Govt halves aromatic rice export quota
Star Business Report
8 September 2026 Business
34-member body formed to assess binna grass use
Star Business Report
7 September 2026 Business
Govt to buy 70,000 tonnes of fertiliser for current Aman season
Star Business Report
2 September 2026 Business
No shortage of fertiliser - Says agri minister
UNB, Dhaka
30 August 2026 Agriculture
No fertiliser crisis in Bangladesh: Agriculture minister
Our Correspondent, Faridpur
29 August 2026 Agriculture
Bangladesh to import 480,000 tonnes of Canadian fertiliser
UNB, Dhaka
29 August 2026 Agriculture
Fertiliser stocks ample, group trying to create artificial crisis: Agriculture minister
Our Correspondent, Munshiganj
26 August 2026 Agriculture
Govt to import 365,000 tonnes of fertiliser to shore up stocks
Star Business Report
24 August 2026 Business

Sugarcane growers busy ahead of Eid

Sugarcane growers at different villages in Kapasia upazila are passing a busy time as demand of sugar and molasses hugely increases during the month of Ramadan, especially ahead of the Eid.
3 April 2024

Low price frustrates pumpkin growers

Pumpkin growers in different upazilas of five northern districts have been deprived of fair price of the vegetable as the price dropped significantly this season.
2 April 2024

Mango buds bloom in abundance

Mango buds on trees are in abundance in Thakurgaon following a favourable weather, showing a bright prospect for a good yield of the juicy summer fruit.
30 March 2024

Cut import duties on essential commodities: FBCCI

Build a database of the essentials to ensure smooth supply, it says
30 March 2024

Litchi growers expect good harvest this year

There are over 4,000 orchards dotting the district
28 March 2024

Russia wants skilled manpower from Bangladesh

The Putin administration will take 60 workers initially and more in phases
24 March 2024

Govt to buy 8,000 tonnes of lentil, 10,000 tonnes of sugar

The commodities will be purchased for the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh
20 March 2024

India’s biggest wholesale market in Nashik demands withdrawal of onion export ban

The Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) in India’s Lasalgaon made the demand
20 March 2024

Low capsicum price frustrates grower

After being inspired by watching some videos on YouTube twenty-two-year-old Hridoy Miah cultivated hybrid variety of capsicum on char land but getting extremely frustrated due to low price of the item this season.
19 March 2024

Commodity market monitoring to continue: Titu

There is ample supply of basic goods, the state minister for commerce says
19 March 2024

Shop owners lambast ‘meaningless’ price fixing of 29 commodities

They demand cancellation of the prices fixed by the Department of Agricultural Marketing on March 15
19 March 2024

India to source onion from domestic market to export to Bangladesh

India’s National Cooperative Export Ltd will purchase 1,650 tonnes at Rs 29 a kg
18 March 2024

Little initiative, significant outcome

Now they not only have a house, but found a way of earning their livelihood as well.
16 March 2024

Cashew nut farming in plain land

Although much of the cashew nut consumed in the country is cultivated in the hilly areas, a few are showing that it can be grown in the plain land.
16 March 2024

Climate resilient agriculture

Even three years back, vast lands would remain barren throughout most of the year in Koyra upazila of Khulna due to high level of salinity in the nearby rivers and waterbodies.
15 March 2024

Fields of dust

Agriculture was his life. But that life, like countless others, has been uprooted by the harsh reality of climate change.
15 March 2024

Strawberry farming: Jahid shows the way

It was only a few months ago when Jahid Hasan Basunia first started cultivating strawberries, but none of his neighbours had the idea on how to grow the juicy fruit.
14 March 2024

Government fixes date prices for Ramadan

Price of low grade dates will be Tk 150 to Tk 165 a kg
12 March 2024

Govt allocates Tk 64 crore to boost Aush cultivation 

The agriculture ministry has allocated Tk 64.15 crore to support 9.40 lakh small and marginal farmers as part of its incentive programme to boost Aush paddy cultivation
12 March 2024

TCB imports 400 tonnes of chickpeas through Benapole

The import cost is Tk 85 a kg, but the TCB will sell it at Tk 55 a kg
5 March 2024