Govt raises fertiliser dealer commission
15 September 2026
•
Business
Hilsa fishing banned for 22 days from Oct 8
15 September 2026
•
Business
Good harvest, heavy losses
15 September 2026
•
Agriculture
Wheat imports likely to fall 11% in 2026-27
14 September 2026
•
Business
110,364 farmers will receive incentives under Farmer Card programme: minister
12 September 2026
•
Business
Patuakhali’s seaweed potential yet to be tapped
12 September 2026
•
Agriculture
Bagerhat entrepreneur turns fallow saline land into off-season watermelon field
11 September 2026
•
Agriculture
Jackfruit that sold for Tk 10 now costs up to Tk 1,000 in Gazipur
11 September 2026
•
Agriculture
Fertiliser association warns of artificial crisis
10 September 2026
•
Business
Bangladesh wants to export onion and potato to Sri Lanka
10 September 2026
•
Business
High aman prices delight Patuakhali farmers
Farmers in the coastal district are delighted with fair price of aman paddy this year.
5 December 2016
Benevolence extraordinaire
The ordinary act of reaping paddy by a group of women turned out to be an extra-ordinary one as these women, mostly solvent
3 December 2016
Good aman yield expected
Farmers and agriculture officials in the district are expecting good yield of aman paddy amid favourable weather this year.
1 December 2016
A ray of hope for farmers
Flood-tolerant varieties of aman have brought new hope to at least 130 flood affected farmers of eight char villages at the Teesta river basin in Sadar upazila.
30 November 2016
Harvest paddy of rest 15 acres for Santals: HC
The High Court directs the authorities concerned to harvest paddy of the rest 15 acres of land for Santal people of Gobindaganj in next 15 days, as the indigenous people have grown up the crops there.
30 November 2016
Farmers happy, labourers upset
Farmers are happy but farm labourers are very upset over the use of mobile paddy threshers in the district.
29 November 2016
Seed crisis upsets potato growers
Acute seed crisis has upset a large number of Lalmonirhat potato farmers, thanks to the authorities' inability to
26 November 2016
Blast disease: 5 southwestern districts advised not to go for wheat farming
The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) advises the farmers of five southwestern districts not to cultivate wheat as these districts saw the breakout of ‘wheat blast’ disease last year.
24 November 2016
Mill authorities harvesting paddy for Gaibandha Santals
Complying with a High Court order, the authorities of Rangpur Sugar Mills Ltd start harvesting paddy from the land of Santals in Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha.
24 November 2016
Bean growers' hopes shattered
Bean leaves attacked by virus worry thousands of farmers in three upazilas of the district.
23 November 2016
Growers, consumers at risk
Indiscriminate spraying of pesticides in crop fields, especially those used for vegetable cultivation, poses serious health hazards for both the farmers and consumers across the district.
23 November 2016
Fortune smiles on Chuadanga growers
Early cauliflower cultivation has brought smiles to Chuadanga growers this year as they are making good profit
14 November 2016
Rain wreaks havoc on paddy
Heavy rainfall and wind influenced by the depression in the Bay has caused extensive damage to aman paddy fields
6 November 2016
Pest attack ahead of aman harvest worries farmers
Farmers in Dinajpur and Naogaon districts are worried as aman paddy fields in different villages have been affected by massive pest
30 October 2016
Growers eye good profit
Farmers of four northern districts have started early potato cultivation this year for getting good profit from this robi crop due to high
23 October 2016
Farmers frustrated for low yield, price fall
Betel nut growers in the district are frustrated as both the production and the price have fallen this year.
22 October 2016
Bitter gourd brings sweet smile to farmers
Bitter gourd traders from across the country are converging on Thakurgaon these days: gourd yields are high and prices are healthy; the weather has been kind. Local farmers too cannot help but smile.
20 October 2016
Farmers all smiles over fair prices
Farmers of Dinajpur and Joypurhat are getting better price selling early varieties of aman paddy.
19 October 2016
Malta brings smile to growers
In the past three to four years malta cultivation has spread in different districts of Bangladesh -- starting from hill districts Khagrachhari and Rangamati to Pirojpur, Chuadanga, Rajshahi, Panchagarh, Mymensingh and Narsingdi.
19 October 2016
Early winter vegetables benefit Jessore farmers
The farmers in the Jessore region have started cultivating early winter vegetables abundantly as they find it more
18 October 2016