards in Rajshahi and Chapainawabgonj commercially during the forthcoming pre-harvest season to protect mango from pest attack besides facilitating the farmers to get…
‘Halt Ramphal plant construction before proper EIA’
South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR) on Sunday called for halting the Rampal coal fired power plant construction in the Sunderbans until it is cleared by neutral environmentalists. Addressing a press conference at the National Press Club in Dhaka SAHR…
Compost fertilizer use can help protect soil productivity
Substantial and sustainable uses of organic and compost fertilizer in the farming fields can help protecting the soil nutrients from further degradation.
Farmers expect bumper Boro production in Gaibandha
Farmers of Gaibandha district are expecting a bumper production of Boro paddy in the current season.
Radiation from Fukushima disaster newly detected off Canada’s coast
Radiation from Japan’s 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster has for the first time been detected along a North American shoreline, though at levels too low to pose a significant threat to human or marine life, scientists said on Monday.
Barind Tract Boro farming command areas achieved
Boro paddy farming in the project command areas of Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) in the district has been achieved during the current season.
Farmers happy for bumper production of wheat
Wheat farmers of all the five upazilas in the district are happy as they got a desired output and fair prices against the crop during the current season.
Sunflower farming gains popularity in Khulna
Sunflower farming has started gaining popularity as the nutritious oilseed brings good profit for the farmers in Batiaghata upazila of the district.
Jute cultivation in Gaibandha
Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has taken up an extensive programme of jute cultivation in the district during the current season.
A conservator Governor in Northeast India
By Nava Thakuria Assam finds a conservator of wildlife in its Governor Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya, who has made it clear that unlike other Constitutional heads, he would not be a mute spectator in respect of protecting the great Indian one-horned…