Black plum harvests revive Barguna farmer’s glories

A former presidential award winner for cultivating watermelon and vegetables is now making a name in Barguna with his black plum trees, that too selling off most of this season’s Tk 15 lakh-worth harvests through Facebook.
5 July 2021, 18:00 PM

Cattle dermatitis causing concern in Kurigram, Lalmonirhat

Cattle owners in different areas of Kurigram and Lalmonirhat are growing increasingly worried as a type of dermatitis or skin disease in cattle has been on the rise in the two districts.
4 July 2021, 18:00 PM

Boro Farming in Barind: Hope lost in debt woes

The yield was good, the weather was favourable for harvesting Boro paddy and the prices too were acceptable, if not fair, to farmers.
16 June 2021, 18:00 PM

Govt starts procurement of paddy

The government started procurement of paddy directly from farmers at Tk 27 per kg from yesterday.
28 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Salinity in Coastal Areas: Alternative crops ignite farmers’ hope

People living by the Kirtonkhola river in Barishal noticed in March this year that the river’s water had become unusually salty.
22 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Farmers in haor areas reap in joy

Bumper production of Boro paddy has brought smiles on the faces of farmers in the haor region of Netrakona and Kishoreganj.
20 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Those who grow food can’t go hungry: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government is extending all sorts of support to the farmers to help them grow more food in view of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic alongside the measures to make sure that they will have food in their homes.
19 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Crucial Boro Harvest: Labourers more available than last year

Farmers in many areas have started harvesting Boro paddy.
15 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Fall in supply pushes up onion price

Onion prices shot up in Dhaka markets over the last week as supply of imported bulbs and early harvested varieties declined.
12 March 2021, 18:00 PM

Cattle take the brunt of cold

Cattle in the country’s northern districts are being infected with different cold-related diseases due to the bitter cold that has been prevailing over the region for the last couple of weeks.
24 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Farmers in North fear crop loss

Potato and Boro farmers in the northern region of the country are fearing a huge loss this season due to adverse weather.
21 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Jute price soars to a record high

Jute has been selling at the highest rate after independence of Bangladesh. The benefit, however, is being reaped by the middle men instead of jute growers.
19 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Onion prices tumble as imports from India start

The price of onions has dropped to Tk 10-15 per kilogram as the import of the daily essentials from India started yesterday.
2 January 2021, 18:00 PM

‘Smart farming’ plows ahead in Japan

“Smart farming,” which utilises cutting-edge robotics and artificial intelligence, could hold the key to an agricultural resurgence in a nation of graying farmers and a general population reluctant to toil in the soil.
4 February 2019, 06:30 AM

Mustard reverses farmers' fortune

Shefali Bewa of Altafnagar area in Dupchanchia upazila said she started mustard farming in her five bighas of land
28 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Power crisis to increase boro production cost

Farmers in three unions of Jaldhaka upazila may face increased boro production cost this year as three deep
27 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Quality seed crisis worries potato growers in N-dists

Acute crisis of quality seeds in the ongoing potato cultivation season has become a cause of concern for the potato growers in
24 December 2016, 18:00 PM

To save from bird menace

Vegetable farmers of Tarapur village in Sundarganj upazila have introduced a new technique of netting vegetable fields to protect brinjal from flocks of birds that destroyed the flowers and buds of the vegetable.
21 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Khirai an early winter windfall for farmers

Delicious in salads, a good source of hydration and helpful in reducing body fat, crispy khirai, a small variety of cucumbers, are everybody's friend. But farmers in Chandpur's Matlab Uttar upazila are particularly enthusiastic about khirais these days, as the early winter crop of both local ufshi and hybrid varieties delivers healthy profits.
21 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Sorjan farming method makes wetlands profitable

With a farmer's eye the thousands of hectares that make up Noakhali's coastal areas seemed to offer little promise, until now.
20 December 2016, 18:00 PM