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
March 2, 2017
A last call to protect our children
On the first day of April in 1930, a law came into force in the then Indian subcontinent restraining child marriage.
February 28, 2017
Bill passed okaying underage marriage in 'special cases'
Keeping intact a provision that allows marriage of underage girls and boys in “special circumstances”, the Jatiya Sangsad last night passed the Child Marriage Restraint Bill 2017 with 18 and 21 as minimum marriageable age for women and men respectively.
February 27, 2017
Sustainable rice production
Last time the world witnessed a phenomenal growth in agricultural productivity was back in the 60s.
February 23, 2017
It's not only about Teesta, it's more than that
It has been seven long years since water resources ministers of Bangladesh and India last met to talk about Teesta at the platform of Joint Rivers Commission (JRC). Since then Bangladesh has been more than ready about holding a meeting of the JRC, an official instrument devised jointly by Bangladesh and India back in 1972, to resolve water disputes and harness common water resources for mutual and regional benefits.
February 18, 2017
Hard to tackle air pollution
Regulators are having a hard time curbing the worrisome rise in air pollution in the country largely because of a “culture of non-compliance” with laws.
February 12, 2017
A thorn in the flesh
As the Child Marriage Restraint Act is about to be passed in parliament, the government and rights bodies continue to be at loggerheads over a provision that permits wedlock prior to one reaching the minimum marriageable age.
February 9, 2017
Indoor Farming: Novel way to up fish yield
It takes seven months to produce 2,000kgs of pabda (Ompok) from a fish farm the size of a football pitch. How about getting the same results in half the time from an indoor space that is hardly the size of a penalty box?
February 2, 2017
Seed Board approves new varieties of rice, wheat, potato and kenaf
The National Seed Board has approved a range of rice, wheat, potato and kenaf varieties with promises of higher productivity, and better resistance to disease and stress.
January 25, 2017
Bird flu recurs after three years
Nearly three years into the elimination of a highly contagious bird flu virus in the country, a recent outbreak of the particular strain of avian influenza resulted in deaths of 3,000 birds at a poultry farm in the capital's outskirt Dhamrai.
January 21, 2017
Worry over wheat again
A year after its first outbreak, wheat blast has reemerged and this time quite early in the season, causing fears of production loss of the country's second most important cereal after rice.
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