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🌾 Agriculture & Food
Bangladesh's Aus paddy farmers are facing heavy losses despite a good harvest, with prices falling Tk 300-400 per maund from a year ago amid large stocks and import-driven weak demand.
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Bangladesh's wheat imports are likely to fall 11% in 2026-27 due to high global prices and large private sector stocks, even as consumption grows 4% to 78 lakh tonnes, says USDA.
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Bangladesh's Farmer Card programme launches September 17 with 1,10,364 farmers receiving incentives, targeting eventual enrollment of over 2 crore farmers across the country.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
Researchers say expanding seaweed cultivation in Patuakhali's Kuakata coast could create employment, generate value-added products and contribute to climate change mitigation.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
State Minister Sultan Salauddin Tuku has announced the expansion of eco-friendly technologies in government fish farms, starting with a 20-kW solar system at a Tangail seed production farm.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
A Bagerhat entrepreneur has demonstrated that fallow saline land in coastal Bangladesh can be productively used for off-season watermelon cultivation, offering climate-resilient livelihood alternatives.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
Jackfruit prices in Gazipur have surged up to Tk 1,000 per fruit at season end, from Tk 10 during peak season, exposing the absence of processing infrastructure for Bangladesh's national fruit.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
Bangladesh's Commerce Ministry is weighing hilsa export to India ahead of Durga Puja, with 18 firms seeking permission and Indian importers pushing for clearance by mid-September.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
BAPA FoodPro International Expo 2026 begins in Dhaka with 200+ brands from 27 countries showcasing 4,000+ food processing technologies. PRAN-RFL chief Ahsan Khan Chowdhury chairs organising committee.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
⚡ Breaking Bangladesh government halved aromatic rice export quota for 278 exporters as domestic Chinigura prices surged 21% to Tk 230/kg, with only 5.3% of approved volume shipped by August 30.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
⚡ Breaking Bangladesh potato exports nearly halved in FY2025-26 as Middle East war pushed container freight rates fourfold from $2,500 to $10,000. Exports fell 49% to 20,604 tonnes, earnings dropped 37.8% to $8.89M.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
Farmers in Kurigram and Lalmonirhat protested over fertiliser delays and shortages, vandalising a warehouse in Nageshwari and blocking a highway in Lalmonirhat demanding regular supply.