Stop discrimination and stand by farmers, demanded one placard. Buy rice directly from farmers, said another. Yet another screamed, “Save farmers, save agriculture.”

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is worried about the declining prices of paddy across Bangladesh, says Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque.

Leaders of Bangladesh Krishak Samity, an organisation of farmers, announce to stage a demonstration across the country on May 23 to press their demands including increasing of paddy price.