Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter

Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter speaks at a press briefing at the ministry's conference room on 4 May 2025. Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

1.24cr sacrificial animals ready for Eid-ul-Adha: Adviser Farida

A surplus of approximately 2,068,135 animals is also expected

Farida Akhtar. Sketch: TBS
Bangladesh

A reactionary group misusing religion to hold back women: Adviser Farida

Farida Akhtar. Sketch: TBS
Agriculture

Stakeholders should collaborate to cut poultry feed costs: Farida Akhter 

Farida Akhtar. Sketch: TBS
Bangladesh

Govt to import livestock for breeding: Adviser Farida

Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter speaks at a seminar in Dhaka on 21 January 2025. Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

Taxes not sole solution to curb tobacco consumption: Adviser Farida

Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter speaks at a programme in the capital's Karwan Bazar on 19 January 2025. Photo: PID
Bangladesh

Govt trying to make hilsa affordable for all: Adviser Farida

Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter speaks at a discussion meeting with livestock officers of Sylhet division on 28 December 2024. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Financial corruption in livestock sector to be investigated: Adviser

Farida Akhtar. Sketch: TBS
Bangladesh

Interim govt took responsibility, did not usurp power: Farida

Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter speaks at a press conference at her ministry on 27 November 2024. Photo: PID
Bangladesh

Floods cause loss of Tk2,327cr in fisheries, livestock sector: Adviser Farida

Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter speaks at a seminar in Dhaka on 11 November. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Reliance on milk import must be reduced: Livestock adviser

COAST Foundation hosted a seminar titled "Challenges and Way Forward for the Small-Scale Fishers in Bangladesh" at the CIRDAP Auditorium in Dhaka on 9 November. Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

Govt working to dispel discrimination in fisheries: Adviser Farida

Farida Akhtar. Sketch: TBS
Bangladesh

Gender budgeting crucial to address disparity between women, men: Farida Akhter

Farida Akhtar. Sketch: TBS
Bangladesh

Govt working to stabilise egg prices: Livestock adviser