Crops
Sudden Hailstorm Knocks Ripe Paddy Off the Stalks
A sudden hailstorm in Durgapur, Netrokona, knocked ripe paddy from the stalks before farmers, short of labour and machines, could harvest it.
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Netrokona
Crops
Students Win Praise for Planting Rice in the Mud
Guided by their science teacher and a local farmer, more than a hundred seventh-grade students at Khila High School in Netrokona planted rice seedlings in the mud.
Agribusiness
Cattle Market Held in Defiance of Government Order, Awami League Leader Collecting Tolls
An unapproved cattle market at Putika Bazar in Netrokona's Purbadhala kept running beside a ban notice, with a union Awami League president accused of collecting tolls.
Fruits
Teacher Beaten in Classroom for Stopping Mango Picking in Kalmakanda
A teacher at a government primary school in Netrokona's Kalmakanda upazila was badly beaten after he stopped local men from picking the school's mangoes.
Crops
Paddy Prices Fail to Cover Farmers' Costs in Netrokona
Netrokona's farmers had a bumper Boro harvest but say the market price of paddy does not cover their rising production costs.
Crops
Jubo League Harvests Paddy for Struggling Farmer in Netrokona
Jubo League activists in Netrokona, led by Advocate Mashhudul Mannan Trisha, harvested ripe paddy for a farmer who could not afford labourers.
Crops
85 Per Cent of Haor Crop-Protection Embankment Work Done in Netrokona
With 15 per cent of the work still to do, Netrokona's haor crop-protection embankments missed the 28 February deadline and the district has been given an extra week.
Environment
Wild Elephants Rampage in Durgapur, Four Villages Spend Sleepless Nights
Herds of wild elephants that came down from India have been raiding border villages in Durgapur, Netrokona, destroying homes, crops and stored paddy and killing a farmer.
Crops
Wild Elephant Carcass Recovered from Paddy Field in Netrokona
The carcass of a wild elephant has been recovered from a paddy field in the Betgara area of Kalmakanda, Netrokona, near the Indian border.