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No fertiliser crisis in Bangladesh: Agriculture minister
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Bangladesh to import 480,000 tonnes of Canadian fertiliser
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Govt to import 365,000 tonnes of fertiliser to shore up stocks
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24 August 2026 Business

Boro farmers harvest paddy in advance amid forecast of cyclone 'Asani'

Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has advised boro farmers of Patuakali to harvest their paddy before the due time as there is a forecast of cyclone “Asani” under the influence of low pressure in the Bay of Bengal.
7 May 2022

Farmers facing challenges in crop production

Many farmers in Biral upazila have been facing enormous challenges in producing quality crops in their farmlands due to emission of toxic gas from two surrounding brick kilns.
5 May 2022

Eid joy eludes flood-ravaged haor areas

“Most paddy fields in our village are under water. We are not only facing food shortage but also lacking fodder for our cattle. Had the flood happened after two weeks, we could have harvested at least enough to feed ourselves,”
3 May 2022

Haor farmers could avoid huge loss thanks to govt’s timely steps: Deputy Minister

Farmers have harvested 90 percent of Boro paddy in haor areas, AKM Enamul Haque Shamim, deputy minister for water resources, said today.
29 April 2022

Dutch exhibit: Agri ministry defends its decision to send officials

The agricultural ministry defended the participation of officials’, in phases, in a six-month-long exhibition in the Netherlands, without mentioning the exact number of delegates.
28 April 2022

Char farmers see rising profits from maize

Hundreds of maize farmers based in char areas of the Brahmaputra, Teesta and Jamuna rivers in Gaibandha are overjoyed to get bumper yields and good prices this year.
28 April 2022

Dutch horticulture exhibit: 100 officials going abroad, austerity out the window

At least 100 agriculture ministry officials will participate in phases in a six-month international horticulture exhibition in the Netherlands, even though the government had asked to abandon all routine tours except those involving emergencies.
27 April 2022

Quail farming catching on in Bagerhat

Mehedi Hasan, a university student who lives in Kashempur village of Bagerhat sadar upazila, lost his chicken farm over a year ago as coronavirus-induced losses made it impossible for him to continue operations.
24 April 2022

Farmers still facing water crisis

Even after the suicide of two farmers recently, water distribution for agricultural lands of marginal people in Barind areas has not improved, said rights activists yesterday.
21 April 2022

Researchers identify high-yielding aman, boro paddies

Researchers have identified rice varieties with the best yield performance for both aman and boro seasons after rigorous on-farm trials.
21 April 2022

41% boro harvested in haors

About 41 per cent of boro paddy has already been harvested in haor areas as of April 20, according to the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE).
21 April 2022

Use of salt in cropland: A disaster in the offing

A large number of farmers are using salt on cropland unscrupulously hoping to get higher yields in various upazilas of Natore especially in Naldanga.
20 April 2022

Middlemen eating into salt farmers’ profits

While salt production has been growing steadily over the years, the farmers in the coastal districts of Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar are apprehensive over whether their meagre profits would get any better.
20 April 2022

One-fifth of Boro in haor areas harvested

Farmers in the haor regions harvested nearly one-fifth of their Boro paddy as of yesterday, according to an estimate by the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE).
16 April 2022

Cucumbers TK 1 per KG

Workers at a farm in Joynagar village under Birganj upazila of Dinajpur are seen packing cucumbers into sacks for shipping to nearby wholesale markets. Despite the vegetable’s popularity across Bangladesh,
16 April 2022

Soybean oil solely off foreign seeds

Many of you, who know about the cultivation of soybean in Bangladesh, might think that the production of the oilseed contributes to meeting the country’s demand for edible oil to some extent.
12 April 2022

How farmers are doing?

March 26 was Bangladesh’s 51st anniversary of independence. On this month in 1971, after years of struggles Bangalees went into the battlefield, for the independence of their motherland.
12 April 2022

Onion farmers in a tight spot for poor prices

Although onion prices were excessively high just one month ago, farmers in Pabna are now struggling to recover production costs due to a supply glut following this year’s harvest.
9 April 2022

Irrigation in Boro fields faces setback

Irrigation in 2,500 hectares of land in Nilphamari is facing setback in the ongoing Boro season as transformer theft has become rampant which may lead to production fall.
9 April 2022

Onion farmers to get loan, incentive: agriculture minister  

Farmers will be given loan to make the country self-sufficient in production of onion and its seed, said Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque.
7 April 2022