Dhaka, May 5 -- The agriculture cell of the National Citizen Party (NCP) on Tuesday submitted a memorandum to the Ministry of Agriculture urging the government to take immediate steps to address the devastating crop losses suffered by farmers in the haor region due to flashfloods and upstream water.

The memorandum, signed by NCP Joint Chief Coordinator and Agriculture Secretary Golam Mortuja Selim, was received by ministry officials in the absence of Agriculture Minister Mohammed Aminur Rashid.

NCP central members and agriculture cell members Touhid Ahmed Ashik and Md Omar Faruk were also present on the occasion.

In the memorandum, the party said thousands of hectares of ripe Boro paddy have already gone under water across vast haor ar...