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
 

On the first day of the blockade called by BNP-Jamaat, business transactions collapsed in Khatunganj, the main wholesale market for consumer goods in the country. Shopkeepers sit idle due to lack of buyers. The photo was taken on 31 September 2023 afternoon. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin
Bangladesh

Blockade disrupts supply chain, sales drop at Khatunganj

File photo of potato/Unsplash
Bangladesh

Once an exporter, Bangladesh now allows potato imports as prices skyrocket

Saad El Jai. Illustration: TBS
Panorama

Foreign investment in cold-chain infrastructure: Bangladesh needs a sound logistics policy

Bangladesh’s fruits, vegetables exports plunge 68.7% in a decade
Economy

Bangladesh’s fruits, vegetables exports plunge 68.7% in a decade

Representational image. Photo: Pixabay
Markets

No egg import yet 4 weeks since permission amid market turmoil

Govt to procure 4.5 lakh tonnes of wheat as global market cools down
Bangladesh

Govt to procure 4.5 lakh tonnes of wheat as global market cools down

Is farmers' switch to profitable maize hurting potato production?
Economy

Is farmers' switch to profitable maize hurting potato production?

How good policies help keep rice price right
Economy

How good policies help keep rice price right

Shops remained upon even with the flood waters intruding into the markets. Photo: Rajib Dhar
Bangladesh

Nonstop rain disrupts lives across country, will continue till Sunday

Machine, fund support: A fillip to small dairy farms
Bangladesh

Machine, fund support: A fillip to small dairy farms

Govt pressed to reopen urea factories as boro season looms amid gas, cash crunch
Bangladesh

Govt pressed to reopen urea factories as boro season looms amid gas, cash crunch

Red hot prices leave middle class, poor in crisis
Bazaar

Red hot prices leave middle class, poor in crisis

Will 10 crore eggs make any difference?
Markets

Will 10 crore eggs make any difference?