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Boro cultivation target surpasses in Sylhet region

SYLHET, Mar 03: Boro farming target in Sylhet region has surpassed by over 2.0 per cent. Although transplantation of seedlings in most of the area of the zone is close to end, some farmers in low-lying areas will continue the farming for another week, an official at the DAE Sylhet...

Sultan Mela begins in Narail

NARAIL, Mar 03 (UNB): A ten-day Sultan Mela began at the Sultan Mancha on the premises of Narail Government Victoria College on Sunday marking the 93rd birth anniversary of master artist SM Sultan. The fair will continue until March 12. Sheikh Mohammed Sultan (SM Sultan) is mainly known for his...

Favourable weather indicates bountiful maize production in Rangpur region

RANGPUR, Mar 03: The maize growers in five districts under Rangpur agriculture region are hopeful of a bountiful yield of the crop during the current season.This year the maize cultivators of Rangpur agriculture region have become overjoyed to witness a congenial weather condition which is predicting a good production of...

Bank loans generate 20,000 successful entrepreneurs

RAJSHAHI, Mar 03 (BSS): Rezaul Haque, 45, has installed commercial fish farming on 95 bighas of water bodies in Sundarpur area under Paba upazila in the district.After getting training from Department of Fisheries and Department of Youth Development Rezaul had initiated the fish farming business around twenty years back. Now,...

DAE expects 500 tonnes of wheat output in Joypurhat

JOYPURHAT, Mar 03: After providing all sorts of necessary agri-input, Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) Joypurhat office is expecting to achieve around 500 tonnes of wheat output this season.Farmers started sowing seeds at the end of last November to the mid of December.Growers expect to harvest the crop in the...

C’nawabganj road crash kills one

CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Mar 03 (UNB): An elderly man was killed in a road accident in Borodadpur village under Gomostapur upazila on Sunday.The deceased was identified as Moslem Uddin, 70, a resident of Mohadanga village in Porsha upazila.Sub-inspector Bazlur Rahman of Gomostapur Police Station said that the accident took place around 08...

Untimely rain damages raw bricks in Satkhira kilns

SATKHIRA, Mar 03 (UNB): Untimely rain for the last four days in the district damaged huge raw-bricks that were stacked up in the open fields for drying causing massive loss to more than one-hundred brick kilns.Stating that more than two-hundred brick fields are there in the district, Satkhira Brickfield Owners'...