Agriculture

Agriculture
Export of agro products faces hurdles     

Export of agro products faces hurdles

Small and medium enterprises are losing the ability to compete due to volatile dollar price, hike in packaging commodity prices, and  high ship fares

Editorial

Fertiliser shortage, high price: Step up supply and surveillance

The government has set up mobile courts to curb any market manipulation or charging farmers inflated prices. But these courts would not be very helpful if the supply of fertiliser is not increased

Agriculture minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque

Govt mulls subsidy for diesel in 'Boro' season: Razzaque

Farmers often invest in Boro season the money earned from Aman production and meet their expenses such as purchasing of fertiliser and diesel and irrigation costs

MA Sattar Mandal

Interview: MA Sattar Mandal 'Farmers must be spared from increased diesel costs'

Climate change-tolerant seeds, salinity-tolerant seeds, drought-tolerant seeds, and flood-tolerant seeds must be developed

A fisherman walks by the banks of China's largest freshwater Poyang Lake in Juijiang amid scorching heat, China's central Jiangxi province on 23 August, 2022

China warns of 'severe' threat to harvest from worst heat wave on record

China's autumn harvest is under "severe threat" from high temperatures and drought, authorities have warned, urging action to protect crops in the face of the country's hottest summer on record

Editorial

Increased production cost: Subsidise diesel to save agriculture

The country will survive if agriculture thrives—this is not mere words. During the pandemic, mainly agriculture and export sector kept our economy running

Selim Raihan

Exclusive interview Fuel oil price adjustment could have been made by reducing tax: Selim Raihan

The government has increased the price of fuel oil by a record margin, effective from 12:00am on 6 August. Economist and professor at Economics department of Dhaka University, Selim Raihan, talked to ...

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s power, energy and mineral resources affairs adviser Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury virtually addresses a seminar ‘Energy Security for Sustainable Development’ at FBCCI on 4 August 2022

Industry, agriculture to get priority to power rationing: Tawfiq-e-Elahi

Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury said Ukraine crisis has disrupted the world's energy supply chain. Government has come up with electricity rationing to deal with this situation. The initiative has been ...

Rice market

Agriculture and food Rice production likely to decrease from projected amount

The prices of rice and wheat have broken all past records due to low domestic production and the Russia-Ukraine war, says a report

Bangladesh agricultural innovation and agribiotechnology for sustainable food and nutrition security

Roundtable Bangladesh agricultural innovation and agribiotechnology for sustainable food and nutrition security

A roundtable on ‘Agricultural Innovation and Agribiotechnology for Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security in Bangladesh’ was held on 28 June 2022, organised by Farming Future Bangladesh and Prothom ...

There are tamarind trees in every house of Goshaidanga village in Jhenaidah's Shailkupa upazila.

A village flourishing in local fruits

Many of the local crop and fruit species are going extinct. If these can spread across the whole country with more cultivation, then it will be significant step in preserving the species and in ...

The distinguished guests and CGIAR officials pose at the research portfolio launching event at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka on Wednesday.

'CGIAR research to help unlock agrifood potentials'

The research portfolio will offer a one-stop shop to access its global capabilities

Agriculture minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque and agriculture secretary Md Saidul Islam among others are seen attending the meeting at the secretariat on 14 July 2022

Farmers not to face loss due to rice import: Agriculture minister

There is nothing to worry about the rice import as the ministry of commerce, the ministry of food and the ministry of agriculture are working together in this regard, said the minister

A collection of seasonal fruit at Bonrupa Shamataghat in Rangamati town. Farmers have brought boat-full of different types of fruits.

Agricultural initiative Chittagong Hill Tracts is the new fruit hub

44 different types of fruits including mango, banana, jackfruit, papaya, pineapple and oranges are being grown in the three districts of Chittagong Hill Tracts. That is about 15 per cent of the total ...

Agriculture minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque called on president of Wageningen University and Research Sjoukje Heimovaara at Bangladesh Bhaban in the Netherlands

Agriculture minister meets top Dutch agri research university president

Agriculture minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque called on president of Wageningen University and Research Sjoukje Heimovaara at Bangladesh Bhaban in the Netherlands recently

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