Paddy

A kg of beef for a maund of paddy!

Kamal Mia, a farmer in Gazipur’s Sreepur upazila, went to a local market recently to sell a maund of paddy to buy meat and other essentials as he was expecting guests.

Into The Fields of Gold

The glittering fields of gold signal the arrival of the paddy harvesting season. Farmers across the country are busy reaping the fruits of their labour.

Embankment woes in haor

When it comes to Boro paddy, Sunamganj usually offers a lion's share of the nationwide harvest. But for the last two years the district has suffered from flash floods, with the 2017 crop in Sunamganj and other haor wetland areas of the northeast all but wiped out.

Rat damaged grains worth Tk 723cr in 2014-15 FY: Matia

Rats damaged food grains including paddy, rice and wheat worth over Tk 723 crore during the 2014-15 fiscal, Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury tells parliament.

May 16, 2024
May 16, 2024

A kg of beef for a maund of paddy!

Kamal Mia, a farmer in Gazipur’s Sreepur upazila, went to a local market recently to sell a maund of paddy to buy meat and other essentials as he was expecting guests.

April 26, 2019
April 26, 2019

Into The Fields of Gold

The glittering fields of gold signal the arrival of the paddy harvesting season. Farmers across the country are busy reaping the fruits of their labour.

April 3, 2018
April 3, 2018

Embankment woes in haor

When it comes to Boro paddy, Sunamganj usually offers a lion's share of the nationwide harvest. But for the last two years the district has suffered from flash floods, with the 2017 crop in Sunamganj and other haor wetland areas of the northeast all but wiped out.

June 21, 2015
June 21, 2015

Rat damaged grains worth Tk 723cr in 2014-15 FY: Matia

Rats damaged food grains including paddy, rice and wheat worth over Tk 723 crore during the 2014-15 fiscal, Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury tells parliament.