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Bangladesh
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Potato farmers hold back stock as prices crash
15 October 2025, 14:56 PM
Business
Livestock sector a major source of methane emissions: adviser
30 September 2025, 12:05 PM
Business
Bangladesh Agricultural Journalist Forum gets new president, general secretary
28 September 2025, 14:12 PM
Business
Biotech key to Bangladesh’s food security: finance adviser
27 September 2025, 13:59 PM
Business
Saarc Agriculture Centre teams up with IFPRI for food, agriculture research
25 September 2025, 13:25 PM
Business
Farmland protection ordinance on the cards: adviser
25 September 2025, 12:48 PM
Business
Onion farmers demonstrate over fertiliser price hike
24 September 2025, 13:48 PM
News
Hilsa slips out of reach as sea catches plummet
21 September 2025, 18:00 PM
Business
Potato farmers pleased with this year’s prices
While some farmers say that potato yields were low this year, most of them argue the opposite as they got the same output as they had in previous years.
29 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Santal farmers killed selves being deprived of irrigation water: Farmers tell probe body blaming operator
While the probe committee from the Ministry of Agriculture visited Rajshahi’s Godagari upazila today, many farmers elaborately told them that the death of two santal farmers was primarily because the operator deprived them of irrigation water.
29 March 2022, 15:51 PM
Stern action for irrigation water supply disruption: secretary
Stern action will be taken if any negligence is found in supply of irrigation water, the lack of which suffers farmers the most, Agriculture Secretary Md Sayedul Islam said today.
29 March 2022, 11:50 AM
Agriculture heroes honoured
Ten individuals and institutions were honoured yesterday for their exemplary contribution to the country’s agriculture sector and the impact they have had on their communities.
27 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Agrow Award honours 10 individuals, institutions
Ten individuals and institutions have been honoured with Agrow Award in recognition of their extraordinary contribution to the country's agriculture sector.
27 March 2022, 15:44 PM
First variety of cumin faces setback
The Spices Research Centre (SRC) in Shibganj upazila of Bogura has released the first variety of cumin for commercial cultivation on February 22 in a bid to reduce Bangladesh’s import-dependence for the spice.
24 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Focus more on agriculture: Matia
Lawmaker Matia Chowdhury today stressed the need for concentrating more on agriculture to ensure a smooth supply of raw materials to the industry.
23 March 2022, 12:33 PM
Farm mechanisation crucial for food sufficiency: minister
Mechanisation in agriculture is very crucial for Bangladesh to maintain food sufficiency as the government aims to ensure that no one goes hungry, said Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque yesterday.
21 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Potato farmers lose Tk 2,500cr a year: FAO
Potato farmers in Bangladesh lose at least Tk 2,500 crore every year due to unsold surplus production and post-harvest losses.
20 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Use of salt in cropland: A disaster in the offing
A large number of farmers are using salt on cropland unscrupulously hoping to get higher yields in various upazilas of Natore especially in Naldanga. However, experts have suggested that the practice will cause long term damage to the cropland and diminish the fertility of land.
18 March 2022, 08:45 AM
Quinoa being grown in Lalmonirhat for second time
Superfood Quinoa, a foreign crop is being grown for the second time in Lalmonirhat. This crop has been cultivated on 55 decimals of land at Hatura village in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila this year. This crop can be harvested in mid-March. Last year, Quinoa was cultivated in Lalmonirhat for the first time.
18 March 2022, 05:30 AM
Cotton growers in Rangpur beaming as prices rise
Cotton growers in the Rangpur region are elated thanks to the increase in the price of the key textile raw material buoyed by rising demand, which is expected to encourage the farmers to expand acreage by manifold in the coming years.
14 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Dairy farmers struggle as production costs jump
The price of dairy feed has climbed rapidly in recent months keeping pace with the price spiral of essential commodities, making farming costlier and raising milk production costs for the millions of farmers in Bangladesh.
13 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Growers rejoice higher yield, rising consumption of mustard oil
Mustard growers in Thakurgaon and Panchagarh districts are elated thanks to the higher output in the ongoing harvesting season as well as the increased price of the cooking oil owing to rising consumption amid the volatile soybean oil market.
12 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Tea revolution in the north
Imran Ali, a farmer in Panchagarh, could barely get by with sugarcane cultivation in his 1.7 acres of land. Then, in 2005, he rolled the dice and switched to tea production, a gamble that went on to change his life forever.
11 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Charalkata River: Dredged at Tk 130cr, now a cropland
Within one and a half years into the dredging of the Charalkata river, the riverbed has filled up again at different points as sand and earth kept on the banks of the river got deposited to the riverbed in the rainy season.
11 March 2022, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh urges FAO to help develop new crops to fight climate change
Bangladesh has urged the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to mobilise more resources to develop a new variety of crops and innovation of new technologies to combat the impact of climate change in the Asian and Pacific region.
10 March 2022, 13:59 PM
Lalmonirhat farmer receives power tiller, six cows following Daily Star photo
Just a few days ago, Zainal Mia (47), a farmer from Lalmonirhat’s Teesta-par, and his family were living in extreme poverty.
10 March 2022, 07:59 AM
FAO regional conference begins in Dhaka
The 36th Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) began in Dhaka today.
8 March 2022, 08:22 AM
Farmers turn to sunflowers for a decent profit
Farmers across Bangladesh are more inclined than ever to cultivate sunflowers as an alternative to traditional paddy crops that do not offer much profit.
7 March 2022, 18:00 PM