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
January 12, 2017
Dhaka to engage with Delhi to lift jute duty
With a fifth of the country's yearly jute exports at stake following India's imposition of anti-dumping duty on import of jute products from Bangladesh and Nepal, a national jute advisory committee meeting yesterday decided to engage immediately with India for lifting the duty.
January 10, 2017
Veg output grows fast
Vegetable production has more than doubled in just over a decade, making Bangladesh one of the fastest-growing vegetable producers in the world. The growth in recent years stems from better seeds and technologies as opposed to the growths in the 80s and early 90s when more agro land was dedicated to vegetable farming.
January 6, 2017
Second GM crop ready for release
Three years after the release of Bt Brinjal, Bangladesh is going to get its second genetically modified (GM) crop -- a disease resistant potato -- as scientists have sought government approval for its commercial use.
December 11, 2016
Little success in nutrition
Girls being married off before reaching adulthood, too many teenage pregnancies and subsequent births of babies with low
December 9, 2016
'Dylan Debate' engrosses Dhaka's literary minds
It has been nearly two months since Bob Dylan was declared winner of this year's Nobel in literature, making him the only singer-songwriter to win the award.
December 6, 2016
Double delight for Aman growers
Thanks to a favourable monsoon and buoyant prices that Aman growers across the country get a reason to rejoice after a rather unhappy ending of Boro season. With over 80 percent paddy already harvested, the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation have projected a bumper Aman output -- 13.6 million tonnes -- marginally surpassing last year's record high of 13.5 million tonnes.
December 1, 2016
Don't rob our girls of their childhood
In a world where as many as 700 million women were married off before they could reach adulthood, we'll only contribute to that statistic by keeping such loopholes in a law which is supposed to protect the childhood of our girls.
November 25, 2016
Child marriage declines
Child marriage in Bangladesh has come down to around 43 per cent from 62.3 per cent in the last two decades, finds a new research by the Washington-based think tank International Food Policy Research Institute.
November 8, 2016
High economic growth can't alone fight undernutrition
Economic growth and poverty reduction alone cannot solve the problem of undernutrition. Had that been the case,
November 5, 2016
Fear of Fatal Fungal Disease: Wheat cultivation withheld in 8 dists
This season, the government is withholding wheat cultivation in eight south and southwestern districts to prevent the
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