March rainfall 31% above average; crops damaged but diesel for irrigation saved
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Agriculture
Social media inspires Juri farmer to grow watermelon, attracting crowds
1 April 2026, 12:59 PM
Bangladesh
No plan for free fertiliser at the moment: Agriculture minister
31 March 2026, 18:18 PM
Agriculture
Cold storage owners want govt aid for disaster-hit potato growers
29 March 2026, 22:03 PM
Business
Diesel crisis leaves thousands of fishermen idle in Shariatpur
28 March 2026, 20:40 PM
Energy
Three days of hailstorms leave 2,000 vegetable seed farmers into crisis in Lalmonirhat
28 March 2026, 11:56 AM
Agriculture
Pabna litchi growers eye bumper harvest
28 March 2026, 03:29 AM
Agriculture
Litchi trade in Pabna could hit Tk 800 crore this summer
27 March 2026, 13:01 PM
Agriculture
Diesel shortage disrupts Boro irrigation
26 March 2026, 00:00 AM
Agriculture
How a water crisis is reshaping farming in Naogaon
22 March 2026, 13:08 PM
Agriculture
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
Mocha: 4 directives to avoid possible crop damage
DAE asks farmers to harvest 80% ripe paddy, mature mango and crops
10 May 2023, 07:35 AM
Boro Harvest: Good yield delights coastal farmers
Boro cultivation has brought smiles to a good number of farmers at many coastal villages in Barguna, with a bumper yield of the paddy this season.
8 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Urea production at JFCL halts
Urea production at Jamuna Fertilizer Company Ltd (JFCL) at Tarakandi in Jamalpur district today halted due to a technical issue
8 May 2023, 16:16 PM
Mango harvesting begins in Rajshahi
Harvesting of the current season’s mango is going to start from today in Rajshahi.
3 May 2023, 18:00 PM
Hobby of aquarium fish churning thousands for schoolboy
The 16-year-old schoolboy from Faridpur Sadar upazila now earns at least Tk 80,000 per month through fish farming.
1 May 2023, 12:27 PM