Fresh Vegetables Too at a Makeshift Melon Market
At Garkul in Narayanganj's Baktaboli, more than a hundred farmers sell melons and vegetables straight from their fields to passing travellers.
At Garkul in Narayanganj's Baktaboli, more than a hundred farmers sell melons and vegetables straight from their fields to passing travellers.
Farmers in Kaliganj, Gazipur, reported yields of about one maund per decimal from three new BRRI rice varieties at a harvest field day.
A 55-year-old farmer was trampled to death by a wild elephant while chasing a herd away from ripe boro paddy on the Sreebardi border.
Storms and rain have left cut boro paddy floating in fields in Sharsha, Jashore, where a labour shortage delayed the harvest of a good crop.
Chhatra League activists in Chuadanga harvested four bighas of paddy for farmers short of money and labour, answering the prime minister's call.
Farmers in Natore's Chhatni village are guarding their cattle at night after 25 were reported stolen in two months.
Chhatra League activists in Baliakandi, Rajbari, cut paddy on 88 decimals of land belonging to three farmers and carried it home for them.
Central Krishak League leaders harvested an acre of ripe paddy for a farmer in Kishoreganj's Karimganj upazila to encourage haor farmers.
Mymensingh district Chhatra League president Md Al Amin and his followers cut a poor farmer's paddy and carried it home on their heads, joined by a woman Chhatra League leader.
Chhatra League activists harvested ripe Boro paddy on about 70 decimals for a Noakhali farmer who could not afford the higher wages of labourers.
Chhatra League activists in Kishoreganj have begun cutting and carrying home paddy for farmers short of labour, starting with six bighas in Maria.
The Jubo League has called on its activists to cut, thresh and bring home paddy for helpless farmers struggling to harvest a bumper Boro crop.
Bangladesh Chhatra League has called on young people, students and youth to cut farmers' Boro paddy this season and carry it safely home.