The government decides to buy Boro rice and paddy at Tk 38 and Tk 26 a kilogramme.
For the first time in recent years, Bangladesh is set to experience a less productive rice season owing to a huge loss of Boro crops. Back-to-back disasters -- flashfloods, intense rainfall and fungal disease blast attacks -- have come as a blow to Boro, the biggest of the country's three rice seasons. The other two seasons are Aus and Aman.
The government decides to buy Boro rice and paddy at Tk 38 and Tk 26 a kilogramme.
For the first time in recent years, Bangladesh is set to experience a less productive rice season owing to a huge loss of Boro crops. Back-to-back disasters -- flashfloods, intense rainfall and fungal disease blast attacks -- have come as a blow to Boro, the biggest of the country's three rice seasons. The other two seasons are Aus and Aman.