Fertiliser-crisis

Farmers who had been standing in line since morning failed to receive fertiliser and got angry and blockaded the Kurigram-Bhurungamari highway for nearly an hour. They not only blocked the highway but also chased a fertiliser dealer and detained a sub-assistant agricultural officer.After similar incidents in Bhurungamari, Roumari, Rajibpur and Nageshwari, such incidents occurred in the Bhogdanga and Ghogadaha unions of Kurigram Sadar upazila on Sunday (September 20).Farmers blocked the road afte...

Three phenomenon: Law and order, power and energy and fertilizer. These three issues have put three ministries under pressure. Just seven months into their tenure, these three areas of the governance have placed the BNP government before a major political and administrative test. On one hand, the deterioration in the law and order situation is increasing public anxiety; on the other hand, people are suffering from power and gas shortages. A fertilizer crisis has also emerged in farmers' fie...