The current coronavirus pandemic has created giant seismic shifts in our day-to-day living and has presented us with a new set of challenges. As the pandemic rages on putting us in a quagmire, we have gradually seen technology playing an essential role during the crisis enabling greater...
Bangladesh has been able to cope with the pandemic as there were no disruptions in paddy production, even during the novel coronavirus, Cyclone Amphan and floods, experts said at a webinar on Saturday. Agriculture will be the main source of hope during the second wave of the...
Researchers are mapping the potential of tea plantations in Assam to sequester carbon dioxide and mitigate climate change. Assam is the world’s largest contiguous tea-growing area.Tea agroforestry systems, with tea plants and shade trees, sequester significant amount of carbon dioxide.They can support the implementation of REDD+ programmes...
The world’s population is steadily growing and as per the United Nations estimate, roughly 83 million people are added to the global population every year. By 2050, the number of people on planet Earth is projected to reach 9.8 billion. While the scientific community has begun to...
Much has been said about Vietnam closing in on Bangladesh’s long-undisputed number two spot in the global apparel market. But there is another product in which Vietnam is the leading exporter and Bangladesh has a good shot at knocking it about with the Southeast Asian nation: dragon fruit....
Several years ago, for Shilpi Rani, a housewife of village Borhor in Gazipur's Kapasia, managing her family with the meagre income of her husband was a constant challenge. Doing something of her own, going beyond the family means, was daydreaming. But the situation is no longer like that. Cultivating...
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Bangladesh is a very prosperous country in terms of the tea business. Even Bangladesh ranks tenth in the world in terms of tea production. Is Becoming a successful entrepreneur in Bangladesh your goal? The tea business is the right choice then. But if...
বরেন্দ্রভূমি হিসেবে খ্যাত ও ধান-আলুর উত্পাদনের জন্য জয়পুরহাটের কালাই উপজেলার পরিচিতি প্রাচীনকাল থেকেই। তবে নতুন করে তাইওয়ানের গোল্ডেন ক্রাউন জাতের হলুদ রংয়ের তরমুজ চাষে ব্যাপক সফলতা পেয়েছেন উপজেলার বহুতিদর্গাপাড়ার বর্গা চাষি এনামুল হক। তিনি ৩৩ শতক জমি বর্গা নিয়ে বাণিজ্যিকভাবে শুরু করেন বিদেশি জাতের এই তরমুজ চাষ।...
Country’s combined nominal wage rate of agriculture, industry and services in the last fiscal year (FY20) increased by the slowest pace in the last five years. Wage Rate Index (WRI), released by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), showed that the index increased by 6.35 per cent...