Dhaka January 1, 2026, 11:52 am
Unlike last year, farmers in the district, known as the country’s ‘Mango Capital’, are getting high prices for their mangoes this time.
Undoubtedly one of the more popular features of summer, mangoes from Rajshahi are ready to hit the market.
Bumper ground production is expected in Rangpur region as farmers have already started harvesting of the crop during the current season.
The farmers have exceeded the fixed farming target of the short duration and less irrigation water consuming Aush rice during the current off-season period in Rangpur agriculture region.
The sectoral growth of agriculture, especially that of crop, in terms of the country's gross domestic product (GDP) dropped in the outgoing fiscal year (FY'19).
President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon all to plant more fruit trees across the country to meet the demand of food and nutrition and attain economic self- reliance.
Cultivation of bitter gourd on a large scale in different upazilas of the district and fair price of the crop has started changing the fate of several thousand farmers.
Bagha upazila in Rajshahi district has started exporting mango to seven foreign countries as it produces tasty and super quality mango for long.
Prime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina today elaborated various steps of her government to ensure fair price of paddy for the farmers, mentioning that the government is executing a plan to stock 28 lakh metric t
Though stopping rice import entirely is not possible, it can be restricted to save the country’s farmers, said Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Sunday.
Growers and businesses here are hopeful of harvesting and bringing their mangoes to the market within the next two weeks.
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.
