AgribusinessWork will soon begin on 8 to 10 potato starch factories in northern Bangladesh to give surplus potatoes a new market and cut imports, says state minister Mir Shahe Alam. The starch is also meant for export.
AgribusinessTk 3,000 crore of Bangladesh Bank's Tk 10,000 crore agricultural refinance fund is set aside for North Bengal; entrepreneurs in farm production, storage, transport, marketing and processing can borrow up to Tk 500,000 without collateral through 39 banks.
EnvironmentAt Naxalbari, West Bengal, Kurseong forest division worker Akash Kerketta flagged down the Sikkim Mahananda Express while a herd of more than 70 elephants crossed the Bagdogra-Naxalbari line.
GalleryIt is still sharat, yet fog is settling over many parts of the country at dawn, most of all in the north; a Prothom Alo picture story from Panchagarh, Rangpur, Pabna, Naogaon and Sajek.
Under the fund set up to build agriculture-based special economic development centres in Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions, AB Bank will lend to farmers, agri-entrepreneurs and CMSMEs at low interest on easy terms.
CropsIn December 2024 Jagonews24 reported that China, Darjeeling and mandarin oranges were spreading across 16 districts of northern Bangladesh, helped by the climate, the soil and support from the Department of Agricultural Extension.
