Hazardous pesticide affecting farmers, livelihood
Zillur Rahman, a farmer of Tanore upazila in Rajshahi, lost vision in his left eye five years ago after a drop of pesticide got into the eye while carrying it on his head...
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Indian police fire tear gas to halt farmers鈥� protest march
Indian police fired tear gas Friday at protesting farmers attempting to march to the capital New Delhi to push for their longstanding demand of guaranteed minimum prices for their crops.
Lack of awareness to cost farmers this season
Rajshahi farmers are set to face financial losses this year as they are applying three times more fertiliser than what is required due to lack of government initiatives to make people aware of the proper application of fertilisers...
Fertiliser crisis worries Rajshahi farmers
Along with the ongoing seed crisis in the peak of potato cultivation season, a shortage of fertilisers has added insult to injury to the northern farmers as they have to pay up to Tk 450 extra for per sack of fertiliser...
Ganatantra Mancha condemns attack on farmers鈥� rally
The Ganatantra Mancha in a press statement on Sunday condemned the attack on farmers鈥� rally of Rastra Sanskar Andolan in Kurimgram on November 29...
Farmers block highway in Bogura for potato seeds
Farmers on Thursday blocked the Dhaka-Rajshahi highway at Sherpur upazila in Bogura demanding potato seeds at a fair price...
Lack of potato seed, high price worry northern farmers
With the beginning of potato cultivation season, farmers of the sixteen districts under Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions are worried about shortage of quality seeds and its high price...
British farmers protest in London over inheritance tax change
British farmers massed in London on Tuesday, calling on the Labour government to scrap plans to change inheritance tax rules for land ownership, which they say threatens the agriculture sector and food production...
Farmers target PM in protest against new UK tax rules
Hundreds of farmers, many in tractors, gathered in Wales on Saturday to protest against UK prime minister Keir Starmer and his government鈥檚 decision to change inheritance tax rules for farms...
Adviser Jahangir for ensuring proper evaluation of farmers
Agriculture adviser Lieutenant General Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury underscored the need for proper evaluation of farmers in the country.
Farmer missing for two days found dead
The police on Wednesday recovered the floating body of a farmer in a pond at Paba in Rajshahi, two days after he went missing on Monday...
Marginal poultry businesses for dismantling syndicate
The Bangladesh Poultry Association, a platform of marginal farmers, on Monday demanded immediate action from the government to dismantle syndicate of big companies in the poultry sector to protect the interest of small growers and consumers...
Govt must offer bailout funds for farmers to save agriculture
THE loss of three crops, as well as a probable loss of the fourth one, in a row, especially in the flooded north and north-east, has already dealt a blow to the farmers. The farmers who have repeatedly lost their investments in rice farming to flooding that has left them impoverished and deep...
Farmers in north undone by chain of disasters
Thousands of farmers in the north have lost three crops in a row in back-to-back disasters since March with the ongoing flood, which has lasted for over three weeks in...
Experts for enhancing farmers鈥� household incomes
Agricultural experts during a field visit on Sunday stressed on enhancing farmers鈥� household incomes and nutritional food security through increasing diversified agricultural productions to...
Farmers warned聽of flash flood聽by May 3
Farmers in seven haor districts in north-eastern Bangladesh were racing against time with their boro harvest after rivers in the Meghna basin swelled steadily in the...
Farmer electrocuted in Meherpur
A farmer was electrocuted at Debipur village of Gangni upazila in Meherpur on Thursday.
Jamuna Roy dies
Jamuna Roy, 66, mother of Asim Kumar Roy, assistant private secretary to the managing director of Small Farmers Development Foundation under the Rural Development and Co-operatives Division, has died...
Farmer聽dies of聽snake bite聽
A farmer died of snake bite while he was going to latrine at his house in Chilmari upazila of Kurigram on Friday night.
Khulna fisherman dies in lightning strike
A fisherman was killed after being struck by lightning at Komolpur village in Dumuria upazila in Khulna Sunday morning....