Mostafa Shabuj

Prior to cultivating any crop, farmers naturally wonder whether they can earn a profit from it or not. In other words, the prospect of profit is what motivates them to cultivate a certain crop.

Potato growers across the country are bracing for financial losses for the second consecutive year as prices of one of the nation’s largest vegetable crops have plunged further during the peak harvesting season.

Year-round harvests have made local fruits cheaper and exotic options commonplace

Dilruba Nuri, contesting the Bogura-6 (Sadar) seat in the 13th national parliamentary election, is campaigning on foot in a constituency of nearly five lakh voters, relying on a handheld loudspeaker and donations from well-wishers.

After failing to shield potato farmers from a price crash last season, the government is now struggling to deliver cash incentives even as harvesting of this year’s early varieties has already begun, raising fresh concerns about policy delays and continued neglect of growers.

Cultivation of new potatoes also falls; experts blame govt’s poor planning, policy gaps

The nationwide blockade being observed by several political parties in Bangladesh is taking its toll on businesses as sales have plunged. The transport blockade, set to enter its fifth phase on Wednesday, aims at forcing the current government to step down and pave the way for holding the next parliamentary election under a non-partisan interim government.

Fahmida, who has been undergoing dialysis for the last two years, now desperately needs a second kidney transplant. Her mother Fatema Zohra had donated her a kidney in 2015, but it got damaged within a year.