Agriculture ministry warns against 'propaganda' as old fertiliser video recirculates
The agriculture ministry has urged everyone to stay alert against 'propaganda' about adulterated and fake fertiliser. The information was given in a press release sent by the ministry on Friday night.
The release said a video post circulated on social media claiming fertiliser was adulterated and fake had come to the ministry's attention.
According to the ministry, the circulated video is from 27 August 2026. It shows the seizure of adulterated fertiliser from Bhai Bhai Enterprise, a fertiliser dealer at Jalla Bazar in Saturia upazila of Manikganj district.
The release said the Saturia upazila agriculture officer filed a written complaint with the upazila nirbahi officer about the sale of adulterated DAP fertiliser at the Bhai Bhai Enterprise dealer point. A mobile court was then conducted on that date and legal action was taken.
The mobile court fined the accused two lakh taka, and the adulterated fertiliser was seized and destroyed. The upazila fertiliser and seed monitoring committee also took steps to cancel the dealership of Bhai Bhai Enterprise.
The ministry said recirculating an incident that was legally settled in August 2026 is ill-motivated. The claim in the video and post that 'the government is supplying adulterated fertiliser' is false, the release added.
Strongly protesting such campaigning, the ministry warned those concerned against spreading and publishing false information in future.
The release further said that before fertiliser is supplied at dealer level, its quality is tested in laboratories following government-prescribed rules and procedures. Strict monitoring and supervision are also ensured at every stage of supply, including collection, storage, transport and distribution.
Saying all necessary measures are taken to maintain the quality of fertiliser supplied under government management, the ministry requested everyone concerned not to be misled by false, misleading and ill-motivated information circulated on social media.
