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Land Minister Mizanur Rahman Minu yesterday said a total of 2,81,659 land-related cases remained pending in courts across the country as of fiscal year 2024-25.

Responding to a question from MP Shahjahan Chowdhury, he said the rate of dispute resolution through land arbitration and alternative mechanisms stood at 39.43 percent.

Replying to a question from ruling party MP Shirin Sultana, Minu said the entry of brokers into land offices was being strictly controlled through CCTV monitoring.

In response to a query from MP Khairul Kabir Khokon, Agriculture Minister Mohammad Aminur Rashid said Bangladesh has 88.29 lakh hectares, or 2.18 crore acres, of cultivable farmland, accounting for about 59.7 percent of the country’s total area.