A commerce ministry trade adviser told an FBCCI meeting that media phrases about prices spread needless panic, drawing protests from journalists.
Blaming middlemen alone will not fix Bangladesh's farm markets, this analysis argues; fair prices for farmers and consumers need market-led planning, information, storage and coordination.
As smart farming spreads, discarded sensors, drones and electronics are adding to e-waste whose heavy metals poison soil, water and the food chain.
The Sundarbans reopens on 1 September after its three-month breeding-season closure, but the fishers and forest workers heading back in carry heavy debts and fear of pirates.
River police arrested two men with about 220kg of deer meat on a trawler on the Belua river at Nesarabad in Pirojpur.
Water left from washing rice can help some indoor plants in small amounts, but it must be used sparingly, without salt or spices, and never as a replacement for fertiliser.
Neither the golgachh (nipa palm) nor its leaves are round; the name comes from the round clusters of its fruit, and the palm has long sustained Sundarbans leaf collectors and coastal homes.
The hilsa catch at the Domkhali-Sahebkhali estuary in Mirsarai, Chattogram, has doubled this year, though officials say industrialisation still threatens the breeding ground.
Bangladesh Bank has set up a Tk 2,000 crore special pre-finance fund to help frozen food exporters, lending at a maximum of 7 per cent interest.
A large python that crept into a cattle farm in Sreemangal, Moulvibazar, was rescued by the Bangladesh Wildlife Service Foundation and released in Lawachara forest.
Bangladesh Bank has cut the interest rate on its Tk 3,000 crore refinance fund for an agro-based special economic hub in North Bengal, capping customer rates at 7 per cent.
The Bangladesh Food Safety Authority fined 16 establishments a total of Tk 20.5 lakh and filed 16 cases in drives across the country from 23 to 29 August.
Bangladesh's traditional cane craft is in decline despite strong demand abroad, but with government support it could earn foreign exchange and give work to the unemployed.
