Coconut

Coconut

A customer checks a coconut oil bottle before purchasing it inside a retail store in Kochi, India, July 23, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Sivaram V

Humble coconut oil turns into a luxury on rising demand, shrinking output

The edible oil is slipping out of the reach of price-conscious consumers, and those accustomed to its distinctive flavour, deeply embedded in regional cuisine, must search harder to find alternatives

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Green coconut price goes up riding high demand amid scorching heat

Kazi Jashim Uddin (right), a businessman of Barishal district, in front of one of his few coconut trees that bore coconuts. Photo: Sadiqur Rahman

Vietnamese coconut variety: High expectations, poor outcome

Workers handle coconuts at the warehouse owned by Md Yunus and Zafar Iqbal. The two friends sell coconuts and coconut products worth up to Tk3 crore per year. Photo: TBS

Chuadanga youth turns coconut shells into handicrafts

Workers handle coconuts at the warehouse owned by Md Yunus and Zafar Iqbal. The two friends sell coconuts and coconut products worth up to Tk3 crore per year. Photo: TBS

Coconut changes fate of two friends in Feni

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Excessive green coconut sale may hamper 5 coconut-based industries

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JS body for enrolling coconut products as exportable items

A farmer examines coconut leaves in Barishal, as a sudden attack by foreign insects called “Whiteflies” are drying up the leaves. Photo: TBS

Pest attack worries Barishal coconut farmers