Govt raises fertiliser dealer commission
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Hilsa fishing banned for 22 days from Oct 8
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Wheat imports likely to fall 11% in 2026-27
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Fertiliser association warns of artificial crisis
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Bangladesh wants to export onion and potato to Sri Lanka
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Banker shines in cattle farming

Ahsan Sikder took up cattle rearing in 2013, a couple of years after he graduated from Rajshahi University’s Marketing department
28 June 2023

'Bangladesh lost $3.72 billion in 20 years for climate change'

Swiss embassy's Bangladesh Microinsurance Market Development Programme finds
22 June 2023

Govt to spend Tk 17.5 crore on TCB’s smart cards

Infrastructure Investment Facilitation Company will help digitise the cards
22 June 2023

Pran Agro to raise Tk 262.5 crore through bonds

The coupon rate of the bond is 8.88%
19 June 2023

Boro, Aman Procurement: Syndicate embezzles Tk 40 lakh public fund

A government audit team discovered that a syndicate in Sirajganj has embezzled over Tk 40 lakh public funds, designated for procuring Boro and Aman paddy.
15 June 2023

Country has surplus sacrificial animals: livestock minister

Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim today said that the country is experiencing a surplus of sacrificial animals, rather than a shortage.
14 June 2023

Aman growers to get Tk 33.2 crore govt incentive

Around 4.9 lakh farmers will get seeds, fertilisers free of cost
28 May 2023

Govt lifts ban on aromatic rice export

Senior Commerce Secretary Tapan Kanti Ghosh shared the information today
24 May 2023

Contract farming takes over poultry industry

In the last week of March, marginal poultry farmer Delowar Hossain bought nearly 4,000 one-day-old Sonali chicks from a large poultry company. After rearing them for 40 days, when he tried selling them, he found it shockingly difficult to recover his production cost, let alone make any profit.
22 May 2023

Low yield frustrates Moulvibazar litchi growers

Litchi growers in Moulvibazar fear a low production of the juicy summer fruit this year due to unfavourable weather condition during the peak time of flowering.
17 May 2023

Cultivation of pumpkin, maize brings joy to char farmers

Members of Agamir Sanchay Samobay Samity, a social organisation in Lalmonirhat, have a huge success in crops cultivation by bringing unused sandy land in the Teesta river basin areas under group farming, also known as community farming.
16 May 2023

Cyclone Mocha forces Chalanbeel farmers to begin harvesting paddy

Farmer Anisul Haque, of Boailmari village in Pabna’s Chatmohar upazila under the Chalanbeel region, started harvesting paddy last week, even though it did not ripen fully
11 May 2023

BINA Dhan-25 shows hope

Mannan Joaddar cultivated BINA Dhan-25, a newly developed variety of paddy, on one bigha of land in Moghi village of Magura 93 days ago.
11 May 2023

Mocha: 4 directives to avoid possible crop damage

DAE asks farmers to harvest 80% ripe paddy, mature mango and crops
10 May 2023

Boro Harvest: Good yield delights coastal farmers

Boro cultivation has brought smiles to a good number of farmers at many coastal villages in Barguna, with a bumper yield of the paddy this season.
8 May 2023

Urea production at JFCL halts

Urea production at Jamuna Fertilizer Company Ltd (JFCL) at Tarakandi in Jamalpur district today halted due to a technical issue
8 May 2023

Mango harvesting begins in Rajshahi

Harvesting of the current season’s mango is going to start from today in Rajshahi.
3 May 2023

Hobby of aquarium fish churning thousands for schoolboy

The 16-year-old schoolboy from Faridpur Sadar upazila now earns at least Tk 80,000 per month through fish farming.
1 May 2023

Boro Harvest: High yield but farmers worry over fair price

The farmers, who are reaping a bumper harvest this Boro season, say they will suffer losses if the government does not increase the procurement price for their produce.
29 April 2023

Local admin urges farmers to speed up paddy harvest in haor

The upazila administration and agriculture department have asked farmers to quickly harvest boro rice in the Kawadighi Haor area of Rajnagar upazila of Moulvibazar as there are possibilities of sudden thunderstorms and hailstorms in the area
28 April 2023