boro rice

boro rice

Infographic: TBS

Boro harvest cools rice prices, but farmers worry over paddy rates

In the capital’s wholesale markets, BRRI-28 rice is selling at Tk58–60 per kg, Guti Shorna at Tk53–54, and Paijam at Tk55–57

Photo shows a farmer harvesting paddy. File Photo: TBS

Govt to procure 14 lakh tonnes of Boro rice at Tk49 per kg

Vast demand for groundwater irrigation depletes drinking water wells, forcing many communities to struggle for months. Photo: TBS

Bangladesh’s seasonal groundwater crisis is solvable

Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain

Transplantation of Boro rice seedlings

The Boro season, spanning from December to March, represents the peak cropping period, yielding over two crore tonnes of rice annually. File Photo: Noor-A-Alam/TBS

Boro worries ease as all 4 urea factories now operational

File Photo. Photo: TBS

Flash flood damages 5,000 hectares of Boro crops in Sunamganj haors

Photo: Collected

Food ministry to procure 18 lakh tons of Boro paddy, rice

Former food minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder. Photo: Collected

Buy 75 % of boro rice by 30 June: Minister to food dept