Floating fields of hope in Pirojpur marshlands
18 October 2025, 21:03 PM
Potato farmers hold back stock as prices crash
15 October 2025, 14:56 PM
Livestock sector a major source of methane emissions: adviser
30 September 2025, 12:05 PM
Bangladesh Agricultural Journalist Forum gets new president, general secretary
28 September 2025, 14:12 PM
Biotech key to Bangladesh’s food security: finance adviser
27 September 2025, 13:59 PM
Saarc Agriculture Centre teams up with IFPRI for food, agriculture research
25 September 2025, 13:25 PM
Farmland protection ordinance on the cards: adviser
25 September 2025, 12:48 PM
Onion farmers demonstrate over fertiliser price hike
24 September 2025, 13:48 PM
Hilsa slips out of reach as sea catches plummet
21 September 2025, 18:00 PM
Rice bran oil exports slapped with 20% duty
18 September 2025, 13:19 PM
Cultivation of Boro doesn’t deplete groundwater
Boro cultivation does not deplete groundwater as it requires only 661 litres of water, according to a study.
1 September 2022, 18:00 PM
Adulteration found in govt TSP fertilizer
Samples of TSP fertilizer from a state-owned fertilizer factory in Chattogram showed signs of adulteration after being tested.
1 September 2022, 16:57 PM
Poor rainfall hampers Aman cultivation in Ctg
Due to minimal rainfall, cultivation of Aman paddy in Chattogram has witnessed a setback.
31 August 2022, 18:00 PM
Sugarcane production on the decline
Sugarcane production and acreages in Bangladesh have more than halved in the last two decades as farmers find it difficult to generate a steady stream of profit from the crop, official figures showed.
28 August 2022, 03:15 AM
Sheer waste of public money: Ponds dug for drinking water now used for fish farming
A government project undertaken to supply drinking water to locals in Gaibandha’s Gobindganj by re-excavating ponds has been rendered fruitless, with the zila parishad leasing out many of the waterbodies for fish farming.
27 August 2022, 03:00 AM
Johora Akhter, excellent in the classroom and at the farm
Nowadays, there are thousands of successful women farmers across the country and many of them have become entrepreneurs and created employment opportunities for both men and women. Johora Akhter is one such innovative woman farmer.
25 August 2022, 17:10 PM
Govt trying to shore up Aman harvest
The government is trying to make an all-out effort to ensure a good Aman harvest, ensuring uninterrupted electricity supply to farmers for irrigation as it looks to ensure food security amid global economic uncertainty.
23 August 2022, 18:00 PM
Farmers block road for fertiliser in Dinajpur
Several hundred farmers blocked a road in Kaharol upazila town for one and a half hours yesterday in protest of not getting their required fertiliser from a government-enlisted dealer.
19 August 2022, 18:00 PM
Scanty rain, high irrigation cost put farmers in double trouble
High cost of irrigation has delt a severe blow to Aman farmers of Pabna region in this unusually dry rainy season.
15 August 2022, 18:00 PM
Chemically-tainted pineapples: The farmers’ perspective
Despite being delicious, pineapples grown in Tangail’s Madhupur upazila have grabbed media headlines for all the wrong reasons in the last few years.
11 August 2022, 18:00 PM
Costlier fuel to hit farmers hard
The government move to increase the price of diesel by a high margin has caught many farmers off guard.
7 August 2022, 02:45 AM
Tea refiners fear production loss for power cuts
Tea refiners in Moulvibazar, the largest tea producing district of Bangladesh, are worried about being able to achieve this year’s collective production target of 10 crore kilogrammes as the recent load-shedding has thrown a spanner in the works, according to market players.
2 August 2022, 02:45 AM
Increase in fertiliser price: Farmers braced for a hard time
The government has raised the price of urea fertiliser for the first time in 11 years, burdening the farmers with an increased production cost.
1 August 2022, 20:00 PM
Urea fertiliser price goes up by Tk 6 per kg
The government has increased the price of urea fertiliser by Tk 6 per kg, due to the hike in prices in the international market.
1 August 2022, 11:28 AM
Deadline extended for opening LCs for rice import
The food ministry has extended the deadline for private firms to open letters of credit (LCs) for importing rice until August 21 this year.
1 August 2022, 03:15 AM
Unfavourable weather affects guava production
Unlike previous years, guava farmers in four unions of the Pirojpur and Jhalakathi upazilas are unconcerned about getting the expected prices for their produce as the time needed to make shipments has decreased substantially thanks to the opening of Padma Bridge.
31 July 2022, 03:45 AM
Rice production to decline: USDA forecasts on Bangladesh
Bangladesh may bag lower rice output this season, which begins with Boro paddy in winter, as heavy rainfall and flash floods in June have damaged the Aush crops to be harvested next month, according to a recent forecast by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
29 July 2022, 03:30 AM
An indomitable farmer
Farming means everything to Habibul Bahar Sujan. The successful young man wanted to be a farmer since his childhood. But success does not always come easily. People have to be skilled to be successful.
28 July 2022, 20:07 PM
Solar irrigation pumps prove a boon for farmers
Farmers who depend on rainwaters to grow Aman paddy in Dinajpur have been left distraught from early July owing to a drought-like situation in the absence of rains.
28 July 2022, 02:00 AM
Bumper onion yields going bad for lack of storage
Bumper onion yields earlier this year gave farmers in northern parts of Bangladesh reason to cheer but the lack of adequate storage facilities has soured their prospects of profiting from the cash-crop as adverse weather conditions continue to wreak havoc on their produce, according to market players.
18 July 2022, 03:00 AM