Dhaka, April 4 -- In the heart of Bangladesh's agricultural landscape, a silent crisis unfolds as tomato farmers in Chandpur face an unprecedented price collapse.

Once brimming with hope for a profitable season, these farmers now find their hard-earned produce nearly worthless, with prices so low that a kilogram of tomatoes cannot even buy a cup of tea.

In several villages, ripe, red tomatoes are left to rot in the fields, abandoned by cultivators who see no economic sense in transporting them to market, reports UNB.

The cost of getting their produce to buyers now exceeds the revenue they can generate, leaving farmers in a state of despair.

"Transport costs exceed the selling price, so what's the point?" lamented Gias Uddin Sarkar, a ...