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.
With the slogan “Ai Desh Samotar Eksathe Iftar”, which means “Let’s have iftar together in this country of equality”, a local humanitarian organisation is distributing iftar to marginalised people in Kurigram.