Despite the bumper yields in the just concluded Boro season, rice prices are going up, increasing the hardship of low-income people many of whom are suffering from income losses for lockdown and sluggish economic activities.The spike raises questions among the consumers as the government agencies earlier claimed about increased production of the staple grain in the last three crop seasons. Estimates by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics and Department of Agricultural Extension showed that Bangladesh produced 6 per cent higher rice year-on-year to 3.86 crore tonnes in the fiscal year 2020-21 from 3.66 crore tonnes in the previous year.