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]
 

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Agriculture

Tk3,000cr agri project in Bangladesh under ACC scanner

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Agriculture

Cyclone Michaung dents potato, mustard production in Bangladesh

File photo of onion. Photo: TBS
Markets

2.5 lakh tonnes of onion imports needed to stabilise market: Report

Infographics: Mehedi Hasan Marof/TBS
Bazaar

India's export embargo sends onion prices soaring to Tk220 per kg

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Agriculture

Bangladesh's Aman yields still high despite Cyclone Midhili effect

This file photo from December 2019 shows a rider driving his motorcycle through cold wind and fog. A scene not yet visible this year. Photo: Mumit M
Environment

Woe for seasonal crops, vegetables as winter comes late 

Poultry farmers face crisis as rising feed prices outpace production cost
Industry

Poultry farmers face crisis as rising feed prices outpace production cost

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Bazaar

Higher import tariffs drive up fruit prices

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Bazaar

Beef price down; sugar, lentils up

The Boro season, spanning from December to March, represents the peak cropping period, yielding over two crore tonnes of rice annually. File Photo: Noor-A-Alam/TBS
Industry

Boro worries ease as all 4 urea factories now operational

Fertiliser supply disruption looms in peak boro season as blockade hits transportation
Bangladesh

Fertiliser supply disruption looms in peak boro season as blockade hits transportation

Inflation deals a blow to ice cream sales
Inflation

Inflation deals a blow to ice cream sales

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Bangladesh

Sales at shopping centres drop sharply amid blockade