Rains, runoff ruin Boro yield in Sylhet region

SYLHET, Apr 08: Farmers are being forced to harvest the unripe Boro paddy that has gone under water in the Sylhet region due to the water stagnation triggered by early rains and runoff from the upper catchment in the past seven days. They are now cutting and gathering a considerable...

Fear of rising cost, crop damage grips farmers amid irrigation crisis

Farmers in Pabna and Gaibandha fear rising costs and crop damage as they have been unable to run their irrigation pumps sufficiently due to fuel shortage, which is possibly an impact of the war in the Middle East. Workers at filling stations, who provide fuel to sub-dealers in the local...