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Blast Disease Ruins Boro Paddy in Gaibandha Fields
Blast and fungal disease have struck half-ripe Boro paddy across Gaibandha, leaving many farmers with empty grains and debts.
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Paddy Farming
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Wholesale Rice Prices Fall but Retail Markets See No Change
New Boro rice has started to push down wholesale and mill prices, but Dhaka's retail rice prices have not moved.
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Chhatra League Woman Leader Joins Paddy Harvest in Mymensingh
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.
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Chhatra League Cuts Paddy, Bringing a Smile to a Noakhali Farmer
Chhatra League activists harvested ripe Boro paddy on about 70 decimals for a Noakhali farmer who could not afford the higher wages of labourers.
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Awami League Activists Cut Housewife's Paddy and Take It Home in Gobindaganj
In Gobindaganj, Gaibandha, 120 Awami League activists led by the upazila chairman cut and carried home the paddy of a housewife who could not find labourers.
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Chhatra League Starts Cutting Farmers' Paddy in Kishoreganj
Chhatra League activists in Kishoreganj have begun cutting and carrying home paddy for farmers short of labour, starting with six bighas in Maria.
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Jubo League Urges Activists to Cut Farmers' Paddy
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.
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Neck Blast Turns Paddy to Chaff, Leaving Haor Farmers in Despair
Harvesting has begun in Kishoreganj's haor, but farmers who grew BRRI dhan28 have little to smile about after neck blast turned much of their crop to chaff.
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Chhatra League Calls on Activists to Cut Farmers' Paddy and Take It Home
Bangladesh Chhatra League has called on young people, students and youth to cut farmers' Boro paddy this season and carry it safely home.
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Fears of Disaster for Agriculture in Intense Heat, and What to Do
As a heatwave pushes temperatures to 42°C, an agriculturist warns of heavy crop losses and sets out steps to protect paddy, fruit, vegetables, livestock and fish.
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Hail Causes Heavy Damage to Aus Paddy in Lalmonirhat
Hail with gusty wind in Lalmonirhat flattened half-ripe Aus paddy and pierced tin-roofed homes, leaving farmers and families distressed on the eve of Eid.
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Boro Paddy at Risk of Heat Shock in Unbearable Temperatures
Scientists warn that the heatwave puts flowering boro paddy at risk of heat shock, which burns rice flowers and leaves empty grains.
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Three Ministers Harvest Paddy Together in Sunamganj Haor
Three ministers joined a boro paddy harvest festival at Dekhar Haor in Sunamganj and cut paddy together.