Years of continuous losses have forced the closure of 142 rice mills (husking mills) in Adamdighi Upazila of Bogura. The upazila once had 232 conventional rice mills in total. This year, only 90 husking mills are supplying rice to the government under contract. At present, the upazila has 90 operating conventional mills and 13 automatic rice mills.With most mills shut down, nearly 5,000 workers linked to the sector have lost their jobs and are now unemployed, struggling to survive with their fam...
