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Egg prices hit two-year high, vegetables too costlier
11+ hour, 39+ min ago (550+ words) FE REPORT | May 09, 2026 12: 00: 00 Egg prices hit a two-year high on Friday last, reaching Tk 140-150 a dozen. Vegetable prices also continued to rise, with most items selling at Tk 80-100 per kg, marking a further Tk 20-30 increase within a week, market. At…...
Too many eggs in one basket
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (226+ words) Shiabur Rahman | May 08, 2026 00: 00: 00 The fact that a country may become vulnerable to risks posed by a highly uncertain global economy due to its over-reliance on a single export industry is not just a theory. There are several reasons why a…...
Poultry farmers in a bind for sharp fall in egg prices - The Financial Express | First Financial Daily of Bangladesh
4+ week, 19+ hour ago (94+ words) Poultry farmers in a bind for sharp fall in egg prices'The Financial Express | First Financial Daily of Bangladesh Poultry farmers in a bind for sharp fall in egg prices OUR CORRESPONDENT | Friday, 10 April 2026 Editor: Shamsul Huq Zahid Published by Syed…...
Poultry farmers in a bind for sharp fall in egg prices
4+ week, 1+ day ago (641+ words) OUR CORRESPONDENT | April 10, 2026 00: 00: 00 RAJSHAHI, Apr 09: Small and medium-scale poultry farmers in Rajshahi and its neighbouring districts have suffered a shuttering blow as egg prices have fallen sharply below production costs. Forced to sell eggs at significantly lower prices, many farmers…...
Staff shortage disrupts operation of Cumilla poultry breeding farm
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (847+ words) CUMILLA, Mar 15: Severe staff shortage left Cumilla's only government-run poultry breeding and development farm struggling to maintain routine operations, with more than half of its sanctioned positions lying vacant. Established in 1956 in the South Chartha area of Cumilla city, the…...
Poultry farms closing as egg prices hit 10-yr low
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (518+ words) FE REPORTSmall poultry farms across the country are facing closure as egg prices remain far below production costs for months, leaving farmers with mounting losses and rising debt. Egg prices at the farm level have dropped to just Tk 6. 4-6. 7 a…...
KSA bans poultry, egg imports from BD, 39 other countries
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (298+ words) Saudi Arabia's Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has banned the import of poultry and table eggs from 40 countries including Bangladesh aimed at protecting public health and ensuring food safety in the kingdom, reports UNB. It also imposed partial restrictions on…...
Poultry farms face huge loss over low price of eggs
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (523+ words) LALMONIRHAT, Feb 11: Over a thousand small and big poultry farms in five upazilas of Lalmonirhat district have been facing a huge loss due to the low price of eggs over the last few months. According to the District Livestock Office,…...
Subsidised credit recommended to stabilise egg, poultry price volatility
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (437+ words) FE REPORT | January 22, 2026 00: 00: 00 Targeted subsidised credit and stronger market oversight are essential to stabilise poultry and egg prices, according to a Bangladesh Bank study on the agricultural sector. The study points out that without financial support for smaller producers and…...
Young and old in Barishal join contract broiler farming
4+ mon, 2+ day ago (748+ words) Sultanul Islam Many broiler chicken farmers sustained losses while buying feed on credit from dealers, and have now become contract farmers of poultry companies. Many young and elderly people who could not manage jobs or lacked capital to start a…...