agricultural development

Farm to Fork: A responsible way of production by Nestlé

The largest food and beverage company in the world — Nestlé — has been practicing a sustainable approach to production that is beneficial to the organisation, society, the environment as well as the consumers. With their wide variety of Nestlé products, you probably come across at least one every day. To ensure that these products are of standard quality, sustainable, and leave as less carbon footprint as possible, Nestlé globally has an impactful approach, “Farm to Fork” and Nestlé Bangladesh also opted for the approach for their food products.
15 October 2022, 17:00 PM

Rural Bangladesh needs next-generation village roads

The streets of rural Bangladesh should value the safety and wellbeing of its users.
15 September 2022, 14:00 PM

Tech overhaul to lead Bangladesh’s agriculture to the future

The current coronavirus pandemic has created giant seismic shifts in our day-to-day living and has presented us with a new set of challenges.
4 June 2020, 18:00 PM

Loan at 4% interest for producers of non-major food grains

State Minister for Rural Development and Co-operatives Division Shawpan Bhattacharjee tells parliament that farmers will be able to get loan at 4 per cent interest for producing non-major food grains.
27 June 2019, 15:30 PM

2,500-year-old crop seeds discovered

Archaeologists have found crop seeds as old as 2,500 years in Bogura's Mahasthangarh.
1 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Smart agriculture with smart technology

Unlike many other sub-continental countries, one of the major limitations in designing ICT based services for the rural farmers in Bangladesh is the low literacy and technology adverseness.
31 January 2016, 18:00 PM

A culture of disdain for farmers

Most farmers in this country are cash-strapped but they are not by any means unsuccessful or less civilised than the rest of the community.
8 January 2016, 18:00 PM

PM for changing marginalised people’s fate

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina stresses changing the fate of marginal people for the country’s overall socio-economic development.
3 January 2016, 10:39 AM

Cutting interest rate on savings will affect all: Matia

Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury sharply criticizes finance minister AMA Muhith for proposing to cut the interest rate on all saving certificates in the proposed budget for 2015-16 fiscal.
20 June 2015, 13:44 PM

Solar pumps -- the way forward

IT is interesting to see farmers living in a village that has no access to electricity come up with an innovative solution to their irrigation woes.
18 March 2015, 18:00 PM