Agriculture

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

Green malta brings smiles to farmers

Farmers in Sylhet division have seen tremendous success from the cultivation of green malta in the fallow lands this year.

6 September 2023, 18:00 PM

Mango Export: Growers innovate farming practices

The rising quantity of mango exports has been changing the farming practices of the fruit in Rajshahi region as farmers are now opting for more chemical-free mango production, agriculturists say.

26 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Jute production in Rangpur region: Farmers unhappy with low price

Maqbul Hossain, 65, a jute farmer of Gokunda village under Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila, cultivated Pratiman variety of jute on five bighas of land and produced 35 maunds of the golden fibre for a production cost of Tk 80,000.

24 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Turn Barind into export-focused agri hub: experts

Experts at a workshop in Rajshahi yesterday advocated for transformation of the Barind region from a rice bowl to an export-focused agricultural hub to save the declining water resources.

23 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Growers busy in producing vegetable saplings on floating seedbed

Farmers in Pirojpur and Barisal are passing busy time in growing vegetable saplings on floating seedbeds.

12 August 2023, 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

Good yield, better prices delight Tangail banana growers

Farmers in different upazilas of Tangail are delighted as the district sees bumper banana yield due to a favourable weather condition this season.

31 July 2023, 18:00 PM

11.5 lakh tonnes mangoes produced in Rajshahi region this year

Around 11.5 lakh tonnes of mangoes were produced on around 93,000 hectares in the northern districts of Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj, Naogaon and Natore districts this year..The market price of the mangoes is around Tk 7,500 crore..In the last stage of the three-month peak business peri

20 July 2023, 11:00 AM

Fertiliser price rose by 105%: ActionAid report

The cost of food, fuel, and fertiliser in some of the world’s most vulnerable communities has escalated due to the food and energy crisis, which is attributed to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a new study conducted by ActionAid

2 July 2023, 15:01 PM

Raising 'Dhabal Goru': A legacy on verge of extinction

Akhtar Hossain, a farmer of Tengor village of Mirkadim, Munshiganj, formed a special bonding with his three cows. He treated them like his own children and provided them with a comfortable living space, good food, and regular care

28 June 2023, 13:31 PM

Banker shines in cattle farming

Ahsan Sikder took up cattle rearing in 2013, a couple of years after he graduated from Rajshahi University’s Marketing department

28 June 2023, 08:32 AM

Boro, Aman Procurement: Syndicate embezzles Tk 40 lakh public fund

A government audit team discovered that a syndicate in Sirajganj has embezzled over Tk 40 lakh public funds, designated for procuring Boro and Aman paddy.

15 June 2023, 18:00 PM

Country has surplus sacrificial animals: livestock minister

Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim today said that the country is experiencing a surplus of sacrificial animals, rather than a shortage.

14 June 2023, 16:18 PM

Contract farming takes over poultry industry

In the last week of March, marginal poultry farmer Delowar Hossain bought nearly 4,000 one-day-old Sonali chicks from a large poultry company. After rearing them for 40 days, when he tried selling them, he found it shockingly difficult to recover his production cost, let alone make any profit.

22 May 2023, 01:00 AM