Crucial bridge lies half-built in Manikganj for over a year

MANIKGANJ, Nov 02: Construction work of a bridge over the Tarail embankment road, connecting Ghior and Harirampur upazilas in Manikganj, has remained suspended for more than a year. Consequently, several thousand local residents are forced to cross the river using a temporary bamboo bridge every day, risking their lives. Students,...

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Dealers blamed for artificial fertiliser shortage in north

RANGPUR, Nov 02 (UNB): Farmers across five northern districts - Rangpur, Lalmonirhat, Kurigram, Gaibandha and Nilphamari - are facing mounting difficulties due to what they describe as an artificial crisis of non-urea fertilisers such as TSP, DAP and MOP. Many have been forced to pay extra or delay cultivation, raising...

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COVID affected traders, unemployed youths to be imparted skill trainning

Government development organisation Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) will finance an initiative taken by its RAISE to provide skills training to 400 COVID-19 affected traders and unemployed youths in Magura at the informal sector.The orientation programme for the initiative was held on Sunday at the Magura Adarsha College, where the college's...

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