Improve livelihood through cooperatives: PM urges youths

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged the country's youths to come forward to boost agricultural production and improve livelihood of the rural people through cooperatives. "We think cooperatives are absolutely essential for our agricultural production, life and livelihood of people as cooperatives create enormous scopes for us in a

Agri-subsidy to rise in next budget

Government subsidies in the upcoming budget for 2021-22 fiscal is likely increase by Tk10,000 crore with agriculture sector slated to get the highest allocation, official sources said on Saturday.  The agriculture gets the priority in line with the government's policy to ensure food security during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, said the