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Big industrial groups hold only a nominal share of the rice market
Corporate groups blamed for the sudden rise in rice prices say their share of the rice sold in Bangladesh is less than one per cent, far too small to control the market.
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Nationwide drives against hoarding, fines total Tk 21 lakh
The food ministry fined more than 100 businesses Tk 21 lakh in anti-hoarding drives across the country, with 37 mills in Naogaon alone fined nearly Tk 15 lakh.
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No leniency for buying paddy and hoarding it illegally: food minister
Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder told corporate firms to stop competing to buy paddy and warned there would be no leniency for illegal stocks beyond their capacity.
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High fertiliser and labour costs leave Noakhali farmers at a loss
Boro planting is in full swing in remote parts of Noakhali, but farmers are struggling with abnormal rises in the prices of fertiliser, labour and other inputs.
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Middlemen in Farm Produce Will Be Destroyed: Agriculture Minister
Agriculture Minister Dr Md Abdus Shahid warned that middlemen in the farm produce trade will be destroyed to bring prices under control.
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Farmers' Worries Grow With Intense Cold and Fog
Intense cold and dense fog are damaging boro seedbeds and winter crops across Bangladesh, raising farmers' fears for boro and potato production.
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Farmers Worried About Seedbeds in Bitter Cold
Dense fog and bitter cold in Kurigram have left farmers worried about their boro seedbeds and afraid to transplant seedlings.
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Cold Threatens Heavy Crop Losses as Egg and Chicken Output Falls
A cold spell with dense fog is damaging winter crops and boro seedbeds across Bangladesh, while poultry and livestock output has fallen.
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Rice Seedbeds Being Ruined by Dense Fog
Bitter cold and dense fog are ruining boro rice seedbeds in Mirsarai, Chattogram, leaving farmers facing losses.
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How to Care for Rice Seedbeds in Winter
With a cold wave sweeping the country as farmers prepare boro seedbeds, here are nine tips on caring for them.
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Two Rice Varieties and One Wheat Variety Approved for Cultivation
The National Seed Board has registered two BRRI Boro rice varieties, BRRI dhan107 and 108, and the heat-tolerant, blast-resistant BWMRI Wheat-5.
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Middlemen Pocket the Gains From Paddy as Farmers Lose Out
Northern Aman farmers say poor weather halved yields while low prices and middlemen buying below market rates have left them unable to recover their costs.
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Good Prices Boost Aman Procurement, Target May Be Exceeded
About a third of the Aman procurement target was met in the first month as good prices drew farmers and millers, prompting the food authorities to raise the target.