Absence of institutional lenders, high dependency on local lenders, lack of financial literacy, and poor farming skills have been identified as key barriers at the farmers’ end
Agriculture minister Abdur Razzaque said the ongoing flood has damaged Aus on 56,000 hectors of land across the country including 22,000 hectors in Sylhet and Sunamganj
Deen Islam, son of Abdul Aowal of the village, was planting paddy on the land near his house when it suddenly started raining and Deen was struck by lightning
A 28-year-old man allegedly committed suicide over a family feud in Wazirpur upazila of Barishal on Saturday
Police have named Sakhawat Hossain, operator of BMDA's deep tube-well as the sole accused in the chargesheet
Farmer Shahjahan Mia, of Kurmushi village, was shot by engineer Sohrab Ali when he was cutting paddy with other farmers on the feuded land, police said
Farmers were once big supporters of the Rajapaksas, but a bungled fertiliser ban withered their crops along with their backing for Sri Lanka’s previously powerful and popular political clan
Another 860 hectares of cropland were submerged in Harmandir Haor in Dirai upazila of Sunamganj on Sunday night
A farmer was electrocuted to death at Chorkol village of Madhuhati union of Jhenaidah Sadar upazila on Monday morning
Before committing suicide, Abhinath and Robi Marandi went to deep tube well operator and local leader of Krishak League Sakhawat Hossain and pleaded for irrigation water
According to the viscera report, there is evidence of pesticide in the two deceased farmers’ bodies
Workers Party president Rashed Khan Menon said he doesn’t want such a Bangladesh where a teacher has to go to jail for teaching science or a woman gets harassed for wearing Bindi
Police are investigating the incident, said Inspector Tajul
Onion prices started falling immediately after the new harvest arrived in the market
People have been harvesting their half-ripened Boro crop in haor areas due to flash flood