Shawkat Ali

Shawkat Ali is a Staff Correspondent at The Business Standard. He specialises in the fields of agriculture, commodity markets, livestock and food. He can be reached at [email protected]
 

Despite surplus production, why is Bangladesh still importing rice?
Agriculture

Despite surplus production, why is Bangladesh still importing rice?

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Markets

Onion prices soar to Tk110-120 again

Bangladesh-Myanmar cross-border trade halts as conflict escalates in Rakhine
Economy

Bangladesh-Myanmar cross-border trade halts as conflict escalates in Rakhine

Blast disease eats into rice yields, BRRI looks for resilient varieties
Agriculture

Blast disease eats into rice yields, BRRI looks for resilient varieties

Milk Vita project axed after 6 years and spending Tk80cr
Bangladesh

Milk Vita project axed after 6 years and spending Tk80cr

Farmers fear losses as Boro, potato seeds rot in biting cold
Agriculture

Farmers fear losses as Boro, potato seeds rot in biting cold

Cutting waste more can make food security easier to achieve
Analysis

Cutting waste more can make food security easier to achieve

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Bangladesh

Edible oil prices hiked quietly, flour also gets costlier

Lead-tainted turmeric: How Bangladesh triumphed over a silent killer in golden spice
Analysis

Lead-tainted turmeric: How Bangladesh triumphed over a silent killer in golden spice

Photo: Collected
Markets

Beef price jumps again, flouting fixed rate

Farmers stuck with flat milk price despite soaring processed products
Agriculture

Farmers stuck with flat milk price despite soaring processed products

Cyclones' impacts now felt in crops market
Agriculture

Cyclones' impacts now felt in crops market

Fishy math: Official data say fish production up, farmers say down
Agriculture

Fishy math: Official data say fish production up, farmers say down