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Water Crisis Hits 60,000 Farmers in Moulvibazar, Cultivation Disrupted
At least 30,000 hectares cannot be planted with Boro rice in Moulvibazar for lack of water, and about 60,000 farmers already growing the crop face an irrigation crisis.
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FruitsEarly Blossoms Cover Dinajpur Mango Orchards as Fog Worries Growers
Mango trees in parts of Dinajpur blossomed early in the Magh cold of late January 2026; growers hoped for a good crop but feared that lasting fog would bring disease to the blossoms.
CropsJujube Farming Boosts Output and Market Demand in Magura
In late January 2026, farmers in Magura Sadar upazila said interest in Balsundari, Apple and Kashmiri jujube varieties was rising, and that favourable weather, suitable soil and strong demand had left them hopeful of profit this winter.
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Satkhira's 'Boroi' Revolution: Tk 160 Crore Trade Expected
Boroi farming on 846 hectares in coastal Satkhira is expected to generate more than Tk 160 crore, though growers lack storage and a local wholesale market.
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Farmers' Cancer Is a Result of Agricultural Development: Anu Muhammad
Economist Anu Muhammad has said Bangladesh's pattern of agricultural development is making farmers ill with cancer, as a safe food campaign set out 20 demands for parties ahead of the national election.
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Joypurhat's Agriculture Centres Now 'Haunted Houses', Farmers Left Without Services
Union-level agricultural extension and advice centres built in Joypurhat in the 1980s have been left to decay, and farmers say they have lost a key source of advice.
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Fresh Protests Grip France as Angry Farmers Drive Hundreds of Tractors Into Paris
French farmers took hundreds of tractors down the Champs-Élysées to the parliament building in Paris over the EU-Mercosur trade deal and other grievances.
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Unchecked Pond Digging Destroys Paddy Land, Leaving Thousands of Farmers Waterlogged
Ponds are being dug unchecked on triple-crop paddy land across Tarash in Sirajganj, blocking drainage and leaving thousands of bighas permanently under water.
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Rice Seedlings Dying in Dense Fog, Farmers Worried
A cold wave and dense fog in Bhola are killing boro rice seedlings, leaving farmers, some of them on loans, fearing a shortage of seedlings.
CropsWinter vegetable prices rise again in Dhaka as traders blame the cold
Most winter vegetables in Dhaka's kitchen markets cost Tk 10-20 a kilogram more on 9 January 2026 than a week earlier, Jagonews24 found, with tomatoes at Tk 100-120 a kilogram; traders said the severe cold was keeping farmers from harvesting.
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Cold Hits Boro, Potato and Mustard Farmers
Prolonged cold and dense fog are reddening boro seedbeds, raising late blight risk in potatoes and cutting yields of beans and mustard across Bangladesh.
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Farmer Trampled to Death by Wild Elephants in Sherpur
A 65-year-old farmer was killed by a herd of wild elephants while cutting grass in the Balijhuri range of Sreebardi upazila in Sherpur.
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BARI Mustard-20 Shows a New Way Between the Aman and Boro Seasons
BARI Mustard-20, a short-duration, high-yielding and stress-tolerant variety, is being spread in Sirajganj to use the gap between the Aman and Boro rice seasons.