Haor Rice Crops Threatening Food Security Haor Farmers Lose Everything as Rice Fields Go Under Water
Mahibur Fakir [Hillol]
May 17, 2026
Torrential pre-monsoon rains and upstream floodwaters have submerged tens of thousands of hectares of Boro paddy across northeastern Bangladesh, pushing over 112,000 farmers into crisis and threatening the country’s rice supply at its most critical harvest moment.
