Govt raises fertiliser dealer commission
15 September 2026
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Business
Hilsa fishing banned for 22 days from Oct 8
15 September 2026
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Business
Good harvest, heavy losses
15 September 2026
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Agriculture
Wheat imports likely to fall 11% in 2026-27
14 September 2026
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Business
110,364 farmers will receive incentives under Farmer Card programme: minister
12 September 2026
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Business
Patuakhali’s seaweed potential yet to be tapped
12 September 2026
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Agriculture
Bagerhat entrepreneur turns fallow saline land into off-season watermelon field
11 September 2026
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Agriculture
Jackfruit that sold for Tk 10 now costs up to Tk 1,000 in Gazipur
11 September 2026
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Agriculture
Fertiliser association warns of artificial crisis
10 September 2026
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Business
Bangladesh wants to export onion and potato to Sri Lanka
10 September 2026
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Business
StanChart-Channel i launch 9th Agro Award
Standard Chartered and Channel i today jointly announced the launch of “Standard Chartered-Channel i Agro Award 2023” to recognise the individuals and institutions for their outstanding contributions for the country's agriculture and food security..The main goal of the award is to find vis
12 November 2023
First consignment of imported eggs arrives
The first imported consignment of eggs, which has become a much-talked item in recent months for high prices, entered Bangladesh today.
5 November 2023
Vegetable farmers hit hard by blockade
Vegetable's wholesale prices in Pabna fell by 50% in the three-day blockade from Oct 31
2 November 2023
Bangladesh imports potato for first time
Bangladesh, which usually exports potato, has imported the tuber for the first time for domestic consumption in a frantic effort to curb spiraling prices of the popular vegetable.
2 November 2023
Tk 17 crore govt incentive for synchronised boro cultivation
Some 122 blocks of 50 acres each will be developed through the process
1 November 2023
Sugar import duty halved
Raw sugar duty now Tk 1,500 a tonne, refined sugar duty Tk 3,000
1 November 2023
Farmers suffer for faulty sluice gate
A faulty sluice gate on the Betai river between Kishoreganj’s Tarail upazila and Mymensingh’s Nandail is affecting agricultural activities for past 20 years.
31 October 2023
India moves to curb onion exports
It raises minimum export price of onion by four times to $800 a tonne
28 October 2023
Govt urges farmers to harvest Aman before cyclone Hamoon
As Cyclone Hamoon is heading towards the coastal districts of Bangladesh, the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) has issued an urgent advisory for farmers, urging them to immediately harvest transplanted Aman paddy once it reaches 80 percent maturity.
24 October 2023
Jhum taking a turn from its traditional past
Farmers in the hilly areas of Bangladesh, who practise a traditional form of cultivation known as jhum, are pleased to be getting good yields of paddy this year despite the unfavourable weather conditions.
17 October 2023
No decision taken yet for potato imports: Tipu Munshi
Imported eggs will reach Bangladesh in 3-4 days, the minister says
15 October 2023
Dragon fruit farming gaining popularity
Commercial farming of dragon fruit has been gaining popularity day by day in Jhenidah for the last couple of years.
11 October 2023
Kazi Farms fined Tk 5 crore, Suguna Food Tk 3.44 crore
The two were fined for violating Section 15 of the Competition Act, 2012
9 October 2023
Ctg custom to auction off 28 tonnes buffalo meat tomorrow
The meat's reserve price has been fixed at Tk 2.45 crore
8 October 2023
Govt failed to control prices of onions and potatoes: agri minister
Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque today admitted that the government has failed to control the prices of onions and potatoes despite taking measures
8 October 2023
Inflation falls slightly, but still as high as 9.63%
It was 9.92% in Aug
3 October 2023
No need to import rice this year: Razzaque
The agriculture minister says in a seminar
2 October 2023
Winter vegetable saplings get 4-5 times costlier
Due to an increase in import costs and supply failing to keep up with demand, winter vegetable saplings have become four to five times costlier this year in Bogura’s sapling villages in the Shajahanpur upazila.
1 October 2023
Barind Farmers: At mercy of ‘water lords’
On April 9, Mukul Soren, a Santal farmer in Rajshahi, drank pesticide in a suicide attempt over not getting irrigation water from the same deep tubewell that allegedly led to the suicide of two farmers, also Santals, last year.
25 September 2023
Fertiliser price hike: Lalmonirhat farmers fear losses
The increase in price of fertilisers has made farmers in Lalmonirhat worried ahead of the crucial vegetable-producing winter season
24 September 2023