Farmers blame seed quality for crop failure in Kulaura
30 May 2026, 21:41 PM
Agriculture
No harvest, no eid: Habiganj farmers stare at debt
27 May 2026, 19:08 PM
Agriculture
‘No Eid at home’: Farmers lament low paddy prices in Rangpur
26 May 2026, 13:17 PM
Agriculture
Govt expects no urea shortage for Aman season
24 May 2026, 01:20 AM
Agriculture
When the harvest rots: Bagerhat’s Boro farmers count losses after untimely rain
14 May 2026, 13:48 PM
Agriculture
Leaving banking behind, marketing graduate finds fortune in cattle farming
13 May 2026, 22:24 PM
Agriculture
Govt to waive Tk 5.18 crore farm loans for 6,646 Bagerhat farmers
13 May 2026, 18:05 PM
Agriculture
Govt begins Boro paddy procurement in Bagerhat
13 May 2026, 13:40 PM
Agriculture
Bumper mango yield rekindles hope among Natore farmers
13 May 2026, 10:06 AM
Agriculture
Business Plus / Oil flowers on the coastlines
9 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Business
Bad news for wheat market as Russia pulls out of grain deal
Bangladesh’s wheat market may see fresh volatility after Russia pulled out of a United Nations and Turkey-brokered deal that could turn the global grain market unstable, importers warn.
17 July 2023, 15:51 PM
Experimental production of vannamei shrimp’s postlarvae given go-ahead
Desh Bangla SPF Hatchery will start the experimental production
17 July 2023, 14:26 PM
Banks can now reschedule default loans of cold storages
The loans can be repaid in 10 years with one-year of grace period
13 July 2023, 15:22 PM
India's summer-sown crop planting lags on uneven monsoon rains
Farmers in India have fallen behind in planting key summer-sown crops such as rice, cotton, corn and soybeans due to the uneven distribution of monsoon rainfall, although they could catch up in the coming weeks if sufficient rain occurs.
9 July 2023, 08:56 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
93 tonnes of green chilli imported from India
About 93 tonnes of green chillies arrived in the country within a week after Bangladesh allowed the import of the kitchen essential due to skyrocketing prices, according to a notification from the Ministry of Agriculture
2 July 2023, 12:11 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
'Bangladesh lost $3.72 billion in 20 years for climate change'
Swiss embassy's Bangladesh Microinsurance Market Development Programme finds
22 June 2023, 14:11 PM
Govt to spend Tk 17.5 crore on TCB’s smart cards
Infrastructure Investment Facilitation Company will help digitise the cards
22 June 2023, 11:45 AM
Pran Agro to raise Tk 262.5 crore through bonds
The coupon rate of the bond is 8.88%
19 June 2023, 15:40 PM
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
Aman growers to get Tk 33.2 crore govt incentive
Around 4.9 lakh farmers will get seeds, fertilisers free of cost
28 May 2023, 11:28 AM
Govt lifts ban on aromatic rice export
Senior Commerce Secretary Tapan Kanti Ghosh shared the information today
24 May 2023, 16:00 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
Low yield frustrates Moulvibazar litchi growers
Litchi growers in Moulvibazar fear a low production of the juicy summer fruit this year due to unfavourable weather condition during the peak time of flowering.
17 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Cultivation of pumpkin, maize brings joy to char farmers
Members of Agamir Sanchay Samobay Samity, a social organisation in Lalmonirhat, have a huge success in crops cultivation by bringing unused sandy land in the Teesta river basin areas under group farming, also known as community farming.
16 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Cyclone Mocha forces Chalanbeel farmers to begin harvesting paddy
Farmer Anisul Haque, of Boailmari village in Pabna’s Chatmohar upazila under the Chalanbeel region, started harvesting paddy last week, even though it did not ripen fully
11 May 2023, 17:10 PM
BINA Dhan-25 shows hope
Mannan Joaddar cultivated BINA Dhan-25, a newly developed variety of paddy, on one bigha of land in Moghi village of Magura 93 days ago.
11 May 2023, 01:40 AM