CropsHaor farmers caught between a lost crop and rising costs
After hill run-off drowned the Boro crop last Baishakh, haor farmers brought home less than half a normal harvest and now face the market.
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Kishoreganj DC tells departments to build on GI rice and cheese and the haor's duck farms
At the district development coordination meeting, Deputy Commissioner Sohana Nasrin asked department heads to develop the GI-recognised Ratabhog rice and cheese, expand privately run duck farms in the haor by closing gaps such as vaccines, and build an entrepreneur database for agriculture, fisherie
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Forty years in the haor: Japanese development researcher Tetsuo Tsutsui's Bangladesh
He arrived as a JICA volunteer in 1985 and began with fish-farming extension at BARD in Cumilla; after retiring as secretary general of Shapla Neer he founded Share The Planet Association, which now runs 14 climate-resilient farming initiatives across nine haor and south-western districts.
Fisheries
Fish vanish from Itna haor at the height of the season: traders say supplies to Dhaka fell from Tk 11 crore to Tk 3 crore, prices up Tk 200-300 a kg
Official figures show Itna's open-water catch rising from 9,014 tonnes in 2022-23 to 14,536 tonnes in 2025-26, but fishers in Kishoreganj say prawn, kajoli, rui, batashi, bacha, rita and ayre are down to less than a quarter of past catches, blaming banned nets, submersible embankments, silting and p
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Habiganj on course for its 92,000-hectare Aman target with 92 per cent planted; no fertiliser or diesel shortage, farmers ask for better paddy prices
After a dry start, adequate rain and the draining of the haors have put transplanting almost at target; Chunarughat has the largest target at 18,285 hectares, last year's area was about 88,000 hectares, and fields briefly flooded earlier have been replanted.
Fisheries
Sunamganj fishing cooperative alleges grab of leased Ghasi river stretch
A fishermen's cooperative holding a three-year lease on the second section of the Ghasi river in Madhyanagar, Sunamganj, has e-mailed a complaint to the upazila administration accusing a local BNP leader of entering the leased water and taking fish with China duari nets.
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No buyer even at Tk700 a maund: paddy prices trap haor farmers
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.
EnvironmentHill Torrents Submerge Two Sunamganj Roads, Cutting Off Tahirpur
On 9 July 2026, hill torrents again submerged the Shaktiarkhola road in Bishwambharpur and the Anwarpur road in Tahirpur, cutting Tahirpur's direct road link with Sunamganj town, after the season's heaviest rain of 265 mm in 24 hours.
EnvironmentHeavy Rain Forecast in the North, Low-Lying Riverside Areas May Flood
On 21 June 2026 the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre said above-normal rain, heavy in places, was likely in northern and north-eastern Bangladesh and upstream areas from 21 to 30 June, warning of short-term flooding along the Teesta, Dharla, Dudhkumar and the Surma-Kushiyara.
EnvironmentMawsynram in Meghalaya gets 530mm of rain in 24 hours, raising Bangladesh flood fears
In June 2026, Mawsynram in India's Meghalaya state recorded 530 millimetres of rain in 24 hours. Experts warned that such upstream rain could quickly raise rivers and haors in north-eastern Bangladesh.
CropsSunamganj haor farmers face Eid-ul-Azha without their boro harvest
On the eve of Eid-ul-Azha 2026, Sunamganj haor farmers said rain and waterlogging had drowned their boro rice. Officials put the damage at 20,000 hectares while farmers and their organisations claimed about 40,000; the list of affected farmers had been sent, but no date for assistance was given.
CropsGovernment Plans 13-River Dredging Project to Protect Haor Boro Crop
The government is taking up a Tk 1,429 crore project to dredge 13 rivers in the north-eastern haor region so that farmers' boro rice can be protected from early flash floods. The Bangladesh Water Development Board will carry it out.
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Paddy Labourer's Body Recovered 21 Hours After Boat Capsizes in Kishoreganj Haor
The body of paddy labourer Iman Mia, 29, was recovered from Nurpur haor in Austagram, Kishoreganj, 21 hours after a storm capsized the boat carrying him home.