A hapless farmer shows his ruined BRRI-28 Boro rice crops as the fungal disease – Blast – has invaded his entire cropland in Sylhet Sadar’s Khadimnagar union. Farmers have claimed that the disease is particularly affecting the BRRI-28 and BRRI-29 varieties of the crop and even spraying medicine is not helping.
PHOTO: SHEIKH NASIR
A man leaps across the rail tracks with a train just seconds away at the Moghbazar level crossing yesterday morning. Despite numerous deaths at level crossings across the country, people still seem to remain ignorant and risk their lives and limbs.
PHOTO: PRABIR DAS
