A girl was hacked to death allegedly by her father while her grandmother, mother and sister were criticallyinjured in the incident over a land dispute in Rangpur’s Pirgachha on Sunday evening.
The use of machinery for agriculture, particularly tilling land, harvesting crops, threshing grains and packing produce, is rising in northern districts such as Dinajpur and Rangpur as it is cheaper and more efficient compared to manual farming methods, according the Department of Agricultural Extension.