Mostafa Shabuj

Year-round harvests have made local fruits cheaper and exotic options commonplace

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After failing to shield potato farmers from a price crash last season, the government is now struggling to deliver cash incentives even as harvesting of this year’s early varieties has already begun, raising fresh concerns about policy delays and continued neglect of growers.

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Rates dropped by more than Tk 100 per maund in two weeks as growers blame rising imports even amid peak harvesting

Sohel Rana had been growing mangos since 2013 in traditional methods, often applying excessive chemical fertilisers and pesticides. He was aware of the health risks and the adverse effects on the soil, but he did what he needed to do for a greater yield. And until last year, the farmer from Naogaon sold his produces in the local market for a marginal profit.

Countrywide farmers across 29 districts suffered losses worth Tk 212cr

Jahidul Islam, a farmer from Chanpara area of Panchbibi upazila, had 100 sacks of seed potatoes stored at Sathi Himagar-3 cold storage.

The government should swiftly restore normal contraceptive supplies and treat this matter as a national priority.

Why are farmers spending extra money to use an unhealthy amount of chemical fertiliser and pesticides?

Cultivation of new potatoes also falls; experts blame govt’s poor planning, policy gaps

Cultivation of new potatoes also falls; experts blame govt’s poor planning, policy gaps

Many farmers are considering abandoning mango cultivation due to sharply rising production costs.

Farmers in the northern districts are paying Tk 47 to Tk 50 per kilogramme for triple superphosphate (TSP) fertiliser this Aman season, while the government rate is Tk 27.

An acute shortage of contraceptives in health centres across the country is severely affecting reproductive and maternal healthcare, with marginalised communities in rural and remote areas suffering the most. .At community clinics, Family Welfare Assistants (FWAs) usually provide free cont

If you stand at the Charmatha Zero Point of Naogaon’s Sapahar upazila town between June and August, all you see for nearly 2.5 kilometres in every direction are vehicles laden with crates of mangoes. .A decade ago, such a sight was unimaginable for locals..For three months each year,