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Sylhet achieves 96pc of Aus cultivation target

Our CorrespondentSYLHET, June 30: Farmers in Sylhet division have managed to achieve 96 per cent of the target, set for Aus paddy production this year. Plantation of the crop is complete while the seedbed target of 8,828 hectares had been surpassed with 9,545 hectares of land, an official said.The Department...

Two minor siblings drown in B’baria

BRAHMANBARIA, June 30 (UNB): Two siblings drowned in a pond at Modhhaparain Akhauraupazila on Friday. The deceased were identified as Jannat, 8, and Sayeed, 6, sons of Masuk Mia of the area.

Joypurhat road crash leaves one dead

JOYPURHAT, June 30 (UNB): A female teacher of a polytechnic institute was killed as a battery-run auto-rickshaw carrying her collided with a speeding bus on the Joypurhat-Mangalbari road in Khanjanpur PDB area in the district town on Friday.The deceased was identified as Zakia Sultana, 25, daughter of Dollar Hossain of...

Jirashail, Parija farming gaining momentum in Bogura

Our CorrespondentBOGURA, June 30: Cultivation of two paddy varieties - Jirashail and Parija - is gaining momentum in the district this season.Sources said the growers achieved a noticeable benefit last year from the farming of the two varieties. Some 4,000 farmers of the district are growing Jirashail and Parija this...

Initiative to boost bamboo production in hill tracts

A CorrespondentBANDARBAN, June 30: The Bandarban Development Board has taken a project to boost the production of bamboo in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. Under this project, some 13,000 bamboo gardens will be raised in all three districts in the region.State Minister for Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs Bir Bahadur Ushising, MP,...

Thrust on public-private joint efforts to revitalise silk sector

RAJSHAHI, June 30 (BSS): Collective efforts of both public and private sectors can be the crucial means of revitalising the silk sector for the sake of regaining its lost glory.All the government and other entities concerned should play an effective and vital role in transforming the potential sector into a...

Villagers kill 54 cobras

BOGURA, June 30 (UNB): Villagers on Friday morning killed at least 54 baby cobras and destroyed 52 eggs from a kitchen in Shiali village in Dhunat upazila.Farman Ali, a farmer and owner of the house, said people killed the cobras including two big-one and destroyed its den including 52 eggs...

New project to end Khulna city waterlogging

KHULNA, June 30 (UNB): The Khulna City Corporation (KCC) has worked out a mega project, aiming to resolve the city's perennial waterlogging problem.A proposal for the project titled 'Drainage system development project for resolving waterlogging in KCC' was sent to the Local Government Ministry on Tuesday last for its approval.The...

Boro procurement drive continues in Gaibandha

GAIBANDHA, JUNE 30 (BSS): Boro rice procurement drive of Food Department has been continuing in the district since May amid much enthusiasm to the millers and the officials. Office sources said the government has fixed a target to procure a total of 21,616 tonnes of boiled rice and 3,200 tonnes...

Panchagarh Aman farmers get seed, fertilisers

PANCHAGARH, June 30 (BSS): Aman paddy seed and fertilisers were distributed on Saturday among 850 small and marginal farmers at free of cost in Debiganj upazila of the district.The DAE arranged a function on the occasion on the premises of upazila council.Local lawmaker advocate Nurul Islam Sujon was present as...