Govt to buy 70,000 tonnes of fertiliser for current Aman season
Star Business Report
2 September 2026 Business
No shortage of fertiliser - Says agri minister
UNB, Dhaka
30 August 2026 Agriculture
No fertiliser crisis in Bangladesh: Agriculture minister
Our Correspondent, Faridpur
29 August 2026 Agriculture
Bangladesh to import 480,000 tonnes of Canadian fertiliser
UNB, Dhaka
29 August 2026 Agriculture
Fertiliser stocks ample, group trying to create artificial crisis: Agriculture minister
Our Correspondent, Munshiganj
26 August 2026 Agriculture
Govt to import 365,000 tonnes of fertiliser to shore up stocks
Star Business Report
24 August 2026 Business
Farmers break into Kurigram fertiliser warehouse, take 197 urea sacks
Our Correspondent, Lalmonirhat
23 August 2026 Agriculture

Boro harvesting of haor areas almost done

4.38 lakh out of 4.53 lakh hectares have already been harvested
5 May 2024

Haor farmers advised to harvest rice quickly

The agriculture ministry has advised farmers in seven northeastern haor districts to harvest paddy that has reached 80 percent maturity to protect the crop from heavy rainfalls
29 April 2024

Boro Harvest: Good yields bring joy to haor farmers

Farmers in Sunamganj are passing busy days harvesting Boro paddy, which is their staple crop.
26 April 2024

There is a risk of heat shock in Boro paddy in Gazipur: agri officials

There is a risk of heat shock in Boro paddy in Gazipur as a severe heatwave has been sweeping over the country, agriculture officials said
23 April 2024

Ongoing heatwave raises concerns over Boro yield

The heatwave that has been sweeping across the country for over two weeks has raised concerns regarding agricultural production, particularly vegetables, mango and Boro paddy that are in the flowering and grain formation stages.
21 April 2024

Dinajpur farmers reel from drought-like situation

Unusually high temperatures and a lack of rain have created drought-like conditions in Dinajpur and Rangpur.
19 April 2024

Tobacco cultivation: 30,000 northern families at health risk

Widespread cultivation of tobacco leaf in northern Bangladesh has raised concerns about occupational health hazards.
18 April 2024

Livestock services week, fair begin

3,000 farmers from 466 upazilas take part in "Livestock Services Week and Exhibition-2024"
18 April 2024

Govt raises bottled soybean oil price to Tk 167 a litre

But cuts loose soybean oil price by Tk 2 a litre
18 April 2024

Bangladesh to introduce drone technology to assess crop losses

20 DAE officers will get training on how to use the tech
17 April 2024

Import of another 124,000 tonnes of rice given go-ahead

Some 91,000 tonnes will be parboiled rice and 33,000 tonnes sunned rice
17 April 2024

From barren roof to blooming garden

Atop the Barlekha Upazila Agriculture Office in Moulvibazar sits a delicate rooftop garden, featuring a tapestry of flowers. A whopping 250 flower varieties are blooming on this roof.
16 April 2024

Refiners want Tk 10 hike in edible oil price

They want to sell soybean oil at Tk 173, loose palm oil Tk 132 and five-litre cans at Tk 845
16 April 2024

Char haats on Brahmaputra river bed

Char haat, a weekly market, is a place where char farmers sell their produces at a low price and buy the essentials at a high cost.
15 April 2024

Brick kiln on croplands damages Boro on 50 acres

Toxic gas from a brick kiln set up close to agricultural lands damaged standing Boro paddy on 50 acres of land belonging to nearly one hundred farmers in Nazirpur upazila during the last two weeks.
15 April 2024

Low price frustrates betel nut growers

Despite a bumper yield this year, betel nut growers in different districts of Rangpur region remain upset for not getting the expected market price of the item.
8 April 2024

Turning camels into cows

Megafarms are being set up to produce camel milk on industrial scales
8 April 2024

Onion farmers in the north stare at losses

Even after a bumper harvest of onions this season in four districts of Rajshahi, a sharp decline in the price of the vegetable has left farmers struggling.
5 April 2024

Sugarcane growers busy ahead of Eid

Sugarcane growers at different villages in Kapasia upazila are passing a busy time as demand of sugar and molasses hugely increases during the month of Ramadan, especially ahead of the Eid.
3 April 2024

Low price frustrates pumpkin growers

Pumpkin growers in different upazilas of five northern districts have been deprived of fair price of the vegetable as the price dropped significantly this season.
2 April 2024