Experts say at event organised by the Bangladesh Cold Storage Association

50 permits, allowing up to 30 tonnes each, to be issued daily

Farmers welcome project but say they need heat-tolerant seeds

The sugar mill in Jamalpur has a debt of Tk 656.75 crore, mostly bank interest

The Bangladesh Cold Storage Association (BCSA) will organise the event

After months of promises, interim govt has withdrawn its plan to purchase 50,000 tonnes of potatoes

The facility will remain valid until March 31, 2026

Traders alleged that police stay silent despite being aware of extortion

So far, around 2,800 applications have been submitted for onion imports

World Bank says global commodity prices will hit six-year low in 2026

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

The price of bottled soybean oil set at Tk 195 per litre, up 3 percent from Tk 189

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It will begin from November this year

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.

Heavy monsoon rains have disrupted Bangladesh’s agricultural supply chain, driving up prices of essential vegetables and eggs across the country over the last three months..A report by the Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission (BTTC), submitted to the commerce ministry yesterday, highligh

Consumers can purchase each kilogramme of flour at Tk 24

The government has decided to procure potatoes directly from farmers this year in a bid to ensure fair prices for growers amid a sharp decline in domestic rates due to higher production.

Bangladesh produced 1.15 crore tonnes of potatoes, the highest in history, in the last harvesting season, raising fears that a good portion of the tuber is likely to remain surplus this year as demand is far  below the output, according to estimates by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS).

The government has shortened the tender submission period for importing 4 lakh tonnes of rice, according to a decision of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs yesterday. .The move is intended to build up public food stocks and contain the price of the staple in the local market.