'I Was Worried; I Am Happy Chhatra League Harvested My Paddy'
Thirty Chhatra League activists harvested a Mymensingh farmer's 50 decimals of ripe paddy after he could not find labourers.
Thirty Chhatra League activists harvested a Mymensingh farmer's 50 decimals of ripe paddy after he could not find labourers.
A 50-year-old village doctor died after a wild elephant turned on him as villagers drove a herd out of paddy fields in Haluaghat, Mymensingh.
Farmers in Kaliganj, Gazipur, reported yields of about one maund per decimal from three new BRRI rice varieties at a harvest field day.
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.
The government wants blast-hit BRRI dhan28 out of farmers' fields quickly and is urging growers to switch to newer varieties, the agriculture minister said.
A third of the country's boro paddy and 90 per cent in the vulnerable haor wetlands had been harvested by 30 April, the agriculture minister said.
Unknown people set fire overnight to paddy that farmer Israil Hossain had cut and stacked in his field in Satkhira's Kalaroa upazila.
Chhatra League activists in Chuadanga harvested four bighas of paddy for farmers short of money and labour, answering the prime minister's call.
Jubo League activists in Netrokona, led by Advocate Mashhudul Mannan Trisha, harvested ripe paddy for a farmer who could not afford labourers.
Chhatra League activists in Natore's Singra upazila harvested and brought home four bighas of Boro paddy for five poor farmers.
Chhatra League activists in Baliakandi, Rajbari, cut paddy on 88 decimals of land belonging to three farmers and carried it home for them.
Jubo League activists in Lakshmipur cut and carried home ripe paddy from at least three acres belonging to two farmers who could not find labourers.
Central Krishak League leaders harvested an acre of ripe paddy for a farmer in Kishoreganj's Karimganj upazila to encourage haor farmers.