Our journey towards a smart revolution in agriculture
Over the past 52 years, Bangladesh has achieved remarkable progress in the agricultural sector, thanks to the hard work and innovation of millions of small farmers, researchers, innovators and government support.
14 February 2024, 18:00 PM
BFRI starts experimental project in the Andharmanik river
Coral fish, which is called sea bass in Asia, is also known as barramundi in Australia and Bhetki fish in Bangladesh. This tasty fish is usually found in the coastal areas of the country. But nowadays the saltwater fish is being cultivated in freshwater as well
3 August 2023, 19:53 PM
Farm Produce: E-commerce can cut middlemen out
Farmers are true entrepreneurs as progress of future economy of our country depend in their hands.
6 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Shafique finds success in Sharifa farming
Many farmers across the country are now becoming interested in commercial cultivation of different fruits and crops.
8 June 2023, 18:00 PM
State minister’s success in sunflower farming
After two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, which has a huge impact on the global economy, has upset the whole world.
11 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Banana cultivation shows bright prospect
Agriculture in Tangail region has changed a lot in the last three decades.
6 April 2023, 18:00 PM
Sujon shines in pearl farming
According to researchers at Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute (BRFI), more than 150 pearl farmers in 90 upazilas under 41 districts of the country are currently engaged in cultivating about 6,00,000 oysters.
24 February 2023, 10:04 AM
More attention needed for the agriculture sector
The agriculture sector is one of the key economic pillars of Bangladesh. Just after liberation in 1971, its contribution to GDP was around 60 percent.
10 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Duck rearing turns boon for marginal families
Khutigachha village in Sirajganj's Tarash upazila is very well known for duck rearing. It's amazing to see them in groups swimming through the beels (wetland) of Tarash.
4 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Football in hearts of Bangladeshi farmers
Dear readers, very happy Eid greetings to you all!
20 June 2018, 18:00 PM
Into the kingdom of papayas
Dear readers, a few days back I went to Gazipur Sadar's BK Bari Chhitpara to visit a papaya orchard of a young farmer, Ziaul Haque. It's not just a papaya orchard. A 42-bigha (16 acres) papaya orchard. In 2003, Ziaul Haque started cultivating papaya for the first
6 June 2018, 18:00 PM
Millionaire thru integrated farming
Another young agro-entrepreneur. His name is Mohammad Kibria Gazi who lives in Narsingdi's Shibpur upazila. Not so long ago, in 1995, he started fish cultivation with a single small pond. He also started a livestock farm with one cow.
23 May 2018, 18:00 PM
Innovative seedling farm bears bright prospect
Seed is the greatest need to produce crop. Often it's regarded as a challenge. The perspectives of challenge in this key agricultural
9 May 2018, 18:00 PM
Kadaknath, new prospect in poultry
A couple of months back, world's most expensive chicken became a hot news online. Those were deep black in colour. Even though the colour black doesn't get much acclamation, the black chicken is getting the most value.
25 April 2018, 18:00 PM
Spice crops spice up the rural economy
Besides onion and garlic, fields are full of coriander seed and cumin seed across Bangladesh. Specially, Shariatpur's Jajira has become
11 April 2018, 18:00 PM
What protections for haor crops?
At the moment, there is green vibrancy in rice fields of haor region. Lands after lands across the wide area, rice fields have turned picturesquely green.
28 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Onions can bring back golden days
Couple of days ago, I noticed a troll on a social networking site. In the photo, someone found an onion and was
17 March 2018, 18:00 PM
A hub of knowledge for farmers
For the past nine years, I have been observing the activities of a welfare oriented institution at a remote village. Every day something
28 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Rooftop gardening for greener cities
Rooftop farming is expanding throughout the country very fast. Two and a half years ago, the initiative of featuring rooftop farming on
14 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Farming changes the border
It was 19th of November, 2014. Twenty two year old Shah Alam, only son of Sher Ali from Dinajpur, died being shot by Indian Border
31 January 2018, 18:00 PM
An agri entrepreneur combines morality with business
Last week, I went to Chittagong, invited by one of my closest younger brother, Dr Goutam Buddha Das, Vice Chancellor of Chittagong
17 January 2018, 18:00 PM
RMG owner's agro initiative
Welcome to the New Year, another year with new hope and promise. At the very beginning of this New Year, I visited Narayanganj's
3 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Tale of Savar's rose villages
Many years back, I read in the Greek mythology, when Aphrodite was born, as a symbol of holiness and purity her whole body was
20 December 2017, 18:00 PM
A millionaire turkey farmer
Food is one of the most important sources of energy for humans. Becoming self-sufficient in producing food is not the end of all, but
6 December 2017, 18:00 PM
Fish farming revolution in Barind
One of country's most arid regions was the Barendra (Barind). Even during the month of November, due to water scarcity, all the farmlands used to remain dry, the tube wells seemed not to be working.
22 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Machines to run future farming
The urge for farm mechanisation is nothing new. A hundred years ago, the developed world thought about mechanised agriculture. Even in Bangladesh, talks about farm mechanisation started long back. In 1913,
8 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Trucker turns innovative malta farmer
A few years back the Barendra (Barind) region was the example of austere nature. People could barely dream of growing anything there. However, as a result of many development projects and diverse initiatives from farmers, the region has turned around.
25 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Hydroponic grass to meet nutrition needs for livestock
Dear readers, during the past couple of weeks I have been writing articles on the advancements of farming at home and abroad. It's
11 October 2017, 18:00 PM