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Hit by Disaster and Falling Prices, Kishoreganj Farmers at a Loss
Haor farmers in Kishoreganj, hit by floods, are selling wet paddy to middlemen for about half the government price.
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CropsSunshine Brings Relief to Kishoreganj Haor as Farmers Rush to Dry Paddy
Sunshine returned to Kishoreganj's haors on 5 May 2026 after days of rain and upstream flash floods, and farmers rushed to dry their paddy. The district's agriculture office put the submerged area at about 12,500 hectares, with 49,000 farmers affected.
CropsAnother 2,500 hectares of boro paddy go under water in Kishoreganj haor
Continuous rain and upstream flash floods submerged more than 2,500 more hectares of boro paddy in Kishoreganj, taking the area under water to 12,500 hectares and the farmers affected to about 49,000, the district's agriculture office said on 4 May 2026.
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Rain Returns Overnight as Kishoreganj Rivers Keep Rising
Rain returned to Kishoreganj overnight on 4 May as rivers kept rising and farmers struggled to dry harvested paddy.
CropsAnother 1,000 hectares of boro paddy go under water in Kishoreganj haors
Continuous rain and upstream water submerged more than 1,000 further hectares of boro rice in Kishoreganj on 3 May 2026, taking the district's damaged area to 10,050 hectares and leaving about 36,000 farmers in uncertainty.
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Paddy Procurement Drive Begins in Kishoreganj as Farmers' Crops Float in Water
The government began buying paddy in Kishoreganj at Tk 36 a kg on 3 May, but farmers whose fields are flooded and grain wet say they cannot meet the warehouse's dryness condition.
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Rain Stops in Kishoreganj, but Farmers' Fears Remain
Rain paused in Kishoreganj on 3 May, but with river levels mixed and skies overcast, haor farmers still fear losing more boro paddy.
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Farmer Dies After Seeing His Ripe Paddy Under Water in Austagram Haor
A 60-year-old Austagram farmer who had borrowed about Tk 1.5 lakh to grow boro paddy died after seeing his ripe crop under water.
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Another 2,000 Hectares of Paddy Go Under Water in Kishoreganj
Rain and upstream runoff have submerged another 2,000 hectares of Boro paddy in Kishoreganj, bringing the total affected land to 9,045 hectares.
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Rain Returns to Kishoreganj as River Levels Rise
Continuous rain and upstream water raised most of Kishoreganj's rivers in 24 hours, with about 7,000 hectares of haor boro paddy already under water.
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Rivers Rise in Kishoreganj, Paddy on 6,500 Hectares Submerged
Rivers in Kishoreganj rose over 24 hours with continuous rain and upstream runoff, submerging Boro paddy on about 6,500 hectares in the district's haors.
CropsSun returns to Kishoreganj haors after four days of rain, but paddy fears remain
On 30 April 2026 the sun came out over the Kishoreganj haors after four days of rain and farmers rushed to cut and dry their boro paddy; the district agriculture office said paddy on 4,754 hectares had gone under water.
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Rain Submerges 3,000 Hectares of Haor Paddy Land
Kishoreganj recorded 160 millimetres of rain in 24 hours, submerging about 3,000 hectares of boro paddy in the haors, according to the agriculture department.