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

Boro Harvest: High yield but farmers worry over fair price

The farmers, who are reaping a bumper harvest this Boro season, say they will suffer losses if the government does not increase the procurement price for their produce.
29 April 2023, 01:00 AM

Local admin urges farmers to speed up paddy harvest in haor

The upazila administration and agriculture department have asked farmers to quickly harvest boro rice in the Kawadighi Haor area of Rajnagar upazila of Moulvibazar as there are possibilities of sudden thunderstorms and hailstorms in the area
28 April 2023, 13:52 PM

Boro Harvest: Labour crisis worries growers

Crisis of hired farm labourers is hampering Boro harvest in many areas of the district.
25 April 2023, 18:00 PM

70% Boro paddy of haor areas harvested: agriculture ministry

Seventy percent of the Boro paddy in haor areas have been harvested, the agriculture ministry has said. .In Sylhet, 55 percent paddy, in Moulvibazar 70 percent, in Habiganj 67 percent, in Sunamganj 73 percent, in Kishoreganj 58 percent, in Netrokona 77 percent, and in Brahmanbaria 67 perce
24 April 2023, 10:11 AM

Boro Harvest: Blast disease sinks farmers’ hopes in haors

Every year, a festive mood prevails in the hoar regions at this time as farmers get busy harvesting and threshing their Boro crops. But not this year.
20 April 2023, 01:40 AM