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 polsap20@gmail.com
 

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Markets

Supply high in Dhaka cattle markets, sales still low

Govt's boro procurement not a merry thing for farmers
Agriculture

Govt's boro procurement not a merry thing for farmers

Reliance on imported urea may continue with gas crisis not addressed in budget
Budget

Reliance on imported urea may continue with gas crisis not addressed in budget

Once reliant on open water bodies, Bangladesh now depends heavily on farmed fish from enclosed water bodies. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain
Supplement

How science made Bangladesh world’s 3rd inland fish producer

Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain
Supplement

The boom of feed industry

Photo: Zakir Hossain
Supplement

A chicken a day: Affordable protein for the masses

Soaring food prices: How far fixed-income groups can tighten belts?
Bangladesh

Soaring food prices: How far fixed-income groups can tighten belts?

TBS Illustration
Health

Harmful heavy metals found in commonly consumed rice varieties: Study

How gas shortage foils BCIC bid to cut urea import bills
Analysis

How gas shortage foils BCIC bid to cut urea import bills

Harmful heavy metals found in potato tubers: Study
Agriculture

Harmful heavy metals found in potato tubers: Study

Infographic: TBS
Bangladesh

20% Boro paddy under threat from heatwave

Infograph: TBS
Bangladesh

Sizzling days spur chilled drink, ice cream sales surge

Representational image. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Poultry hit hard as chickens dying, egg production drops due to extreme heat