Online desk : The farmers in Sunamganj’s Tahirpur upazila are facing great distress due to an outbreak of the blast disease, a common fungal infection that has severely impacted their harvest during…
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Kishoreganj haor farmers not getting fair price for paddy
Online Desk : The paddy farmers of haor upazilas Austagram, Itna, Mithamoin, and Nikli of Kishoreganj district are not getting a fair price of paddy in Chamraghat, Bhairab, and Ashuganj wholesale markets…
Bumper Boro production likely in Cumilla
Online Desk : Enthusiastic farmers are expecting a bumper Boro paddy production in the current season exceeding the fixed farming target in Manoharganj upazila of the district. Talking to BSS, officials of…
Indian state renames dragon fruit ‘lotus’
Online desk : An Indian state’s decision to rename dragon fruit because of the original name’s “association with China” has set off a storm of jokes and memes. Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay…
Aus cultivation increases for incentives to farmers: Razzak
Online Desk ; Agriculture Minister M Abdur Razzak has said that the cultivation of Aus has increased all over the country as a result of the government’s incentives. “Government has taken various…
Aman cultivation begins in Panchagarh
Online Desk : Farmers in the district have started cultivation of Aman with much enthusiasm . The farmers are now busy with preparation of land, transpiring Aman seedling from seed bed and…
Aman seed beds submerged in Baufal
Online Desk : Aman seedbeds on 36,000 hectares of land in Baufal upazila of Patuakhali have been sumberged by heavy rainfall and tidal surge. Sources concerned said that low-lying and char areas…
Five agriculture staff contract coronavirus in Haluaghat, office lockdown
online Desk : Five agriculture officers of Haluaghat Upazila Agriculture Officer in Mymensingh district have tested for coronavirus. The office has been placed under lockdown and it will remain closed till June…
Rajshahi farmers face difficulties in cutting paddy for incessant rain
Online Desk : Farmers at Rajshahi’s Tanore have been facing difficulties in cutting, beating and thrashing their Boro paddy due to incessant rain over the last several days. They are not finding…
Kurigram farmers lament after failing to harvest inundated Boro paddy
Online Desk : Ripen Boro paddy on vast areas of charland in Kurigram district have been inundated following the rise of water levels in different rivers due to onrush of hilly water…
Cyclone Amphan causes huge losses to crops in Phulbari
Online Desk : Light and heavy rains falling under the influence of cyclone Amphan have caused widespread damage to the ripened Boro paddy at Phulbari upazila in Kurigram district. Rains continued till…
Mango harvesting begins in Rajshahi
Online Desk : Harvesting of mangoes has started in Rajshahi city and its adjacent areas since Friday morning following the instruction of local administration amid the coronavirus pandemic. Some indigenous varieties have…