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Eel cultivation brings solvency to poor families in Joypurhat

JOYPURHAT, Feb 04: Hundreds of peasants from Hindu community are attaining financial solvency by cultivating eel (Kuchia) on commercial basis in Khetlal upazila of the district.Sources said some local NGOs have been providing assistances to the eel cultivators over the last few years. It is now a profitable venture across...

Rangpur flower traders doing brisk business due to high mkt demand

RANGPUR, Feb 04: The flower traders of the district are doing a brisk business due to high market demand. Once flower was only used in decorating houses, gardens of some aristocratic persons, but things have changed now. Flower has become an important commercial product as its use in marriage ceremony...

Tk 2.0b for construction of eight bridges in Sunamganj

SYLHET, Feb 04: With a target to strengthening rural road link network in remote bordering areas of Sunamganj, a total of eight bridges would be built at a cost of Tk 2.0 billion by the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), official sources informed.The approved bridges include 200 metre long bridge...

Potato harvest starts in Bogra

BOGRA, Feb 04: Potato growers of the district have started harvesting the item. The peasants are now passing busy time in harvesting and processing the crop as they will bring the same land under Boro cultivation. Each maund of fresh Fata Pakri potato is being sold at Tk 750 to...

Boro paddy farming progressing fast in Gaibandha

GAIBANDHA, Feb 04 (BSS): Farming of Boro paddy, a high-value crop, is progressing fast in the project command areas of the Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) in the district during the current season. Office sources said the BMDA set a target to bring a total of 9,525 hectares of land...

Focus on adequate manpower for smooth running of village courts

RANGPUR, Feb 04 (BSS): Officials and experts at a divisional conference on Sunday laid emphasis on the need for increasing manpower to ensure smooth functioning of the village courts in reaching justice to the rural people's doorsteps. They came up with the observation at the conference on 'Importance and Role...

Khulna road accident claims two lives

KHULNA, Feb 04 (BSS): Two youths were killed in a road accident near Noapara Petrol Pump area under Tala upazila on the Chuknagar-Satkhira Highway Sunday noon. The deceased were identified as Mirazul Islam Bappy, 40, son of late Zahan Sheikh, resident of Sonadanga Thana area in the city and Ataul...