Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation chairman Md Ruhul Amin Khan at a seminar in Dhaka on Wednesday urged all concerned to implement the project activities correctly, above all kinds of irregularities and arbitrariness, to ensure its benefits and to be proactive in implementing the activities with a responsible attitude...
Bangladesh鈥檚 ambassador to Greece Nahida Rahman Shumona met the Greek deputy minister of rural development and food Dionysis Stamenitis to discuss bilateral agricultural collaboration at his office in Athens on June 18, said a release...
On a small farm in India鈥檚 Maharashtra state, Mirabai Khindkar said the only thing her land grew was debt, after crops failed in drought and her husband killed himself.
Home affairs and agriculture adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Tuesday said the government will construct 100 small cold storage facilities across the country to store seasonal vegetables...
Vice-chancellor of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Professor Md Abdul Latif at a seminar on Monday said that students should acquire practical knowledge with great skill and use this knowledge at the field level.
Vice-chancellor of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Professor Md Abdul Latif at a training programme in Dhaka on Sunday said that to provide food for the country鈥檚 increasing population, farmers should apply fertiliser in the right amount at the right time...
Politicians, economists and bureaucrats at a discussion on Saturday demanded establishment of an agricultural price commission so that farmers could get legitimate price for their crops...
Home affairs and agriculture adviser Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Saturday said Bangladesh鈥檚 agro-based industries should be more export-oriented to prepare the sector to face post-LDC graduation challenges...
Planning adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud at a workshop in Dhaka on Sunday said that agricultural research technology had been most useful in our country...
To unlock Agricultural sector鈥檚 full potential, speakers at the Bangladesh Agro Conclave 2025 emphasised the need for increased youth engagement, stronger public-private partnerships, and coordinated policy and investment initiatives, said a press release.
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University signed a memorandum of understanding with Planten Agro Limited in Dhaka on Saturday...
Leader of Samajtantrik Khetmajur O Krishak Front on Thursday at a rally in Dhaka demanded 40 per cent of the development allocation for the agricultural sector in the forthcoming budget for fiscal 2025-26...
Bangladesh, the second largest exporter of readymade garment items, is poised to remain the world鈥檚 largest raw cotton importer in the marketing year 2025-26, said the US Department of Agriculture...
Pubali Bank PLC on Tuesday gifted two microbuses to Bangladesh Agricultural University as part of its corporate social responsibility, said a press release...
A new study, led by researchers at Bangladesh Agricultural University under the JICA-GoB Funded Safe and Nutritious Rice project, found that a modified intermittent irrigation method known as 3F4D significantly reduced the level of inorganic arsenic in rice.
GOVERNMENT land settlement is still much unsettled, lacking in transparency and mired in colonial practices. Bangladesh鈥檚 constitution has emphasised the establishment of a society free of hunger, bestowed with the right of equal access to resources. The Agricultural Khas Land Management and Settlement Policy 1997 and Section 7 of the Land Reforms Act 2023 lay...
The Institutional Quality Assurance Cell of Sylhet Agricultural University on Tuesday organised a daylong training programme on outcome-based education on the campus.
Gazipur Agricultural University has achieved a significant milestone by securing the top position among Bangladesh鈥檚 agricultural universities in the Times Higher Education鈥檚 Asia University rankings 2025.
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University paid tribute to Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Haq to mark his anniversary of death on Sunday...
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the student wing of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, on Sunday demanded removal of the National Curriculum and Textbook Board chair and its member for textbook for their alleged connection with the ousted Awami League regime...
Gazipur Agricultural University celebrated the World Deoxyribonucleic Acid Day 2025 at the university in Gazipur on Friday.
Banks disbursed Tk聽24,860 crore in agricultural loans during July-March period of the 2024-25 financial year, achieving 65.42 per cent of the total disbursement target for FY25, according to Bangladesh Bank data.
Bangladesh ranks third in global inland open-water fish production and fifth in aquaculture production according to 2022 data from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, said a press release.
AGRICULTURE has long been a central pillar of economic and social life in Bangladesh, as it has been across much of the world. Through this sector, food security, public welfare and broader economic progress are nurtured. Yet, the agricultural...
Agricultural diploma students of different institutions on Monday blockaded the Department of Agricultural Extension headquarters in the capital鈥檚 Khamarbari for six hours pressing for a charter of eight-point demands, including...
REFORM in land, agricultural and environmental relations has been a long-standing demand and aptly reiterated by civic groups on April 20 from a roundtable discussion in Dhaka that asked the government to form a separate commission. A large portion of farmers in Bangladesh remain landless, with many abandoning the profession due to inadequate government...
Speakers, including representatives from non-governmental organisations, on Sunday called on the government to form a commission on land and agricultural reform and environmental protection...
Bangla New Year 1432 was celebrated at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University on Monday with colourful arrangements.
AGRICULTURE remains the single largest sector in Bangladesh in terms of employment. The Bangladesh Economic Survey 2024 states that 45 per cent of the country鈥檚 labour force is involved in agriculture. For a nation so deeply tied to the land, the traditional rights of farmers 鈥� to save, exchange, and cultivate seeds 鈥� are not cultural relics. They are the living basis...
The University of Dhaka authorities have again decided to restrict vehicular movement at seven entry points on the university campus from today...