CropsFarmers in Pratapnagar and Tentulia, in Satkhira's Assasuni upazila, alleged in February 2026 that influential shrimp enclosure owners were using a drainage sluice gate to let salt water into a beel, which they said put boro paddy on 80 to 100 bigha at risk. Officials said they would act if misuse was proved.
Seasonal bans on fishing in the sea, rivers and Sundarbans run almost all year, leaving Mongla's coastal fishers deep in debt and many without the cards that bring aid.
A 17km road on a Padma embankment in Ishwardi, Pabna, has been left unrepaired for years, cutting off 70,000 to 100,000 people in 15 villages and hurting char farmers.
With a 10-day Eid-ul-Azha holiday under way, Dhaka is nearly empty, though cattle markets and the main exit points are congested.
A sacrificial animal market set up beside a school in Jhenaigati, Sherpur, has caused severe congestion, leaving passengers stuck for hours.
Rising salinity in the soil and rivers of coastal Patuakhali is shrinking the land farmers can crop and forcing changes in what they grow.
Floodwater from the Muhuri river has dumped sand up to 6 feet deep on farmland in Feni, and farmers fear they will not be able to grow crops for years.
A retired additional secretary pressed neighbours to get rid of their roosters, threatening police action, and says he was protesting noise pollution.
Intermittent rain in Dhaka on the last day of the Eid exodus caused misery for travellers and kept buyers away from cattle markets.
Buyers and sellers in Gaibandha accuse haat lessees of charging far more than the official toll, of taking money from sellers too, and of leaving the fee blank on receipts.
With no rain for five months, farmers in Lalmonirhat's five upazilas are paying extra to irrigate maize, Boro rice and vegetables and fear losses.
Egg prices in Dhaka rose Tk 10 a hali in a week to Tk 50, and broiler chicken rose Tk 40 to 60 to Tk 200 to 220 a kg.
Daily power cuts of three to four hours in Rajshahi at the start of the Boro season have raised fears for irrigation.
