Food assistance for poor declines
This has been a bad crop year so far with back-to-back floods inflicting losses on the agrarian economy and seriously affecting livelihood in half the country.
7y ago
China-Funded Projects: Dhaka seeks to speed up deals
More than a year after the Chinese president's historic Dhaka visit, some of Bangladesh's key development projects have finally gained momentum.
7y ago
Aman output likely to fall
Bangladesh is bracing itself for another less productive rice season as the United States Department of Agriculture predicts decline in acreage and yield of Aman. Aman is the most important rice season in the country after Boro.
7y ago
Some veggies not that safe
Consumers in Bangladesh are still unsure if the vegetables in their daily dishes are safe even though four years have gone by since the Food Safety Act was enacted.
7y ago
'Super rice' in sight
Scientists have long been considering the idea of engineering rice plant in a way that the global production of the cereal gets a dramatic boost. The idea came from the concern that the traditional research, which results in just one percent rise in the yearly yield, would not be enough to meet the ever-growing demand.
7y ago
Rich become richer, poor get poorer
The poor's share in the national income eroded further in the past six years, with the richer segment of the population having bigger stakes.
7y ago
Poverty reduction rate slows down
Bangladesh's rate of poverty reduction has slowed down in recent years.
7y ago
Rising from dire straits
Bangladesh has not had a food year so bad since 2008. That was a year now well marked in history books as the year of global economic meltdown, the worst since the Great Depression in the 1930s.
7y ago
April 17, 2017
Tribute to Tara Banu, a farmer of Bangladesh
Tara Banu, a farmer of Habiganj's Baniachang upazila, gives in to the vagaries of nature when she meets a tragic end of her life aged 45. Being unable to bear the shock of this year's unusually early flash flood destroying standing crops in two-and-half acres of her land, she dies having suffered a cardiac arrest.
April 14, 2017
Pahela Baishakh today
Taxation systems must have gone through many a reform over the past 400 odd years. But nothing possibly was so phenomenal than
April 10, 2017
It's no fault of Teesta
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is right in proclaiming that the Teesta does not have much water to share with Bangladesh. And she explained why -- many a dam and hydropower plant has been built in the upstream state of Sikkim where the river originates.
April 1, 2017
Big boost for South
A huge potential of otherwise disadvantaged southern region would be unlocked in a post-Padma Bridge scenario.
March 29, 2017
Genome editing potential aplenty
A Bangladeshi scientist, whose team in Japan is involved in research on plants' root growing capacity under stress
March 26, 2017
Independence day today: Of valour and bravery
How often you get to know the heroics of female freedom fighters? Not much often.
March 24, 2017
Amazing grass!
One needs no soil, no open field to grow grass. An indoor facility with a hydroponic fodder unit can provide any commercial dairy farm with enough green grass to meet the nutrition needs of the animals.
March 21, 2017
9 deals on defence during PM's visit
Two agreements and seven memorandums of understanding on defence cooperation would figure prominently among more than 40 deals expected to be signed between Bangladesh and India during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Delhi visit next month.
March 16, 2017
Unlocking the potential of genome editing
The science of genome editing is gaining pace with the world's scientific community having greater grasp of the science, its tools, and
March 9, 2017
A tribute to folk legend Kalika da
From Lalon to Shitalong, from Dhamail to Bihu - Kalikaprasad Bhattacharjee captured each and every nuance of rich Bengali folk music in a style and manner that few could do, further enshrining homegrown culture in northeastern parts of India as well as Bangladesh.
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