Banks disbursed Tk 22,125 crore in agricultural loans during July-February period of the 2024-25 financial year, achieving 58 per cent of the total disbursement target for FY25, according to Bangladesh Bank data...
Chief adviser Muhammad Yunus on Thursday sought support from the Food and Agriculture Organisation in an effort to export fruits and farm products to China in a bigger way...
WHEN a bumper harvest of potatoes is a relief for consumers, who had to pay high prices for the item even three months ago, the prospect for the producers appears bleak. Producers are faced with heavy losses as they are forced to sell their produce for prices below the production cost. Potatoes sell for Tk 10鈥�12 a kilogram on the local wholesale market...
Rajshahi people on Wednesday formed a human chain in the city demanding protection of the environment, agricultural land and ensuring social security...
The National Curriculum and Textbook Board chair AKM Reazul Hassan said at a press conference on Tuesday that the national curriculum of 2023 was deliberately imposed on them and it was a foreign conspiracy...
The export of the agricultural products witnessed a positive growth of 10.25 per cent to $742.47 million year-on-year in the July-February period of the current financial year...
HILSA has for long been a cultural and culinary staple. Yet, despite a notable increase in production, its price remains beyond the reach of many consumers. A recent study led by professor Md Mostafa Shamsuzzaman and his research team in the Sylhet Agricultural University sheds light on the underlying factors behind this persistent price increase. Their findings...
Dhaka Bank PLC distributed modern agricultural machinery among approximately 300 local farmers of Belkuchi Upazila in Sirajganj as part of its special corporate social responsibility (agriculture), said press release...
Gazipur Agricultural University hosted training on 鈥極ffice regulations and confidentiality, workplace safety and health practices鈥� at the university in Gazipur, said a press release on Thursday...
THE agricultural sector has long been considered the backbone of Bangladesh鈥檚 economy. It provides sustenance and employment to millions. However, in the current context of diverse employment opportunities, modernising and mechanising this critical sector is urgently needed. The Awami League government鈥檚 ambitious 鈥楢gricultural Mechanisation through...
Students, teachers and officials of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University celebrated on Saturday as the university was ranked as the top university in Bangladesh in the Life Sciences category of Times Higher Education rankings 2025...
International Fund for Agricultural Development delegation visited Bangladesh this week and expressed their commitment to sustainable agriculture in the country, said a press release on Thursday.
The primary and mass education affairs adviser, Bidhan Ranjan Roy Poddar, on Sunday said that all primary students would get textbooks by January...
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...