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
 

Floods threaten drop in rice production by 8.5 lakh tonnes
Bangladesh

Floods threaten drop in rice production by 8.5 lakh tonnes

Representational image. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain
Agriculture

Farmers deprived of critical services as protests plough thru agri offices

Illustration: TBS
Bangladesh

Most vannamei shrimp farms unable to start production over tech, investment issues

File Photo of a vegetable market. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Vegetable, broiler, egg prices on the wane but consumers yet to see relief

A boy sells eggs at Karwan Bazar kitchen market in Dhaka. File Photo: Jahir Rayhan
Bangladesh

Supermarket sales plummet amid curfew, internet blackout

Photo collage: TBS
Bangladesh

Violence, curfew: Chicken, fish, dairy farms face feed crisis, sales decline

Urea import uncertain as banks unable to open LCs
Bangladesh

Urea import uncertain as banks unable to open LCs

Potato prices skyrocket as production slumps
Bazaar

Potato prices skyrocket as production slumps

Wheat imports from war-torn Russia, Ukraine at 5-year high
Bangladesh

Wheat imports from war-torn Russia, Ukraine at 5-year high

Infographics: TBS
Agriculture

Concerns over Aman yield amid quite low rainfall

Photo: Mehedi Hasan
Magazine

Busy lives fuel demand for packaged spices

Photo: Mehedi Hasan
Magazine

Eid-ul-Adha: The economics of sacrifice

People look around for suitable sacrificial animals ahead of Eid-ul-Adha at Gabtoli cattle market in Dhaka. This year, there is a high demand for small and medium-sized cattle, while larger cattle sales remain slow. This photo was taken on Friday. Photo: Rajib Dhar
Markets

High demand for small cattle, slow sales for large cattle in Dhaka's Eid markets