BBS Yearbook of Agricultural Statistics 2025 shows that of more than 14 lakh shallow tube-wells in operation in FY25, 951,048 ...

The government is considering subsidising diesel prices to facilitate irrigation after it hiked diesel and kerosene prices by Tk 3 to Tk 23 a litre from midnight Wednesday. "We will ask the Department ...

The Chief Minister announced that the maximum daily limit which had been fixed for providing fuel to such customers has also ...

The fuel crunch from the Iran war is rippling through Bangladesh’s countryside, leaving tens of thousands of farmers struggling to secure diesel for irrigation at a critical stage of the paddy season.

Nearly half of irrigation costs in Bangladesh are due to irrigation, and the diesel pumps that currently power irrigation networks are responsible for 1.6% of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions.