Dhaka, April 19 -- As many as 100 labourers, including women, started for Kishoreganj's Austagram Upazila in the first round for the harvest during the Boro crop season, Shah Mohammad Abdur Rauf, a deputy commissioner of Chattogram Metropolitan Police, told bdnews24.com on Sunday.

The CMP is initially arranging transport for a total of 1,000 farm labourers, who will stay and work under the supervision of the local administrations, he said.

Farm labourers travel from one district to another during the harvest. The demand and availability of these labourers impact prices as well.

During the Boro season this year, the farmers have cultivated over 4.1 million hectares of land, including around 1 million hectares in the Haor region, accordi...