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Canal Bank Breach Floods Thousands of Hectares of Paddy in Chuadanga
The bank of the Ganges-Kobadak (GK) project's main canal broke in Alamdanga, flooding Aman paddy, homes, retting jute and fish ponds.
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CropsBSMRAU develops BU Soybean-5, a waterlogging-tolerant soybean for the coast
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University said in August 2024 that its new BU Soybean-5 ripens in 75 to 85 days, survives seven days of waterlogging and has the largest seeds of any soybean variety in Bangladesh.
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Rainwater Submerges Crore Taka Worth of Paddy in the Haor
Rainwater has submerged farmers' ripening boro paddy in various haors of Sunamganj, with nearly Tk 1 crore worth lost, according to the agriculture department.
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Unguarded Sluice Gate Floods Fields, Destroying Crops on Hundred Bighas
Water entering through an unrepaired regulator on a BWDB irrigation canal in Santhia, Pabna, has damaged crops on more than a hundred bighas.
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Waterlogged Beel Puts Aman Cultivation on 500 Bighas in Doubt
Aman cultivation on about 500 bighas of Surikhali beel in Tala, Satkhira, is in doubt after a month of waterlogging that farmers blame on blocked drainage.