Farmer
He acts before they are lost
Seeing Yusuf Molla's collection of paddies, one is likely to reminisce about the famous verses of Jogindranath's poem “Kajer Chhele”: “Dadkhani chal, mosurir dal, chini-pata doi...”
Of a farmer with passion for education
Abdur Rashid is a marginal farmer revered and respected for a completely different role he has been playing for the last nine years in the remote village of Lalmonirhat's Dakkhin Dalgram...
He acts before they are lost
Seeing Yusuf Molla's collection of paddies, one is likely to reminisce about the famous verses of Jogindranath's poem “Kajer Chhele”: “Dadkhani chal, mosurir dal, chini-pata doi...”
A culture of disdain for farmers
Most farmers in this country are cash-strapped but they are not by any means unsuccessful or less civilised than the rest of the community.
Dried up Teesta hits livelihood
“We used to have bumper crops here,” says farmer Mahir Uddin of Char Kalmati village in Lalmonirhat. “The Teesta River used to flow year-round but nowadays there's not enough water in winter...
Let's take nation to 'new heights: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces a new campaign 'Start-up India, Stand up India' to promote bank financing for start-ups as he focussed his Independence Day address on promotion of...
6 killed, 6 missing in cyclone ‘Komen’
At least six people have been killed and six missing in Cox’s Bazar, Patuakhali and Bhola, coastal areas of Bangladesh, with cyclone ‘Komen’ waiting at Bay to make landfall.
Hopes grow for climate-proof beans
A breakthrough in the development of temperature- resilient beans could help sustain a vital source of protein for millions of people around the globe
Farmers underpaid, shortchanged by traders
FRUIT and vegetable growers, given their limited staying power with perishables, are among the hardest-hit in the economy .