Wheat production as well as its cultivation area in five northern districts of Rangpur region is seeing a significant decline over the past few years as farmers shifting to other crops for higher profits.
Impact of Covid-19
Education takes a back seat in char areas
Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila’s Char Gokunda resident Milon Islam used to be busy with studies like his other third grader classmates when his school was open, before Covid-19 broke out. But now, he spends most of his days working with his father at crop fields. Photo: S Dilip Roy
Our Correspondent, Lalmonirhat
Our Correspondent, Lalmonirhat
Milon Islam is a student of class three from a family that lives on agriculture, in Char Gokunda on the Teesta river in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila. He has shelved his textbooks for nine months as his school has been closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.