Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told parliament that paddy supply is normal and illegal hoarding is being checked after mills' permitted paddy stocks were cut from five to three times their fortnightly milling capacity.
Three farmers in Mirsharai, Chattogram, have succeeded with coloured cauliflower for the first time, growing it as demonstration plots of the upazila agriculture office.
Mustard is growing in popularity among haor farmers in Sunamganj, where this season's crop of 5,400 tonnes is worth Tk 65 crore.
College teacher Md Lokman Hossain has succeeded with broccoli in Mirsharai, Chattogram, having grown the vegetable for 14 years alongside his teaching.
Farmers in Kaliganj, Gazipur, have sown mustard on a record area this season, drawn by good prices and strong demand.
Asabul Haque of Chuadanga went from a tea stall to a vermicompost business with capital of over Tk 1 crore, but still lacks a licence to package his product.
India's registration of the Tangail saree as its geographical indication has jolted Bangladesh into hurried GI recognition, which experts warn must be handled carefully.
A change in cropping pattern in three Chalan Beel upazilas of Pabna has brought fallow land under mustard, lifting the district's mustard area by 10,000 hectares, or 70,000 bigha, in a year.
Rice prices rose by up to Tk 6 a kg around last month's election but have fallen by at most Tk 2 at retail, despite the food minister's warning and daily anti-hoarding drives.
Purple "Valentina" and yellow "Carotina" cauliflowers fetch double the price of white ones, and farmers in Shariatpur are growing more of them each year.
Farmer Muslim Uddin has succeeded in growing squash on a trial plot of 10 decimals in Katachhara union, Mirsarai.
The food ministry fined several dozen establishments across the country on 29 January in drives against illegal rice hoarding.
The food ministry fined more than 100 businesses a total of Tk 5 lakh 8 thousand in drives against illegal paddy and rice stocks across the country.
