Dhaka, June 1 -- Floundering Fields and Empty Granaries

Procurement plummets: State rice collection collapses to just 20 percent after early monsoon floods drown the region's vital Boro crops

Granaries bone dry: Severe yield losses leave ruined farming households without enough surplus rice to supply government silos

Data in dispute: Farmers claim real losses are triple the official figures, sparking disputes over state relief packages

Spoilt at the gates: Waterlogged, blackened grain fails strict moisture tests, forcing depot officials to turn away local harvests

In Sunamganj's vast Haor wetlands, where golden Boro rice used to ripen in orderly fields before the annual waters returned, this year's harvest has been swallowed early by...