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⚡ Breaking Bangladesh paddy prices in Naogaon dropped to Tk 800-950 per maund, with farmers incurring losses on every maund sold as rice imports and bumper Boro harvest depress prices.
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⚡ Breaking Bangladesh's agricultural mechanisation push is facing financing crunch with LC settlements for capital machinery imports dropping 48% from FY23 to FY26.
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Edible oil shortage persists across Bangladesh markets despite Tk5/litre price hike, with eggs, vegetables and sugar also soaring in price.
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⚡ Breaking CCGP approves purchase of 40,000 tonnes DAP from Morocco at $894/tonne and 30,000 tonnes TSP at $669.33/tonne, as government imports 4.8 lakh tonnes in two weeks to avert shortage for Aman and Boro seasons.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
⚡ Breaking FAO 14th Monitoring Round finds 10 lakh agricultural households (50 lakh people) need emergency agricultural assistance between June-November 2026, up 2 lakh since November 2025, with Chattogram, Rangpur, Dhaka most affected.
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Bangladesh Bank revises Tk 100 billion agricultural refinance scheme with farmer-level interest rate capped at 7% and participating bank rate of 3%, with 18-month repayment window and penalty for misuse.
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BADC signs government-to-government contract with Canada for 480,000 tonnes of potash fertiliser, with option for additional 120,000 tonnes, marking 30+ years of Canada-Bangladesh potash partnership totalling 3.5 million tonnes since 2014.
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Agriculture Minister Mohammad Amin Ur Rashid says warehouses are well-stocked and the government is working to ensure fair prices for farmers through the Farmer Card initiative and expanded cold storage.
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Bangladesh tea exports decline 25.5% over decade due to low yields (1,400 kg/ha vs Kenya 3,500), high costs (Tk 200-220/kg vs India Tk 100-150), and domestic demand absorbing 90M of 95M kg produced. TBS investigation reveals productivity gap.
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Jute farmers face losses as prices fall Tk1,200/maund due to export suspension to India and excessive rainfall cutting yields. Production costs up Tk4,000-5,000/bigha. DAE target 708,282 hectares.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
Bangladesh govt to import 365,000 tonnes of fertiliser (urea, DAP, TSP, MoP) for Tk 2,700cr. Sources: Saudi Arabia, Russia, Morocco, Canada, KAFCO. Gas crisis shut 4 of 5 factories. FY27 requirement: 5.8M tonnes.
🌾 Agriculture & Food
Bangladesh Agriculture Minister: no onion imports this year, 300,000 tonne onion storage planned, 1.4M farmer database, BRRI 118 climate-resilient rice, 60,000 solar irrigation pump conversion. 180 days satisfactory.