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

Sterile plants upset tomato growers

A large number of tomato growers, especially the users of an imported variety of seeds, in several villages of Bororchar union
20 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Fertiliser under open sky

Around 10,400 tonnes of urea fertiliser have been kept under the open sky at Mohendranagar in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila due to space shortage in buffer godown.
20 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Ginger a money-spinner

Cultivation of ginger in the district is gaining popularity as it has become a money-spinner for farmers.
11 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Early variety potato boon to farmers

Early variety of potatoes has started to appear in local markets and proved a boon to Lalmonirhat farmers as they are selling
10 December 2016, 18:14 PM

Bumper yield fails to delight farmers

Farmers in Noakhali region are worried because of low price of aman in local markets, despite achieving bumper productions of the paddy
6 December 2016, 18:00 PM

High aman prices delight Patuakhali farmers

Farmers in the coastal district are delighted with fair price of aman paddy this year.
5 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Benevolence extraordinaire

The ordinary act of reaping paddy by a group of women turned out to be an extra-ordinary one as these women, mostly solvent
3 December 2016, 18:00 PM

Good aman yield expected

Farmers and agriculture officials in the district are expecting good yield of aman paddy amid favourable weather this year.
1 December 2016, 18:00 PM