by Sohel Parvez in The Daily Star, Aug 27, 2023Land use for rice cultivation in Bangladesh is likely to decline in marketing year (MY) 2023-24, which began on May, forecasted the US Department of Agriculture at the end of last week. The late arrival of monsoon rains and a heatwave during the Aus season may result in rice cultivation area being 1.7 percent lower to 1.16 crore (one crore = 10 million) hectares of land…