At least 19,568 hectares of cropland, mostly with aman paddy, have been damaged across four districts in Rajshahi division in the several days of torrential rain caused by a low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal.
Food adviser Ali Imam Majumder on Monday said that the government was planning to increase the paddy and rice purchase price rates for the ongoing aman season amid rising production costs...
The residents of Rangpur district town have staged a symbolic protest by planting paddy seedlings and displaying red cards on a severely damaged road, demanding its immediate repairs...
Bangladesh Krishak Majur Samhati on Thursday demanded the government ensure a fair price of boro paddy for farmers...
The government on Wednesday decided to purchase 17.5 lakh tonnes of paddy and rice at Tk聽36 a kilogram and Tk聽49 a kilogram respectively in this boro season...
Farmers in the Rajshahi division are reluctant to provide paddy to the government warehouses, as the government has offered them far less than the market price to buy their produce...
A 4-year child died after accidentally falling into the fire of a paddy-boiling stove in Dodaria village of Jhapa Union, Monirampur Upazila, Jashore on Saturday...
The government started the procurement of Boro paddy and rice across the country on Tuesday...
Bangladesh government has set a target to procure five lakh tonnes of paddy, 11 lakh tonnes of boiled rice, one lakh tonnes of atap rice and 50,000 tonnes of wheat in the upcoming Boro season...
