PHOTO: MASUK HRIDOY

Sacks of unhusked paddy fill the banks of the Meghna river in Brahmanbaria’s Ashuganj upazila, where one of the country’s largest trading hubs has come alive after the seasonal harvest. Regional farmers ferry freshly harvested paddy by trawlers to the market, with 80,000 to 100,000 maunds traded daily. The photo was taken recently.