Soil acidity threatens crop yields: agriculture minister
10 June 2026, 19:22 PM
Business
Budget FY27 / Agriculture deserves higher allocation in upcoming budget
10 June 2026, 01:28 AM
Agriculture
Star journalist Sukanta Halder wins Bangladesh Agro-Industry Media Award
6 June 2026, 18:08 PM
Business
Technology, innovation crucial for agro-industrial growth: information minister
6 June 2026, 17:47 PM
Business
Rajshahi mango farmers face losses amid price slump
5 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Agriculture
Cheaper mangoes for consumers, tough post-Eid season for Rajshahi farmers
4 June 2026, 18:29 PM
Agriculture
The poisonous promise that didn’t hold
3 June 2026, 12:30 PM
Agriculture
Farmers with smart cards to get priority in farm loans: BB
2 June 2026, 15:13 PM
Business
Ishwardi litchi farmers reap record harvest but lower returns
2 June 2026, 14:56 PM
Bangladesh
Middle East turmoil / FAO warns of global food security emergency
31 May 2026, 19:36 PM
Business
Boro cultivation on 4,000 hectares uncertain
Cultivation of Boro on about 4,000 hectares of land in the current season seems uncertain due to permanent waterlogging along the Bhabadaha region in Jashore’s Monirampur upazila.
19 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Rice prices will stabilise soon: Razzaque
Amid a sharp rise in the price of rice, Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque today said the price of the staple food grain will be stabilised soon.
19 January 2022, 12:55 PM
10 new high-yielding paddy varieties released
Ten new varieties of high-yielding paddy, including zinc-enriched crop, have been registered and released for cultivation in the next Boro season.
18 January 2022, 13:54 PM
Siddique shines in sour plum
Siddique Hossain’s success did not come overnight. The young man from Tikuria Chala village in Sakhipur upazila has given his all-out effort to achieve it.
16 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Founder of Barendra Seed Bank Yusuf Mollah no more
Yusuf Mollah, the farmer from Rajshahi who founded Barendra Seed Bank to conserve rare and traditional varieties of paddy, died this morning.
14 January 2022, 07:22 AM
Young, experienced makes the difference
The combination of experience and the spirit of youth could become good partners, whether in building society or running any organization. I have seen many successful examples built with this combination.
13 January 2022, 18:00 PM
D-8 to develop climate-smart agricultural technology
The member countries of D-8, an alliance of eight developing countries, have agreed to Bangladesh's proposal to take up a 'multinational integrated project' for the development of climate-smart agricultural technology.
13 January 2022, 13:11 PM
D-8 ministerial meeting on food security begins
The two-day D-8 ministerial meeting on agriculture and food security began in Dhaka today.
12 January 2022, 13:20 PM
Rice price high despite new crop, ample imports
Rice prices have remained high in Bangladesh despite ample supply of the grain as farmers harvest the second biggest Aman crop, giving low-income groups a hard time amid persisting economic uncertainty.
11 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Onion production increased by 27%: Razzaque
The production of onion has increased by 7 lakh tonnes in 2020-21 fiscal year, about 27 per cent up from the previous year.
11 January 2022, 13:38 PM
D-8 ministerial meeting on food security tomorrow
The seventh D-8 ministerial meeting on agriculture and food security will begin tomorrow.
11 January 2022, 11:35 AM
Aman harvest faces water stagnation problem
Farmers in Pirojpur and Jhalakathi are facing problem to harvest Aman paddy as most of the paddy plants have remained under rainwater.
10 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Policy for good agricultural practices needs to be executed: Razzaque
The good agricultural practices (GAP) policy needs to be implemented quickly to increase the export of agricultural products, Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said today.
9 January 2022, 10:40 AM
Millers trim rice to make it attractive: state minister
The millers have been deceiving consumers by pruning rice to make it attractive, State Minister for Planning Shamsul Alam said today.
8 January 2022, 13:44 PM
Women get less than half of what men get
Female workers in Lalmonirhat and Kurigram toiling hard on a chatal (paddy husking and drying yard) even braving inclement weather are being subjected to extreme discrimination in wages.
6 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Pabna farmers eye bumper yield
Mohammad Kamruzzaman of Sujanagar upazila experienced a huge production cost in onion cultivation due to a high price of the seeds last year.
6 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Subsidy boosting mechanisation in agriculture: Razzaque
Agricultural mechanisation is happening fast in the country owing to the subsidy provided by the present government, said Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaue.
6 January 2022, 13:20 PM
Beekeepers welcome a sweet yield
The commercial beekeepers are now hard at work to collect honey from flowers at mustard fields of different regions in Tangail district.
5 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Sun shines on farmers of North
Farmers are making a windfall profit selling early variety of potatoes in different villages of Lalmonirhat and Kurigram.
4 January 2022, 18:00 PM
Mechanised farming gets a boost
Scientists at Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) have successfully manufactured a highly suitable and affordable combine rice harvester.
31 December 2021, 18:00 PM