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Bangladesh Agricultural Journalist Forum gets new president, general secretary
28 September 2025, 14:12 PM
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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
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Farmland protection ordinance on the cards: adviser
25 September 2025, 12:48 PM
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Onion farmers demonstrate over fertiliser price hike
24 September 2025, 13:48 PM
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Hilsa slips out of reach as sea catches plummet
21 September 2025, 18:00 PM
Business
Dragon fruit grower turns house into an orchard
Md Kamruzzaman, a government employee in Sirajganj, came across a dragon fruit orchard during an official tour to Natore a few years ago.
17 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Pirojpur malta growers happy with good yield this year
Pirojpur growers of seasonal malta fruits are happy this year with good production and desired price of the juicy fruit. Harvesting of Bari-1 variety of malta began around a month ago and will continue for the next one month.
12 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Tk 360 crore crops saved by culling 1.2 crore rats: DAE
About 79,876 tonnes of crops worth Tk 360 crore were saved by culling around 1.20 crore rats last year.
11 October 2021, 11:28 AM
Organic pesticides catching on
Use of organic pesticides on crops is gaining popularity among farmers in Uttar Kalikapur village in Kishoreganj upazila, as their insecticidal ingredients are non-toxic to consumers as well as to honey bees and many other beneficial insects.
7 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Hazrat Ali, a hero of the soil
It was the first week of March 2020, and the coronavirus wasn’t detected in Bangladesh at that time. The first Covid-19 infected patient was
7 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Dragon fruit turned their lives around
Even five years ago, working as a day labourer was a bread and butter job for Delwar Kobiraj, from Kalibari village in Amtali upazila of Barguna. His family of five -- his wife and three children -- used to go to bed unfed on most nights.
6 October 2021, 18:00 PM
Exotic fruit brings extraordinary success
A father-son duo in Indurkani upazila have become inspiration for others as their commercial dragon fruit farm, a first in the entire district of Pirojpur, has proven to be successful in only six months.
30 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Farmers pass busy days cultivating early-harvest potatoes
Farmers in Nilphamari district are cultivating a fast-growing variety of potato in order to maximise their profits before the year ends.
29 September 2021, 18:00 PM
No exact data on population, demand for rice: Razzaque
Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque today said there is no exact data on population and demand for rice in the country.
29 September 2021, 12:58 PM
Timber trader finds fortune in dragon fruit farming
Surat Ali, a middle-aged farmer based in Khulna’s Jhenaidah district, is enjoying massive success from dragon fruit cultivation.
28 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Feed prices worry Mymensingh fish farmers
Just when Mymensingh’s 1.12 lakh fish farmers were looking forward to turn the corner and start recovering from losses they incurred during Covid-19 restrictions, the rising prices of fish feed are eating away their profits.
27 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Pink buffalo farming in Bangladesh
Many factories in all the large sheds at Dashergaon village in Narayanganj’s Bandar upazila, and between these, an enterprising young man, Lutfar Rahman Swapan, has set up a factory, SS Cattle Farm, with different kind of dream.
23 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Summer bean farming brings solvency to Jhenidah farmers
Cultivation of IPSHA, an early variety bean, has appeared to be a profitable venture for many farmers in Jhenidah, an area famous for growing the popular winter vegetable.
20 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Poultry farmers in a double bind
Poultry farmers, who have already been hit hard by the pandemic, are struggling to survive due to low prices of chicken currently prevailing in the market coupled with a sharp rise in feed prices.
18 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Flood in Faridpur: Crops worth over Tk 10cr damaged in 6 upazilas
Various crops on 1,852 hectares of land have been damaged by floods this year in six out of nine upazilas of Faridpur, according to data from Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) in the district.
18 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Farmers make profit growing watermelon on unused lands of fish enclosures
Farmers of Beel Khukshiya regions in Keshabpur upazila of Jashore have found enviable success in cultivating watermelon during its off-season.
15 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Tea cultivation in plain land brings delight to farmers
With help from Bangladesh Tea Board, 82 farmers in Lalmonirhat district of Rangpur division are farming tea on 121 acres of plain land with great success.
14 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Aus production to falter in Sylhet division
With 98 percent of harvesting already complete, Aus production this season in four districts of Sylhet division is likely to fall behind the targeted production of 4.71 lakh tonnes.
12 September 2021, 18:00 PM
Work on to cultivate crops twice or thrice a year in saline prone areas: Razzaque
The government have been working to cultivate crops twice or thrice a year in the saline prone areas of coastal and southwestern parts of the country, Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said today.
12 September 2021, 12:58 PM
Ocean, future’s nutrition hub
Food is related with hunger. For years, people have struggled and innovated many ways to battle with hunger.
9 September 2021, 18:00 PM