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Jamuna Bank Farmers Pin Their Hopes on Black Boro Rice
Landless farmers along the Jamuna in Dhunat, Bogura, grow black boro rice without ploughing on newly surfaced chars, at almost no production cost.
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Paddy Farming
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PRAN Starts Buying Aman Paddy Directly From Farmers
PRAN's Banga Millers Limited has begun procuring aman paddy from farmers in Dinajpur, with a target of 2,750 tonnes.
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Aman Harvest Festival Under Way in Mirsarai
Farmers in Mirsarai, Chattogram, are busy harvesting aman paddy after cultivation rose by 1,900 hectares from last year's flood-hit level.
CropsUnknown Disease Hits Aman Paddy in Gaibandha, Farmers Fear for the Harvest
In November 2025 aman paddy leaves were drying brown within two weeks across Gaibandha's seven upazilas; farmers feared heavy losses, and the agriculture department's preliminary view was bacterial leaf blight.
CropsHill Jhum Paddy Grown on Plain Land in Jhenaidah Yields Well at Low Cost
A farmer in Ramnagar village of Jhenaidah Sadar grew the hill paddy Sentu Pajam 21 on high fallow land in the 2025 aman season, and said it needed under a tenth of aman's irrigation and cost Tk 7,000 to 8,000 a bigha.
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Manikganj Farmers Celebrate Bringing Home the Aman Harvest
A good aman crop after timely rain has put Manikganj's farming families in a festive mood as they harvest and bring the paddy home.
CropsGood Aman Paddy Yield in Thakurgaon, but Low Prices Disappoint Farmers
Farmers in Thakurgaon said on 8 November 2025 that the aman paddy yield was good but that a two-maund sack was fetching Tk 2,200 to Tk 2,400, too little to cover their costs, and they asked the government to fix a fair price and buy paddy.
CropsBumper Aman Harvest in Magura Keeps Farmers Busy Cutting and Threshing
Farmers in Magura were busy cutting and threshing a bumper aman paddy crop in early November 2025, crediting the season's heavy rain, though rain and wind had flattened paddy in some fields.
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Aman Paddy Flattened on Thousands of Hectares in Lalmonirhat
Rain and gusty wind from a low-pressure system in the Bay of Bengal have flattened ripe and half-ripe aman paddy on thousands of hectares in Lalmonirhat.
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Farmers in Joypurhat Turn to Perching to Control Pests in Aman Rice
Farmers in Joypurhat are using the perching method on about 40,000 hectares of Aman rice, letting insect-eating birds control pests instead of pesticides.
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Pest Attacks Leave Meherpur Rice Farmers at a Loss
Farmers in Meherpur are struggling with stem borer, brown planthopper and foot rot in their aman paddy, and say pesticides and official advice are falling short.
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Panicles on Seedlings: Over a Hundred Farmers Lose Their Paddy
More than a hundred farmers in Patharghata say substandard paddy seed flowered in the seedbed, cutting yields on about 90 acres, and the compensation they got is far below their losses.
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Asaduzzaman Earns Tk 40,000 a Month Killing Rats With Bamboo Traps
Asaduzzaman of Chirirbandar in Dinajpur earns Tk 35,000 to 40,000 a month killing rats in farmers' paddy fields with bamboo tube traps.