The Railways Ministry has decided to run special cattle trains for transporting sacrificial animals ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, amid a worsening Covid-19 situation in the country.

Gilbert F Houngbo, president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialised UN Agency based in Rome, highly lauded Bangladesh for its significant implementation capacity while noting that the country is currently the largest portfolio of IFAD globally and one of the best performing ones with best practices in a number of areas.

A former presidential award winner for cultivating watermelon and vegetables is now making a name in Barguna with his black plum trees, that too selling off most of this season’s Tk 15 lakh-worth harvests through Facebook.

Cattle owners in different areas of Kurigram and Lalmonirhat are growing increasingly worried as a type of dermatitis or skin disease in cattle has been on the rise in the two districts.

“Smart farming,” which utilises cutting-edge robotics and artificial intelligence, could hold the key to an agricultural resurgence in a nation of graying farmers and a general population reluctant to toil in the soil.