CropsOn 30 April 2026 the sun came out over the Kishoreganj haors after four days of rain and farmers rushed to cut and dry their boro paddy; the district agriculture office said paddy on 4,754 hectares had gone under water.
EnvironmentAfter at least 28 lightning deaths in four days in late April 2026, experts including Professor M A Farukh of Bangladesh Agricultural University explained why lightning strikes, who is most at risk, how to treat the injured and why a superstition drives the theft of victims' bodies.
Frequent rain has been submerging ripe paddy in Habiganj's haors, with 600 hectares going under in a single day, though the sun came out on Thursday.
The sun appeared in Sunamganj after about four days, letting farmers dry their paddy, but the Water Development Board says the risk of flooding remains.
Continuous rain and hill runoff are raising water levels in Netrokona's haors, submerging ripe paddy and threatening cut crops that cannot be dried.
The two-month fishing ban to protect jatka, young hilsa, ends at midnight on 30 April, and Chandpur's fishermen are ready to go back on the Padma and Meghna.
Watermelon growers in Mirsarai upazila of Chattogram have lost about Tk 1 crore to virus attacks, poor yields, falling prices and heavy rain.
Several days of heavy rain have submerged Boro paddy in most of Sunamganj's haors, leaving farmers who depend on this single crop in despair.
Sudden rain has flooded paddy fields in Bagerhat's Kachua upazila just as harvesting began, while labourers cost the price of two maunds of paddy a day and are still hard to find.
Four spells of rain and hail since mid-March have stalled the boro harvest in Netrokona and Moulvibazar; Netrokona puts its losses at Tk 62.65 crore and the prime minister has promised three months of support for affected farmers.
Bangladesh called for Japanese investment in dried-food processing of mango and jackfruit at a bilateral meeting on strengthening cooperation in agriculture.
Heavy rain and runoff from upstream have caused flash floods across Moulvibazar, marooning thousands of families, and the district administration has readied 115 shelters.
The malai tea and burnt bread that draw crowds to the streets of Kushtia town can easily be made at home.
