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Sylhet dealers sell around 10,000 tonnes of crop in September

SYLHET, Oct10: Dealers of the four districts in the division have already received their deliveries of rice for October to sell the essential commodity among the ultra-poor at Tk 10, officials at the Food Department informed on Tuesday.As many as 243,724 poor people, listed under the programme in Sylhet division,...

1,800 fishermen get special VGF rice in Rajshahi

RAJSHAHI, Oct 10 (BSS): A total of 1,800 fishermen families were brought under special VGF programme as they remained abstained from fishing hilsa fish along the bank of the Padma river in different upazilas of the district.Beneficiary families are getting 20 kgs of rice during the mother hilsa fish conservation...

Sowing of 20,000 palm seeds begins in Rangpur Sadar

RANGPUR, Oct 10 (BSS): The Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) and the Sadar upazila administration jointly launched a programme of sowing of 20,000 palm seeds in the upazila to stave off lightning damage for saving human lives.Sadar upazila Chairman Nasima Zaman Boby inaugurated the programme at Reaz Bridge point in...

Speakers focus on achieving SDGs to cut poverty

GAIBANDHA, Oct 10: Speakers in a function in the district on Wednesday laid emphasis on the need for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), otherwise known as Global Goals, by 2030 to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure people's peace and prosperity."In this context, all the local stakeholders including...

Plea for ensuring adolescent-friendly environment in society

RANGPUR, Oct 10: Moushumi, experienced what it means to be the civil surgeon of Rangpur district when she symbolically took over the role only for a day. Girls Takeover campaign, held every year by the Plan International in Bangladesh, to celebrate the International Day of Girl Child. It is a...

Fair prices delight Bogura radish cultivators

BOGURA, Oct 10: Due to a bumper production and fair market prices, early winter radish cultivators in the district are making a handsome profit this season.According to the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), the target of radish cultivation had fixed nearly 400 hectares of land, but around 5, 00 hectares...

People homeless at Sharankhola

BAGERHAT: Floodwater has rendered around thousands of people homeless at Sharankhola — Focus Bangla