Bay leaf cultivation changing farmers' fortune in Rangpur villages | Others

By Md Mamun IslamRANGPUR, Oct 3, 2025 (BSS) - Cultivation of the medicinal and spicy plant bay leaf has become popular, changing the fate of farmers in several villages of Tepamadhupur union in Kawnia upazila of Rangpur in recent years. Almost every house in Bajemjakur, Tepamadhupur, Chaitar Mour, Rajib and adjoining villages of the union has a bay leaf garden. Throughout the year, family members, including men, women, and teenagers, in these villages can be seen filling sacks with bay leaves every day after planting and caring for them and handing them over to traders.While visiting Bajemjakur, Tepamadhupur, Chaitar Mour and Rajib villages recently, this reporter witnessed such a busy schedule around bay leaf gardens.According to local villagers, many people...