Business Plus
Rice cultivation is expanding across many coastal districts as farmers adapt to rising soil salinity with salt-tolerant varieties that are helping stabilise yields
20 June 2026, 00:00 AM
Sohel Parvez
Middle-aged Bidhan Mandal is, by nature, a sociable man. He enjoys a good chat and rarely misses an adda. But in the final week of May, there is barely any time for conversation.The fields are heavy with ripe Boro paddy. Harvesting, bundling and carrying it home — none of it is small work, even with eight or ten hired labourers.
