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Transplantation of T-Aman seedlings near completion in Sylhet region

SYLHET, Oct 03: Farmers in Sylhet division are about to complete transplantation of T-Aman paddy cultivation in the region, DAE officials and farmers said. Already the DAE's target is surpassed by 3.0 per cent, but on some lower areas the transplantation would be continue till middle of October.Additional director at...

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Faridpur farmers make good profit by growing spinach in summer

FARIDPUR, Oct 03 (UNB): While his fellow-villagers are engaged in traditional farming, Bachchu Mollah, a farmer of Sadar upazila, has come up with a unique idea - farming spinach in summer. His idea has ultimately paid off. A resident of Bilmamudpur village under Aliabad union, Bachchu Mollah, in his mid-30s,...

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Over 300 families of Bogura attain solvency by making fancy caps

BOGURA, Oct 03: Over 300 families of the district have attained financial solvency by making fancy caps.Sources said local Youth Development Department is supporting male and female poor people in this connection. A good number of people have attained self-reliance from the venture, sources added.In a recent visit this correspondent...

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Commercial goat rearing gains popularity in Sirajganj

SIRAJGANJ, Oct 03: Commercial goat rearing is gaining popularity among the grassroots people in the district.Sources said a good number of people in remote villages have attained financial solvency by rearing goats.Harun-or-Rashid of Shahjadpur upazila said, "Most of the people of our area were landless. They were passing hard time...

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Silk cotton trees disappearing from Nilphamari

NILPHAMARI, Oct 03: Silk cotton trees are gradually disappearing from the district.Cotton of the silk cotton trees which were earlier used in making pillows and mattresses are seldom found in the district as those trees were sold to the wood traders and the wood traders sold those to the match...

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Speakers focus on vocational training for youths

GAIBANDHA, Oct 03 (BSS): Speakers at an event on Tuesday underscored the need for providing vocational training and technical jobs to the youths to build unemployment free society.They emphasized for creating working opportunities to the unskilled educated youths through providing them need base vocational trainings on different trades to push...

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