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BRRI Issues Urgent Warning on Rice Blast Disease
The Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) has issued an urgent warning that leaf blast and neck blast could spread widely in rice fields.
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Miniket Rice Brings Profits, But Who Bears the Mega Loss?
An opinion piece argues that coarse rice polished and sold as Miniket earns millers big profits while costing consumers nutrition and money.
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Boro Cultivation Rises on Good Prices and Yields
Boro rice cultivation is rising in Patuakhali as improved varieties and inputs become available and farmers get good yields and prices.
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Paddy Supply Normal After Stockholding Rule Amended, Says PM
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.
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Ageing Ganges-Kobadak Irrigation Project Falters, Water Supply Halted
The Ganges-Kobadak (GK) irrigation project is failing to supply water as its ageing pumps break down and canals silt up, and the Planning Commission has recommended a new project.
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Rice Traders' Tricks Continue Despite Warnings and Drives
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.
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Tk 600 Crore of Paddy Washed Away in Sunamganj as Embankments Broke Over Five Years
Breaches in haor crop-protection embankments during untimely floods have washed away Tk 600 crore 20 lakh of paddy in Sunamganj over the past five years, the agriculture department says.
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BMDA Neglect Hampers Boro Farming on 250 Bigha
Boro cultivation on 250 bigha in Gaibandha's Saghata upazila is being hampered because pumps under the Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) at Ramnagar have no power connection or remain unrepaired.
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Drives and fines across the country to stop illegal rice hoarding
The food ministry fined several dozen establishments across the country on 29 January in drives against illegal rice hoarding.
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Paddy sells at Tk 1,400 a maund in Mirsarai
Aman paddy production in Mirsarai, Chattogram, has beaten its target, with fine paddy selling at Tk 1,400 a maund.
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Over 100 businesses fined Tk 5 lakh in nationwide rice hoarding drive
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.
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Over 100 businesses fined Tk 9 lakh in nationwide rice hoarding drive
The food ministry fined more than 100 businesses a total of Tk 8 lakh 93 thousand 150 in drives against illegal paddy and rice stocks in Dhaka and across the country.
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Fertiliser stocks adequate, no shortage in Boro season: agriculture minister
Agriculture Minister Dr Md Abdus Shahid said the country has enough fertiliser in stock and there will be no shortage during the Boro season.