Agriculture

The Bangladesh Academy of Sciences (BAS) Gold Medal (BAS-National Professor Dr. M Innas Ali Memorial Gold Medal Award 2021) was presented to Dr. Md. Abdul Latif, Director (Administration and Common Service) of the Bangladesh Rice Research...

Dr. Mohammad Emdad Ullah Mian, the secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, stated that creating multipurpose jute products and raising the quality of jute fibre will expand the use of jute. “For this purpose, the related...

At a WTO Public Forum 2024 side event, experts noted that in order to meet the fundamental principles of agriculture, the WTO’s regulations must be able to assist small-scale farmers in order to promote sustainability and...

Because Australia possesses technological know-how in this area, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked for Australia’s assistance in increasing agricultural production. “We have to boost our output. because the population is growing and our land is...

To make cooking easier for people, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina emphasized the necessity for the “BADC Ready-To-Cook Fish” business to be expanded further, reports BSS. “The “BADC Ready-To- Cook Fish” programnme would immensely help working women…market...

A fishing tycoon was given the position of agriculture secretary by Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos on Friday, as the government tries to control the country’s soaring food costs. After the new secretary was sworn in, Marcos...

In order to meet the country’s requirement of 6400 tonnes of jute seeds, the Ministry of Agriculture has approved a proposal to import 5,200 tonnes of jute seed from India this year. Following the 109th National...

Bangladesh’s government and the World Bank signed a finance agreement today, under which the lending institution will give US$120 million for the implementation of the “Climate Smart Agriculture and Water Management” project. Fatima Yasmin, Secretary of...

President Gilbert F Houngbo of the Rome-based International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has complimented Bangladesh’s capacity to implement projects and utilize resources, citing the country’s status as IFAD’s most comprehensive portfolio internationally, reports BSS. According...

The world’s smallest breed of cow ‘Punganur’ is in danger of extinction. At present, there are only 70-80 cows of Punganur breed in the world. Once upon a time, this cow was seen at home in...