OpinionIn a column for Bangla Tribune, Dhaka Tribune editor Riaz Ahmed argues that joining the ACCELERATE low-emission rice initiative gives Bangladesh a chance to save water and attract climate finance.
The state paid Tk 36 a kg for 675 tonnes of boro, Tk 11 above the market; of more than 20 farmers Manab Zamin spoke to, over 15 got only Tk 1,000 for lending their cards, the paper found.
CropsThe Department of Agricultural Extension in Khulna sent eight recommendations to the ministry, led by re-excavating canals from Hamkura to the Mayur river and from Baruna beel to Hoglakhati; waterlogging blocks boro planting and July rains ruined about 235 hectares of vegetables.
Officials in Sirajganj pressed for zinc-biofortified rice in social safety-net and school feeding schemes, with seed and training planned for 3,600 farmers this boro season.
With diesel up Tk 20 to Tk 135 a litre, Naogaon farmers reckon irrigation, tillage, threshing and transport will cost Tk 1,500-2,500 more a bigha, and fear losses in the coming Boro season.
The seizure of 78 tonnes of urea bound for Myanmar at Mirsarai and Sitakunda in two days has sharpened concern over leakage, hoarding and artificial shortages of subsidised fertiliser ahead of the Boro season; the government says stocks are sufficient.
CropsAfter hill run-off drowned the Boro crop last Baishakh, haor farmers brought home less than half a normal harvest and now face the market.
With diesel up from Tk 115 to Tk 135 a litre, irrigation and haulage costs are rising in the Aman season and casting doubt over the coming Boro crop.
Calculations based on Department of Agricultural Extension data put 2026-27 rice production at 36.9 million tonnes against 37.65 million in 2025-26, with aus acreage down 100,000 hectares; the DAE director general says about 5.9 million hectares of aman are in good condition and expects a bumper cro
With Boro procurement already above target and public granaries holding 44,000 tonnes more than they can properly store, Bangladesh is buying another 200,000 tonnes of rice from millers, 150 of whose applications carry MPs' recommendation letters, while Aus paddy in Naogaon sells for Tk 650-750 a
About 400,000 farmers in the haor belt of Sunamganj are stuck with stored paddy as prices fall several hundred taka a maund below last year's rates.
With the Narsunda river dried up to a thin stream in Nandail, Mymensingh, farmers have planted boro rice on both sides of it.
Farmers across Gaibandha's seven upazilas are planting IRRI-Boro rice in cold and fog, complaining of rising costs and poor paddy prices.
