Erosion by the Teesta River has turned fierce in the past ten days wreaking havoc across different areas of Gangachara upazila of Rangpur district while swelling of the water level of the Padma River has intensified riverbank erosion in Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia district in recent times. Our co

Boro paddy harvest has been slowed down over shortage of harvesting labourers in Gaibandha and inclement weather in Gopalganj, sources said. Our correspondent from Gaibandha reports, IRRI-Boro paddy has been cultivated on 129,020 hectares in seven upazilas of the district and continuous rainfall f

Boro paddy growers in Magura have been facing low price for their produce, high labour cost and rain damage, while growers from Jashore said they face serious labour shortage and apprehension of significant rain damage. Our correspondent from Magura reports, some 39,535 hectares were brought under

Water falling in a rapid stream for the torrential downpour continuing for the past several days has submerged vast tracts of Boro paddy fields in low-lying areas across five districts of the Rangpur agriculture region and Gaibandha district, sparking off fear of a considerably big crop failure.

A prevailing fuel crisis, particularly involving diesel, is causing widespread disruption to Boro paddy cultivation in Cox's Bazar district while a large number of farmers in the haor areas of Sunamganj and Sylhet are reporting difficulties in harvesting paddy being unable to run harvesters for a s

The government imposed a ban on fishing in the Bay of Bengal for 58 days from April 15 to June 11. Around 800,000 fishermen are engaged in sea fishing and their families will suffer due to the ban. Our Correspondent from Cox's Bazar reports: Apr 15: The 58-day government ban on fishing in the sea

Although the government has ordered all stores and shopping malls to turn off external decorative lighting amid fuel supply crisis with the war expanding in the Middle East, shops in Rajshahi, Sylhet and Chattogram have turned a deaf ear. Our correspondent from Rajshahi writes, extensive use of el

As customers throng shopping malls ahead of Eid, Bogura traders estimate sales would fall compared to last year; severe competition from foreign garments almost push out local handloom and cotton apparel in Cumilla; while families of low-income buyers in Rangpur suffer due to exorbitant clothing