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I really needed the money for my son: Anwar

Anwar Hossain (58, Farmer, Choknona, Raninagar, Naogaon) had come to a local rice mill with two maunds (80 kilograms) of paddy for his family’s consumption. He sat outside the mill as the power was out. The harvest has been good but Anwar is still worried about meeting the costs of one of his daughters’ marriage. Of the meagre amount of land he owns, he has pawned about 95 decimals for three years for Tk 70,000. “I really needed the money for my son. I have managed to pay only a third of the amount. And I was hoping that I would be able to make some money with the potato that I  Read more...

We had about 10 acres of land taken by the river: Shahidul

SHAHIDUL Islam (Farmer, Anantaram, Pirgachha, Rangpur) has planted jute on his 20 decimals of land. Although jute cultivation is apparently decreasing according to him, prices are far better than they used to be. He has only settled here a few years ago and has not yet been able to buy more land for intense cultivation.

The young man moved from Mithapukur, an adjacent sub-district, with his wife just to escape from river erosion. ‘We had about 10 acres of land  Read more...