Vegetables
Dhaka vegetable prices up Tk 10–20 a kg within two days of diesel hike
After diesel rose by Tk 20 a litre, truck fares went up and Dhaka's retail vegetables gained Tk 10–20 a kilogram in two days, with eggs up Tk 5 a dozen.
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Cooking
Shidol: Nilphamari's traditional dried-fish and taro cakes
Small dried fish, ginger, garlic, chillies and black taro stems are pounded, shaped and sun-dried into shidol, which goes into a hot fish and brinjal curry.
Market Management
Dhaka kitchen basket costs more as green chilli climbs back above Tk 150
Green chilli is back above Tk 150 in Dhaka markets, with flour, oil, garlic and bay leaf also dearer, though rice and pulses remain comparatively steady.
Crops
Kurigram issues a soil health card to control fertiliser distribution
The agriculture department in Kurigram will distribute fertiliser in the coming Rabi season against a soil health protection card.
Fisheries
Bengal warns fishers off the sea as a low-pressure system builds
A low-pressure system over the Bay may deepen within 24 hours; the administration has warned fishers and tourists along the Digha-Shankarpur coast.
Crops
Kurigram farmers blockade a road after a fertiliser dealer shuts up shop
Farmers in Ulipur, Kurigram blocked the Kurigram-Chilmari road for about an hour after a dealer and two extension officers left without distributing fertiliser.
Fisheries
Hilsa turns up in the nets of Hakaluki haor fishers
A notable quantity of hilsa is being netted in Hakaluki, Asia largest freshwater wetland, and local markets are selling it cheaper than usual.
Market ManagementNew Zealand food producers question plan to break up Foodstuffs' Pak'nSave
Growers and food makers warn that National's pre-election plan to force a break-up of the Foodstuffs co-operative's Pak'nSave business could raise supply costs rather than cut food prices.
AgrotechNoble Foods trials AI sound monitoring to spot hen welfare problems early
A two-year Innovate UK-funded trial with AgriSound and Aviasenze uses microphones and machine learning to read flock sounds in free-range and barn laying houses and flag changes in health or behaviour.
LivestockPhilippine chicken imports forecast to rise 14.7% in 2027, with Brazil leading
A USDA Foreign Agricultural Service report expects Philippine chicken imports to reach 780,000 tonnes in 2027 on food-industry demand, with Brazil taking the largest share.
LivestockRecord sheep prices lure Riverina farmers from crops to stock as the north stays dry
A Temora family sold first-cross ewes for a reported Australian saleyard record of $620 a head, while about 45% of New South Wales remains in drought.
Bangladesh
Dhaka asks the World Bank to back its family and farmer card schemes
Meeting World Bank president Ajay Banga in New York, prime minister Tarique Rahman sought support for the family card and farmer card programmes.
FruitsApple grower Bostock signs Korean gold kiwifruit deal in challenge to Zespri's export monopoly
Hawke's Bay grower John Bostock has secured southern-hemisphere rights to the Haegeum gold kiwifruit and wants to export it, which current rules reserve to Zespri.
Livestock
Bangladesh targets PPR-free status by 2030, seeks regional cooperation
At a side event of the One Health conference in Rome, state minister Sultan Salauddin Tuku said Bangladesh is committed to PPR-free status by 2030.
Livestock
Virtual fencing leaves the hype behind and has to earn a rancher's trust
American ranchers are fitting GPS collars to cattle in place of wire, but the technology now has to prove it is dependable on the ground.
Bangladesh
Kurigram extension chief moved out over fertiliser distribution chaos
Abdullah Al Mamun, deputy director of agricultural extension in Kurigram, has been transferred amid continuing disorder in fertiliser distribution.
CropsEurope keeps finding unauthorised GM material in rice foods from China
EU food-safety records show at least six notifications this year of unauthorised genetically modified material in Chinese rice products, from noodles to miso paste.
Bangladesh
Cash aid reaches 360 flood-hit families in Khagrachhari
In Dighinala, Khagrachhari, 360 families hit by two rounds of flooding received Tk 6,000 each, a total of Tk 2.16 million.
Fruits
A young Chattogram grower turns eight decimals into a watermelon plot
In Rangunia, Chattogram, Mohammad Nur Uddin planted more than 400 seedlings of two varieties on eight decimals and has nearly a thousand melons on the vines.
CropsHaor farmers caught between a lost crop and rising costs
After hill run-off drowned the Boro crop last Baishakh, haor farmers brought home less than half a normal harvest and now face the market.