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
 

Why only potatoes, why not store other winter vegetables for summer?
Economy

Why only potatoes, why not store other winter vegetables for summer?

File Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Local fruits a blessing in Ramadan amid dearer exotic ones

Is war alone to blame for costlier Ramadan?
Markets

Is war alone to blame for costlier Ramadan?

Okay with wheat import for now, drought, heat waves future worries
Economy

Okay with wheat import for now, drought, heat waves future worries

AHM Shafiquzzaman. Sketch: TBS
Economy

Consumers lose patience very quickly: AHM Shafiquzzaman

Illustration: TBS
Panorama

The meat of the matter: A planned attack to take down Sultan's Dine?

With wheat supply shortage, price hikes, processed foods see major production cut
Economy

With wheat supply shortage, price hikes, processed foods see major production cut

A woman holds a card recently issued by the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh to reduce hassles faced by the beneficiaries while receiving essentials under the Open Market Sale programme. Photo: Rajib Dhar
Bangladesh

Carer in crisis: How TCB guards the food insecure

Farmers heave a sigh of relief as strawberry market picks up steam
Economy

Farmers heave a sigh of relief as strawberry market picks up steam

How farmers are smarting agriculture
Economy

How farmers are smarting agriculture

Illustration: Collected
Economy

Consumer goods giants struggle to secure dollars for Ramadan imports

Rising chicken prices force lower-income people to cut down on protein
Bazaar

Rising chicken prices force lower-income people to cut down on protein

Song of the farmers as boro begins
Economy

Song of the farmers as boro begins