The veterinary faculty students of Sylhet Agricultural University staged demonstrations for the second day on Wednesday boycotting academic activities to press home their five-point demand, including enhancement of an intern鈥檚 monthly allowance to Tk 20,000 from Tk 9,000...
Standard Chartered Bangladesh, in collaboration with Sustainable Agriculture Foundation Bangladesh, has developed two farming smart model villages in Rangpur district, said a press release...
A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Tuesday, seeking the court to direct the Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate corruption allegations against the National Curriculum and Textbook Board chairman....
Students of the Sylhet Agricultural University鈥檚 veterinary faculty on Tuesday staged demonstrations after boycotting academic activities for 5-point demands, including enhancement of an intern鈥檚 monthly allowance to Tk 20,000 from Tk 9,000...
THE government has ways to go and steps to adopt for sustainable food systems crucial for ensuring food security and nutrition for all. A sustainable food system, encompassing everything from processing, packaging and transport of food, also prioritises sustainable agriculture and environmental concern. A sustainable food system also encourages local...
The proposed refined national curriculum for the next year is likely to be implemented in phases, said National Curriculum and Textbook Board officials...
Adviser to the ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts affairs Supradip Chakma on Monday said that the government had all sympathy for the protesting national minority students but could not meet all their demands...
National Credit and Commerce Bank PLC has distributed tree agricultural materials and machinery free of cost among 500 flood-affected and marginal farmers of Maijdee and Chowmuhani in Noakhali under special CSR in the agricultural sector...
Bangladesh Agricultural University has honoured three vice-chancellors of three universities and newly appointed director general of the department of livestock services for their significant contributions to the country鈥檚 livestock sector.
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Debating Society held a seminar on actions to increase remittance at the SAU seminar room in Dhaka on Saturday.
THE Technical Education Board, which is meant to update the technical and vocational education curriculum at certain intervals, usually five years, is reported to be going slow in updating the curriculums for a large number of courses that it oversees. The board deals with courses for diploma degrees in engineering, textile engineering, agriculture...
Former caretaker government adviser professor Rehman Sobhan has attributed environmental degradation to unchecked profit motives and market dominance, urging the establishment of a dedicated commission to tackle these challenges.
Dhaka Bank PLC on Sunday distributed modern agricultural machinery among 450 local farmers at Sirajdikhan Upazila in Munshiganj as part of its social corporate responsibility, said a press release...
THE attacks on the protests that national minority students held on January 15 and the attacks on a rally that mostly students held the next day in protest at the attacks on the January 15 protests are as unsavoury as equally outrageous. Students of national minorities, banded as the Aggrieved Indigenous Students and People, held protests at the...
Two confronting students鈥� platforms are scheduled to stage demonstrations today cordoning off the National Curriculum and Textbook Board building in the capital over removal of graffiti on the national minority groups from a textbook...
Bangladesh Agriculture University authorities have expelled 28 students for one year for ragging first year students of the university....
AS AN agrarian nation, Bangladesh鈥檚 economy is deeply intertwined with the agricultural sector. Agriculture remains the primary source of income for many, with a significant portion of the population depending on it. According to Bangladesh鈥檚 2018 Economic Survey, agriculture employs 40.6 per cent of the workforce and contributes 14.10 per cent to...
Banks disbursed Tk 9,391 crore in agricultural loans in July-October of the 2024-25 financial year, which accounts for 24.71 per cent of the total disbursement target for FY25, according to Bangladesh Bank data...
Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation chairman Md Ruhul Amin Khan has recently inspected the jute seed production activities in Chapainawabganj of Rajshahi region...
Rights activists, consumers, and traders have called for greater collaboration among government agencies to effectively monitor agricultural markets and control essential commodity prices by dismantling syndicates.
Global food prices fell by 2.1 per cent in 2024 compared to the average for the previous year, mainly due to declines in cereal and sugar prices, according to the latest report released Friday by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization...
EDUCATION has been a happening sector in the year that has passed by, with changes in the curriculum and textbooks, which reverted to a much previous state with changes in textbooks after the August 5 political changeover. The sector has always been happening at intervals since independence. But allocation for education has always remained...
Majorities of the students across the country did not get free textbooks on the second day of the year on Thursday...
Bangladesh Agricultural University鈥檚 entomology department researchers have identified an invasive insect pest 鈥� Bondar鈥檚 Nesting Whitefly recently.
SUSTAINABLE agriculture seeks to meet today鈥檚 food needs while it shoul ensure that future generations can also thrive. It is about finding the right balance between social fairness, economic stability and environmental care. In Bangladesh, where agriculture, which supports nearly 40 per cent of the work force, is a cornerstone of the economy, embracing...
A mobile court fined two dealers at Paba upazila in Rajshahi for hoarding more fertilisers than the permitted level and manipulating vouchers...
The Institutional Quality Assurance Cell of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University on Tuesday organised a workshop on outcome based curriculum at the university in Dhaka...
Speakers at a dialogue on Tuesday said that the reliance on chemicals for agricultural production increased in haor areas across the country...
Bangladesh Society of Agronomy organised the two-day 23rd national 2nd international conference titled Smart Agronomy for Sustainable Crop Production commenced at Syed Nazrul Islam Conference Hall of Bangladesh Agricultural University in Mymensingh on Saturday...
Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation chairman Md Ruhul Amin Khan has recently inspected various activities of the BADC in Pabna, Natore and Sirajganj districts...