28 years on, but no brick building of Palsha High School

RAJSHAHI, Dec 03: The students of Palsha High School under Naopara union of Durgapur upazila of Rajshahi attend their classes in dilapidated mud-built rooms. Even after 28-year of the founding of the school, the pucca or brick-built building has not been constructed by replacing the tattered, dilapidated schoolhouse. The school...

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Tomato farming brings solvency to poor peasants in Bogura

BOGURA, Dec 03: Bumper output and fair market price of tomato have brought solvency among the extreme poor peasants of Bogura district this current season.According to Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office, the farmers of the district have cultivated tomato on 235 bighas of land aiming to be self-reliant from...

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Three to die for murder in Khulna

KHULNA, Dec 03 (UNB): A tribunal in Khulna convicted on Thursday three people and sentenced them to death for killing a worker of Khulna Sri Agro Limited in 2015.The convicts are Bibek Mandal, Sougat Roy and Arunav Roy. All of them were tried in absentia.Crime Prevention Tribunal of Khulna Judge...

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20,960 hectares of land to be brought under potato farming in Naogaon

NAOGAON, Dec 03: About 20,960 hectares of land will come under potato farming in the district in the ongoing Robi season.A target has been set to produce around 482,080 tonnes of potatoes, officials at the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said.They further said Diamant, Heera, Kufri Shindhuri, Cardinal, Petronese, Granola,...

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