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Sukanta Halder

Reporter · BD

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 30, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Sukanta Halder

    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

  2. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · Sukanta Halder and Jagaran Chakma

    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

  3. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Sukanta Halder

    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

  4. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Sukanta Halder

    Bangladesh’s diesel price hike: Farmers dealt another blow (opens the original)

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    DHAKA – 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

  5. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Sukanta Halder

    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

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