Despite the blast disease destroying more than half the BRRI-28 and BRRI-29 varieties of Boro, Jalal Mia, 65, and his sons were still happy to be able to harvest some of his BRRI-28 crops in Sylhet Sadar’s Uptar Haor yesterday. Last year, many farmers were unable to save any of their crops after devastating floods hit the region. PHOTO: SHEIKH NASIR
With the Dhanmondi Road-27 in the capital clogged with traffic, rickshaws get on the footpath. The photo was taken around 1:00pm yesterday.
Photo: Prabir Das
