Crop-loss

The price of green chilies has gone beyond the reach of ordinary people in Barishal. The retail price has reached Tk 400 per kilogram. Sellers say prices have increased because imports have declined due to heavy rainfall. Buyers, however, allege that a syndicate is driving up vegetable prices. As a result, consumers are struggling with the soaring market prices. A visit to permanent and mobile markets across Barishal city found the same picture. Many low and middle income consumers were se...

Normal life has yet to return to several areas of Baghaichhari upazila in Rangamati following flooding caused by heavy rainfall and hill torrents. Water has started to recede in some places. However, flood-hit residents are continuing to struggle with shortages of food, safe drinking water, baby food and livestock feed. At the same time, farmers are worried about damage to cropland and the fisheries sector. Locals said thousands of families in the low-lying areas of the upazila have been...