The dead was identified as Mantu, 32, a rickshawpuller of Makuartari viallge under Rajarhat upazila in Kurigram, our Bogra correspondent reports.

Some 500 farmers including Mantu stood in a long queue in front of Bhai Bhai Fertiliser to collect fertiliser since morning. The shop, however, had only 220 sacks of fertilisers.

During the long wait, Mantu collapsed on ground at about 1:30pm, witnesses said.

He was taken to his nearby house where he died after sometime.

Mantu stood in the line for fertiliser although he does not have any land, locals said.

Hundreds of farmers Birganj upazila blocked the Dinajpur-Panchagarh highway near Kabrirazhat village from 10:00am to 1:00pm.

On information, Birganj UNO Abdul Mannan went to the scene with police forces and persuaded the farmers to withdraw the barricade.

Hundreds more fertiliser-hungry farmers in Kaharal upazila barred Dinajpur-Dhaka highway at Dashmile intersection for two hours.

Later police removed the barricade that had blocked hundreds of vehicles.

The farmers of Dinajpur have continued their agitation demanding adequate fertilisers from the beginning of IRRI-Boro season in this year.

BDNEWS adds: Farmers in Rangpur yesterday barricaded the main road of the town and demonstrated demanding fertiliser.

Farmers who gathered at the fertiliser shops on the College Road of the town got furious to see the shops under lock and key.

They kept the main road blocked from 2:00pm to 5:00pm.

Later, they withdrew the barricade following assurance from the deputy commissioner.

Each of the 97 dealers for eight upazilas of Rangpur district is allocated 94 tonnes of fertiliser, dealers said.

But there are allegations that farmers are not getting fertilisers as per requirement although there is stock of fertiliser in the buffer godown.

The total demand of fertiliser in the district is 9,118 tonnes.