Fisheries
Tk569cr cash stimulus disbursed to 4.85 lakh livestock, fish farmers
The government has disbursed a cash incentive of nearly Tk569 crore to around 4.85 lakh farmers in fisheries and...
Export of frozen shrimp has declined amid pandemic
Due to the impact of COVID-19 and Cyclone Amphan, the export of frozen shrimps from Khulna to Europe declined...
City Bank & USAID signed agreement to promote WorldFish project in the aquaculture sector
Small and Microfinance Business of City Bank has recently inked deal with WorldFish to fund the project titled ‘Feed...
Govt. plans big on Hilsa production as ECNEC okays new project of Tk246 crore
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) recently approved five projects on September 22, which includes a...
Soybean oil & soybean cake: potential investment sector
Bangladeshi entrepreneurs have been involved in producing soybean oil since 2000 whereas earlier they used to meet the local...
Govt to emphasize on agriculture to speed up economic recovery
The Bangladesh government has taken a mid-term plan from fiscal year 2020-21 to fiscal year 2022-2023 with greater emphasize...
AB Bank puts Aman Feed’s factory and land on auction
AB Bank has put the factory of Aman Feed and its collateral on sale for its failure to pay...
Bangladesh Bank sets farm credit target of Tk26,292 crore in FY2021
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has set a target to disburse Tk26,292 crore in agriculture and rural credit in the current...
ACI swims against the tide, enters shrimp export market
Published by: The Daily Star, March 2, 2020 ACI Agrolink, a subsidiary of Advanced Chemical Industries (ACI), has set...
Vannamei shrimp cultivation gets Govt. permission for Piloting
The government has approved experimental cultivation of vannamei species of shrimp following the long demand from fish exporters. Two...
Fair prices elude farmers
Published by: The Daily Star, December 30, 2019 Optimism to turn the tide in his favour had preoccupied the...
Real wages in fishery, construction falling despite faster GDP growth
Published by: The Daily Star, December 23, 2019 Last fiscal year, Bangladesh’s GDP grew at a record 8.15 percent,...
WB launches $500m climate smart project on dairy and livestock development
World Bank (WB) in association with Bangladesh government launched a climate smart plan and a project to address the...
Govt to procure 0.6 million tonne Aman paddy at Tk 26 per kg
The government will procure 6 lakh mts of Aman paddy directly from farmers at Tk 26 per kg from...
Fish farming through ‘Blue Revolution’ pulls 20 lakh out of poverty in BD: IFPRI study
More than 2 million of the 18 million Bangladeshis, who came out of poverty during 2000-2010 period, managed to...
