Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque yesterday said there was no health risk in consuming broiler chicken, as the levels of antibiotic and heavy metal found in its meat was much lower than the permissible limit.

The envoy expressed her country’s willingness in a meeting with Bangladesh’s Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque at the secretariat in Dhaka.

Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque yesterday said the government would make efforts to ensure paddy farmers get a fair price for their produce next season.

Three lawmakers yesterday came down heavily on the government for increasing the price of gas and said the move would affect the people.

With sacks of paddy piled on both sides of the road at Barmi Bazar in Gazipur, farmers were waiting under the scorching sun to sell their produce at a fair price.

The government is considering an option to export rice to benefit the farmers, Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque says.