A syndicate of transport contractors is accused of adulterating subsidised TSP fertiliser on its way from the TSP Complex in Chattogram to buffer godowns, with cases filed in Bogura and Jashore.
Those involved in Bangladesh's poultry industry now see its waste not as a problem but as a resource for fertiliser, biogas and electricity.
The cabinet committee on government purchase approved buying 90,000 tonnes of granular urea from KAFCO, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, along with other proposals.
A fertiliser trader in Chuadanga Sadar upazila was fined Tk 1 lakh after 73 sacks of fake TSP in BADC bags were seized from his home and a cowshed.
Farmers can tell genuine chemical fertiliser from adulterated stock with a few simple tests using heat, water and lime.
