Golden-green Aman paddy kindles hope for Patuakhali farmers
9 November 2025, 13:28 PM
Bangladesh
Floating fields of hope in Pirojpur marshlands
18 October 2025, 21:03 PM
News
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
Muazzin’s success in beekeeping
In the last week of December, 2021, I heard an interesting story of a young man, who has built his dream around the bees.
10 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Student’s future flourishes with his roses in Jhenidah
A student in Harinakundu upazila of Jhenidah has seen the face of success cultivating flowers, especially rose and tuberose (rajanigandha).
9 February 2022, 18:00 PM
South Sudan ready to lease land to Bangladesh: Razzaque
African country South Sudan wants to lease its vast fallow land to Bangladesh for producing crops.
8 February 2022, 12:20 PM
Tulip gardens in Panchagarh can boost regional economy, tourism
A remote village in Panchagarh’s Tentulia upazila is now abuzz with visitors from various parts of Bangladesh after eight farmers harvested high-value tulip flowers under a pilot scheme.
7 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Cauliflower, cabbage growers cheered by unexpected profits
Around 20,000 farmers in Lalmonirhat and Kurigram who cultivated cauliflower and cabbage have been left pleasantly surprised by unexpected profits this year following significant losses in 2021, when nationwide lockdowns were imposed to curb the spread of Covid-19.
6 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Pineapple season comes early
When it comes to growing pineapples, Rangamati is on the frontlines of the race. Due to the region’s favourable weather, thousands of tonnes of pineapple is produced here alone.
5 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Rains trigger fear of loss among farmers in north
Vast swathes of cropland in the northern districts have been affected due to water-logging caused by rainfall that lasted from Friday morning until early the next day, with farmers apprehending losses.
5 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Hybrid rice acreage shoots up as prices rise
Farmers are expanding cultivation of hybrid rice to reap benefits of higher yield than inbred varieties and profit from sale of the staple food.
3 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Roses gone, dreams dead
This was supposed to be their time of the year. There’s Pahela Falgun, then there’s Valentine’s Day, both occasions where people buy flowers to give to their loved ones.
2 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Boro cultivation on amid cold weather
Boro cultivation in going on in full swing in all the upazilas of the district.
29 January 2022, 18:00 PM
The ‘Aziz Company’
I have always said, “Before investing in agriculture, one must know where and why he is investing.” Without foreseeing the success or challenges there is always a risk ahead.
27 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Rice farmers delighted at Kataribhog’s price hike
Farmers in Dinajpur who cultivate aromatic Kataribhog rice are now delighted at prices having substantially increased recently as demand has gone up.
24 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh to host FAO Asia-Pacific regional conference for the 1st time on Mar 8-11
Bangladesh will host the 36th Regional Conference -- for Asia and the Pacific -- of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), for the first time since it joined the organisation in 1973.
24 January 2022, 07:33 AM
Shrinking farmland to endanger food security
Non-agricultural use of land especially for the development purpose has recently seen a sharp increase in Sylhet division. By filling croplands, houses, roads, buildings and business establishments are being built in an unplanned manner.
22 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Price spike to raise maize acreage
Maize is being traded for as much as Tk 30 per kilogramme (kg), the highest on record in Bangladesh, influenced by high international prices, a development that has created interest among many growers to expand cultivation of the grain, a key ingredient for poultry, cattle and fish feed.
22 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Levee repair delay leaves farmers edgy
Hundreds of farmers in Sunamganj are in fear of losing their Boro paddy to floods as the authorities concerned are delaying the repair of levees.
21 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Boro cultivation on 4,000 hectares uncertain
Cultivation of Boro on about 4,000 hectares of land in the current season seems uncertain due to permanent waterlogging along the Bhabadaha region in Jashore’s Monirampur upazila.
19 January 2022, 18:00 PM
10 new high-yielding paddy varieties released
Ten new varieties of high-yielding paddy, including zinc-enriched crop, have been registered and released for cultivation in the next Boro season.
18 January 2022, 13:54 PM
Siddique shines in sour plum
Siddique Hossain’s success did not come overnight. The young man from Tikuria Chala village in Sakhipur upazila has given his all-out effort to achieve it.
16 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Founder of Barendra Seed Bank Yusuf Mollah no more
Yusuf Mollah, the farmer from Rajshahi who founded Barendra Seed Bank to conserve rare and traditional varieties of paddy, died this morning.
14 January 2022, 07:22 AM