Despite the existence of the Dowry Prohibition Act-2018, the demands for dowries are still prevalent in many communities in Bangladesh, burdening newlywed women and their families with undue financial pressure.
Cold weather persisting for almost three weeks is harming paddy and potato farming in different districts while vegetable growers fear pest attacks amid foggy conditions will damage their produce.
Farmer Maqbul Hossain, who planted Aman paddy on eight bighas of land this year, got 48 maunds of paddy from five bighas land, used for tobacco in previous times, and 42 maunds from the remaining three bighas.