Mustard cultivation brings high profit for Cox's Bazar's growers
COX’S BAZAR, Mar 02: Cox's Bazar's farmers have been securing profit amounting at least five times the production cost with mustard cultivation on post-Aman-rice-harvested fallow land - in an efficient crop rotation that transformed vast fields into a sea of yellow blooms.Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) sources said rising edible...
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Farmers reap gains as fishermen struggle in Kurigram
KURIGRAM, Mar 02 (UNB): The once-turbulent Dharla and Baromasia rivers in northern Bangladesh have quietened, leaving behind scores of new river islands, or 'chars,' now turning green with crops.The transformation has opened new opportunities for farmers but has raised concerns within the local fishing community.Over the past decade, climate change...
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Munshiganj, Laxmipur, Jhenaidah road accidents kill three
A total of three persons were killed in separate road accidents in Munshiganj, Laxmipur and Jhenaidah districts on Monday, reports BSS.In Munshiganj, a youth was killed and another injured in a road accident on the Dhaka-Mawa Expressway in Srinagar upazila on Monday morning.The deceased was Sajeed, 19, son of Md...
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Illegal brick kiln fined Tk 0.2m in Bandarban raid
BANDARBAN, Mar 02 (BSS): The district administration, in collaboration with the Department of Environment (DoE), fined an illegal brick kiln Tk 0.2 million (2 lakh) during a raid in the Kagjikhola area under Baishari union of Naikhongchari upazila in the district on Monday morning.The mobile court was jointly conducted by...
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