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]
 

Seed potato consumption raises fears of reduced cultivation
Agriculture

Seed potato consumption raises fears of reduced cultivation

Infographic: TBS
Bangladesh

Rice import stalls despite tariff cut, ministry to seek more waiver

One natural disaster after another: How our agriculture, life are impacted
Environment

One natural disaster after another: How our agriculture, life are impacted

Participants at a monthly Union Development Coordination Committee meeting under the Right to Grow programme in Satkhira. Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

Grassroots advocacy facilitates union parishad budget for child nutrition in Satkhira

Food Safety Authority shirks responsibility while public health suffers
Bangladesh

Food Safety Authority shirks responsibility while public health suffers

Infograph: TBS
Bangladesh

Floods damage 10.87 lakh tonne rice nationwide, import efforts underway

Demand for eggs outpaces supply amid production data mismatch
Bazaar

Demand for eggs outpaces supply amid production data mismatch

Photo: Reuters
Bangladesh

Tariff Commission proposes reducing sugar duty to curb smuggling

File photo. Picture: Collected
Bangladesh

Flood losses in poultry challenge govt's price control measures

Sheikh Hasina. File Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

With Hasina’s fall, Department of Agricultural Extension sees major power shift

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Economy

Withdraw import duty on onion, potato and eggs: Commerce to NBR

Tk3,346cr crops ravaged by floods
Bangladesh

Tk3,346cr crops ravaged by floods

Floods threaten drop in rice production by 8.5 lakh tonnes
Bangladesh

Floods threaten drop in rice production by 8.5 lakh tonnes