The government is considering increasing in cash incentives on export of potatoes to 20 per cent from existing 10 per cent to help potato growers get fair price as now the price is lower than the production cost in domestic markets.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday requested Thailand to help Bangladesh for setting up food processing industries in the country. She made the plea when the outgoing Thai Ambassador to Dhaka Chaermpol Thanchitt called on her at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO).
The Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority has undertaken a plan to bring all 538 pumps in the city under dual connections to mitigate people’s sufferings in the upcoming summer season.
A rights organisation on Sunday filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking a direction on the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Auth-ority to provide pure, hygienic water for city dwellers.
Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury yesterday warned the seed companies not to sell low quality seed to farmers, during the inaugural ceremony of Bangladesh Seed Conference and Fair 2010.
Potato growers in eight districts under greater Rangpur and Dinajpur region are expecting bumper production of potato this season but they look a bit worried at possible low price of the product.
Local government minister Syed Ashraful Islam on Thursday urged foreign development partners and donor agencies to step forward with the government to eradicate poverty and create food security.
The US will provide Bangladesh with a major share of its food security fund in the coming years, US Ambassador James F Moriarty said on Wednesday. Bangladesh will also get special focus on this issue in the G-8 summit scheduled to be held in July, the US envoy told Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury during a meeting at the latter’s office.
The Dhaka Water and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) will carry out a feasibility study to examine environmental efficiency and possible water networking prior to starting the planned Water Treatment Plant (WTP) at Pagla in Narayanganj district at an estimated cost of Tk 35.0 billion (3,500 crore), reports BSS.
The overall inflation rate on a point-to-point basis in December last year reached 8.51 percent, and in the urban area food inflation reached double digit after 14 months mainly due to increasing price of rice. The inflation rate was 7.24 percent in November last year.
