The government will procure a total of 10 lakh tonnes of food grains from the marginal farmers across the country during the upcoming Aman season. Under the programme, 3.5 lakh tonnes paddy, 5.5 lakh ...

Aman paddy harvesting season has begun, but the general mass is struggling to buy rice as the price of the staple food is still high in the local market. Bangladesh to import 2.5 lakh tonnes of ...

"To ensure food security ... it is essential to develop more flood- and drought-tolerant crop varieties." Floods devastate ...

The Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission (BTTC) has requested the government to temporarily withdraw import duty on rice to ...

As rice prices hit intolerable levels due to supply shortages driven by floods, political unrest, and a change in government, ...

A paddy rice field in Bangladesh. Bangladesh grew over 62.1 million tons of crops in 2023, contributing huge numbers of its “Aman” and “Boro” paddy crops annually. Over 16% of the country ...

Bangladesh faces a major food crisis as floods have destroyed 1.1 million metric tons of rice, pushing the government to urgently import 500,000 tons. With soaring food prices and severe crop ...

DHAKA, Nov 06, 2024 (BSS) - The government will procure a total of 10 lakh metric tons (MTs) of food grains from the marginal ...

Floods in Bangladesh have destroyed an estimated 1.1 million metric tons of rice, according to data from the agriculture ...

Floods in Bangladesh have destroyed an estimated 1.1 million metric tons of rice, according to data from the agriculture ministry, prompting the country to ramp up imports of the staple grain amid ...