Prospect of bumper mustard production beckons farmers
Farmers in Chandpur and Magura districts are expecting a bumper yield of mustard this season thanks to favourable climatic conditions.Our Chandpur correspondent reports: Farmers in Chandpur district are upbeat with a good prospect for bumper mustard harvest this season as the fields are currently in full bloom due to good...
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Gaibandha farmers busy planting IRRI-Boro seedlings
GAIBANDHA, Feb 06: Farmers are spending a busy time in cultivating IRRI-Boro paddy at the beginning of this season in seven upazilas of the district.This year, the prices of Aman paddy in the market are higher for the cultivation of IRRI-Boro paddy before winter.Meanwhile, a labour crisis for cultivation, increasing...
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Man gets life term for killing child in M’singh
MYMENSINGH, Feb 06 (UNB): A Mymensingh court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment unto death for the abduction and murder of a child in 2016.Mymensingh Additional Sessions Judge Ali Munsur delivered the verdict on Thursday, sentencing Shaheed Mia of Nandail upazila. The court also imposed a fine of Tk...
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Woman dies, her three daughters fall sick after taking rodenticides
NATORE, Feb 06 (UNB): A mother has died and her three daughters have fallen sick after taking rodenticides mistaken as medicine for intestinal worms in Singra upazila of Natore, said police on Thursday morning.The deceased Sharmin Begum, 30, was wife of local businessman Murad Hossain at Borogram area under Dahia...
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