Abdur Rahman, an elderly farmer from Bhukshimail union in Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar, took loans to cultivate Boro paddy this season, hoping for a good harvest and some financial relief.

No one in Bangladesh voted for the war. No one here had any say in whether the United States and Israel should attack Iran on February 28.

So far, 85 percent of the haor fields and 30 percent of the non-haor fields have been harvested.

Prices of essentials are rising, and most worryingly, the price of rice is completely uncontrolled in the domestic market. Despite this being peak season and sufficient paddy supply, rice prices rose by Tk 8 to 10 per kg in the last two weeks.

It takes 14 million litres of irrigation water to produce six tonnes of Boro rice on one hectare of typical farmland in Bangladesh.