Crops
No bidders for BADC tender to haul 75,000 tonnes of potash fertiliser
Both tenders closed without a single bid; contractors allege an influential group scared transporters away. A re-tender could delay deliveries of imported MOP to the field.
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Naya Diganta
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Crops
Self-sufficiency in ginger, chilli, tomato and onion, more organic fertiliser, curbs on pesticide misuse: agriculture minister at standing committee's first meeting
At the first meeting of the 13th parliament's standing committee on agriculture, the minister set out plans to cut import dependence and export farm produce, protect soil health, implement the 2026 fertiliser-dealer policy, open flower and soil research centres at Gadkhali, expand cotton, maize, swe
Fisheries
Hilsa fishing, sale and storage banned nationwide for 22 days from 8 to 29 October; fishermen to get VGF rice
The national hilsa task force has fixed the 2026 mother-hilsa conservation window: no catching, transporting, storing or trading of hilsa in rivers or at sea from 8 to 29 October, joint enforcement in the breeding grounds, and food support for fishermen who stay ashore.