How salinity sank Satkhira farmers' harvests
2 December 2025, 18:09 PM
News
Debt-laden Zeal Bangla begins another crushing season
30 November 2025, 11:25 AM
Business
Two-day potato festival begins in Dhaka on December 12
29 November 2025, 11:40 AM
Business
Hill farmers turn to coffee for better earnings
29 November 2025, 02:49 AM
News
Coriander prices soar as off-season rain cuts yield
21 November 2025, 19:54 PM
News
Govt may allow onion imports if prices stay high: adviser
9 November 2025, 11:53 AM
Business
Golden-green Aman paddy kindles hope for Patuakhali farmers
9 November 2025, 07:04 AM
News
Golden-green Aman paddy kindles hope for Patuakhali farmers
9 November 2025, 13:28 PM
Bangladesh
Potato farmers drown in debt as price plummets
1 November 2025, 18:12 PM
News
Farmers struggle with non-urea fertiliser shortage in Kurigram, Lalmonirhat
25 October 2025, 09:51 AM
News
Commercial ginger cultivation on sacks
Cultivating ginger in plastic sacks on unused land has turned out to be a boon for farmer Abdul Mazid of Sarishabari upazila.
13 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Onion Farming in Jashore: High prices prompt more cultivation
Farmers in Jashore are expanding their commercial cultivation of onions this year, expecting a better yield and higher profits than the previous year.
12 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Expanding tobacco cultivation: Farmers give in to lure of profits
Despite the risks to soil and the environment, tobacco companies are encouraging farmers in Lalmonirhat to expand tobacco cultivation this year. Influenced by previous profits, farmers are now choosing new areas for planting tobacco seedlings.
12 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Farmers give in to lure of profits
Despite the risks to soil and the environment, tobacco companies are encouraging farmers in Lalmionirhat to expand tobacco cultivation this year. Influenced by previous profits, farmers are now choosing new areas for planting tobacco seedlings
12 January 2024, 14:00 PM
High prices prompt more cultivation
The high demand and good price for onions in the market have encouraged the farmers to cultivate the crop on more lands this year, say agriculture officials
12 January 2024, 13:27 PM
Catkin growers all smiles
Bumper yield of catkin, locally called kashia, this season has brought smiles to many farmers in Kurigram’s Chilmari upazila as they are earning a handsome profit by selling the produce at good prices due to its high demand.
7 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Despite winter abundance, vegetable prices soar
The prices of all vegetables have been spiraling unusually in the markets in Dhaka recently, despite being in adequate supply amid peak season in winter.
28 December 2023, 18:00 PM
Topsoil burnt for bricks
Around 180 brick kilns across 14 upazilas of Lalmonirhat and Kurigram are extracting topsoil from farmland to manufacture bricks, affecting agriculture and the environment.
22 December 2023, 18:00 PM
Homestead gardening changing their lives
Around 11,000 flood and erosion affected families in the Brahmaputra river’s shoal areas in Kurigram’s Chilmari are finally experiencing a few specks of joy after finding nutrition support through subsistence farming at their homestead gardens.
16 December 2023, 18:00 PM
Moulvibazar’s Barlekha Upazila: Dragon fruit cultivation shows promise
Arrays of dragon fruit plants blooming with flowers and fruits -- this is what this correspondent was welcomed to during his recent visit to Koyes Ahmed’s orchard in Dashinbhag village of Moulvibazar’s Barlekha upazila.
14 December 2023, 18:00 PM
Low price frustrates Jamalpur jute growers
Jute growers in different upazilas of the district are becoming frustrated due to fall in jute price.
10 December 2023, 18:00 PM
Argentina, Bangladesh ink MoU for bilateral cooperation in agriculture
Bangladesh and Argentina have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for bilateral cooperation in the field of agriculture for the first time.
7 December 2023, 18:00 PM
Vegetable farming on hanging beds
Growing vegetables on hanging beds made of bamboo, nets and polythene has turned out to be a boon for farmers under two low-lying unions in Fakirhat upazila.
7 December 2023, 18:00 PM
Cashing in on Cashews
Cashew nut cultivation in the hilly areas of Sherpur district has shown prospects of commercial success.
6 December 2023, 18:00 PM
Swapan shines in malta farming
Md Ashraf Hossain Swapan is an inspiration to hundreds of farmers in Jhenidah, who have taken up cultivation of Vietnamese malta and other fruits.
30 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Vegetable farming on fallow land
Many farmers in Habiganj’s Chunarughat upazila have changed their fortunes and gradually becoming self-reliant by cultivating winter vegetables on fallow land.
25 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Early Aman Season: High costs, low prices worry northern farmers
As farmers start harvesting and threshing early varieties of Aman paddy in the northern districts, the fear looms that their profit could be negligible due to higher production costs than last year.
24 November 2023, 18:00 PM
6 brothers transform brick kiln into dragon fruit orchard
On a 23-acre land on the bank of Navaganga river in Narail’s Kalia upazila, where there was once a brick kiln emitting dark clouds of smoke, now lies a vast dragon fruit orchard.
22 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Coffee cultivation shows promise
Coffee, a popular drink that used to be an import-dependent commodity, is now being cultivated successfully in some parts of the country.
18 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Farmers suffer for faulty sluice gate
A faulty sluice gate on the Betai river between Kishoreganj’s Tarail upazila and Mymensingh’s Nandail is affecting agricultural activities for past 20 years.
31 October 2023, 18:00 PM