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'I Console Myself That Allah Gave the Crop, and He Has Taken It'
In Habiganj's haors, farmers who borrowed to grow boro watch cut paddy rot unsold on the drying yards as rain and rising water swallow more fields.
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Drought Spell
CropsDrought and Low Prices Leave Kotalipara Melon Farmers Facing Losses
In early April 2025, melon farmers on 434 hectares in Kotalipara, Gopalganj, feared losses: drought had cut yields and, with traders staying away, a melon that sold for Tk 30 to 60 a year earlier fetched Tk 15 to 20.
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Mango Fruitlets Dropping in Severe Drought
Rajshahi mango growers fear a poor crop as intense drought dries fruit stalks and sheds young mangoes that irrigation has failed to save.
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Fruitlets Drop in Severe Drought, Litchi Growers Worried
Intense drought and heat in Ishwardi, Pabna are making litchi fruitlets drop, and growers fear a crop failure after a record blossom.
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Planning Commission Questions Tk 463 Crore Ashuganj-Palash Irrigation Project
The Planning Commission has questioned a Tk 463 crore BADC irrigation project whose canal would be built on roads department land that could be reclaimed on three months' notice.
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Farmers Struggle to Plant Aman Even in the Rainy Season
Scant monsoon rain has forced Thakurgaon farmers to plant aman using costly machine irrigation, with seedlings drying in the heat.
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Shrabon 'Drought' Burns Northern Farmers' Fortunes
A rainless monsoon is forcing farmers across northern Bangladesh to irrigate aman paddy, pushing up costs and raising fears of lower yields.