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Govt to launch Farmers Card pilot tomorrow (opens the original)
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The government will launch the pilot phase of the Farmers Card programme tomorrow, distributing the much-talked-about cards to more than 100,000 landless, marginal and small farmers. Prime Minister Tarique Rahman will distribute the cards, which offer agricultural inputs at fair prices and affordable irrigation services, at a programme at the Fulgazi Government Pilot High School grounds in Feni, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Mohammed Aminur Rashid said today. The prime minister will also di
Bangladesh sees gradual decline in foreign tourist arrivals (opens the original)
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Bangladesh has been registering a gradual decline in foreign tourist arrivals over the last two years amid political turmoil, security concerns and inadequate infrastructure and services. The country recorded 239,400 foreign tourist arrivals in the first six months of 2026, down around 20 percent year-on-year, according to data from the Special Branch of Police and Bangladesh Bank, compiled by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. This is the second consecutive year of decline since Bangladesh we
Rising costs, falling prices push poultry farmers to the brink (opens the original)
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Mazedul Haq has decided to leave poultry farming behind. The farmer from Nolua village in Noakhali’s Kabirhat upazila plans to shut down his farm after selling his current batch of broiler chickens. For him, the numbers no longer add up. The cost of running his farm has risen sharply, with feed, medicine and electricity becoming more expensive. At the same time, chicken prices have fallen, leaving him with mounting losses. “A sack of feed that cost Tk 3,475 a month ago now sells for Tk 3,600 to
Diesel price hike: Farmers dealt another blow (opens the original)
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Amid the ongoing fertiliser crisis in many parts of the country, the government’s diesel price hike is set to push up farming costs, dealing another blow to farmers. The government on Sunday raised the prices of four petroleum products, including diesel, by Tk 20 per litre, passing on higher import costs to consumers following the US war on Iran. Diesel, the most widely used fuel for transport, irrigation and power generation, now costs Tk 135. The hike comes as farmers are growing Aman paddy an
Fuel shock to ripple across economy (opens the original)
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The government’s latest fuel price hike is set to ripple across the economy, threatening to rekindle inflation just as it had begun to ease, experts say. Higher transport fares, freight charges, irrigation expenses and production costs are now expected to push up the prices of goods and services, adding to the burden on households and businesses already grappling with elevated expenses. The Tk 20-a-litre increase, which took effect yesterday, pushed diesel, petrol, octane and kerosene to their h
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