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Monocled Cobra Rescued from Tea Garden, Workers Alarmed
A venomous monocled cobra found by tea pickers at Bhurbhuria tea garden in Sreemangal was rescued and handed to the forest department for release into the forest.
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Rotten Potatoes in Cold Storage Sacks Leave Farmers Facing Losses
Four months after farmers and traders stored hundreds of thousands of tonnes of potatoes in Bogura and Joypurhat hoping for better prices, demand is weak, prices are flat and the stored crop has begun to rot.
Environment
Worker Killed in Wild Elephant Attack in Jamalpur
A 69-year-old worker who went into a reserved forest in Bakshiganj, Jamalpur, to collect firewood was found dead, apparently killed by a wild elephant.
Crops
Labour and Harvester Shortage Doubles the Cost of Cutting Rice in Dinajpur
A shortage of labourers and working combine harvesters, rising fuel prices and rain have doubled the cost of harvesting Boro rice in Dinajpur.
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Bumper Paddy Crop but Despair Across the Haor as Habiganj Farmers Fail to Cover Costs
Habiganj's haors have a bumper boro crop this season, but paddy prices at their lowest in years leave farmers unable to cover costs or repay advances.
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Bone-Chilling Cold Grips Moulvibazar, Workers of 92 Tea Gardens Struggle
A spell of severe cold and dense fog in Moulvibazar is hitting tea garden workers and day labourers who lack warm clothes but must keep working.
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Tea Worker Bishnu Hazra's Love of Trees and His Green Revolution
A tea worker in Sreemangal who also sells jhalmuri has spent 28 years planting trees wherever he finds empty ground.
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Shyampur Sugar Mill Raises Hopes, but New Challenges Remain
The closed Shyampur Sugar Mill in Rangpur is waiting for funds to restart production, but whether farmers will return to sugarcane is a major question.
Agribusiness
Hilsa Price Falls by Tk 200 a Kg at Chandpur
Hilsa prices at Chandpur's landing centre fell by about Tk 200 a kg as supply from the southern coast rose, though little of the fish came from the Padma and Meghna.
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A Market for Paddy Harvest Labourers Wakes at Dawn
Each boro season, farm labourers gather at dawn at Nurbag in Abhaynagar, Jashore, waiting for farmers to hire them to cut paddy.
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Cost of Boro Rice Cultivation Rises in Manikganj
Farmers in Manikganj say the cost of growing Boro rice has risen by Tk 2,500 to Tk 3,000 a bigha this year, and some have planted less.
Agribusiness
Hilsa Prices Soar as Supply Falls in Chandpur
Hilsa supply at the Chandpur fish landing centre has dropped for a week, pushing prices up by Tk 500 to Tk 800 a kg.
Crops
82 Per Cent of Rice Mills Shut in Naogaon, Workers Struggle to Survive
Unable to compete with automatic rice mills, at least 82 per cent of Naogaon's husking mills have closed, leaving about 35,000 drying-yard workers jobless and a few traders in control of the rice market.