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
Farmers in haor areas reap in joy
Bumper production of Boro paddy has brought smiles on the faces of farmers in the haor region of Netrakona and Kishoreganj.
20 April 2021
Those who grow food can’t go hungry: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government is extending all sorts of support to the farmers to help them grow more food in view of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic alongside the measures to make sure that they will have food in their homes.
19 April 2021
Crucial Boro Harvest: Labourers more available than last year
Farmers in many areas have started harvesting Boro paddy.
15 April 2021
Fall in supply pushes up onion price
Onion prices shot up in Dhaka markets over the last week as supply of imported bulbs and early harvested varieties declined.
12 March 2021
Cattle take the brunt of cold
Cattle in the country’s northern districts are being infected with different cold-related diseases due to the bitter cold that has been prevailing over the region for the last couple of weeks.
24 January 2021
Farmers in North fear crop loss
Potato and Boro farmers in the northern region of the country are fearing a huge loss this season due to adverse weather.
21 January 2021
Jute price soars to a record high
Jute has been selling at the highest rate after independence of Bangladesh. The benefit, however, is being reaped by the middle men instead of jute growers.
19 January 2021
Onion prices tumble as imports from India start
The price of onions has dropped to Tk 10-15 per kilogram as the import of the daily essentials from India started yesterday.
2 January 2021
‘Smart farming’ plows ahead in Japan
“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.
4 February 2019
Mustard reverses farmers' fortune
Shefali Bewa of Altafnagar area in Dupchanchia upazila said she started mustard farming in her five bighas of land
28 December 2016
Power crisis to increase boro production cost
Farmers in three unions of Jaldhaka upazila may face increased boro production cost this year as three deep
27 December 2016
Quality seed crisis worries potato growers in N-dists
Acute crisis of quality seeds in the ongoing potato cultivation season has become a cause of concern for the potato growers in
24 December 2016
To save from bird menace
Vegetable farmers of Tarapur village in Sundarganj upazila have introduced a new technique of netting vegetable fields to protect brinjal from flocks of birds that destroyed the flowers and buds of the vegetable.
21 December 2016
Khirai an early winter windfall for farmers
Delicious in salads, a good source of hydration and helpful in reducing body fat, crispy khirai, a small variety of cucumbers, are everybody's friend. But farmers in Chandpur's Matlab Uttar upazila are particularly enthusiastic about khirais these days, as the early winter crop of both local ufshi and hybrid varieties delivers healthy profits.
21 December 2016
Sorjan farming method makes wetlands profitable
With a farmer's eye the thousands of hectares that make up Noakhali's coastal areas seemed to offer little promise, until now.
20 December 2016
Sterile plants upset tomato growers
A large number of tomato growers, especially the users of an imported variety of seeds, in several villages of Bororchar union
20 December 2016
Fertiliser under open sky
Around 10,400 tonnes of urea fertiliser have been kept under the open sky at Mohendranagar in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila due to space shortage in buffer godown.
20 December 2016
Ginger a money-spinner
Cultivation of ginger in the district is gaining popularity as it has become a money-spinner for farmers.
11 December 2016
Early variety potato boon to farmers
Early variety of potatoes has started to appear in local markets and proved a boon to Lalmonirhat farmers as they are selling
10 December 2016
Bumper yield fails to delight farmers
Farmers in Noakhali region are worried because of low price of aman in local markets, despite achieving bumper productions of the paddy
6 December 2016