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Mosquito menace makes lives miserable in Rangpur town

RANGPUR, Apr 06: Sufferings of the Rangpur city dwellers have mounted as mosquito menace has increased alarmingly. Around 1.0 million city residents are suffering much due to the menace of mosquitoes but the city corporation authority has only three fogger machines to combat the adverse circumstances.A good number of residents...

A watermelon farmer harvesting his hard-earned produce on his field under Rangabali upazila

A watermelon farmer harvesting his hard-earned produce on his field under Rangabali upazila of Potuakhali on Saturday — Focus Bangla Photo

BIWTA dredging Arial Kha river to restore navigability

NARSINGDI, Apr 06: The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) authority is dredging the Arial Kha to restore the river's navigability.The dredging of the river is part of the initiative of the organisation to dredge 53 river routes, with 24 routes in the first phase.Sources said, the once fast-flowing river...

52,288 under food-friendly programme in Manikganj

MANIKGANJ, Apr 06 (BSS): Poor people of all the seven upazilas in the district are happy after getting quality rice at Tk 10 per kg under the ‘Food Friendly Programme’ of the government. Under the programme a total of 52,288 listed poor families of the district are getting the opportunity...

Sylhet peasants all set to cultivate Aus paddy

Our CorrespondentSYLHET, Apr 06: A good number of farmers in the greater Sylhet region are now getting prepared for cultivating Aus paddy as the farming season of the crop will begin soon. A total of 172,000 hectares of land were brought under Aus farming last year, although the DAE's had...

Eight-day book fair starts in Rangpur

RANGPUR, Apr 06 (BSS): An eight-day Rangpur Book Fair-2019 began on Public Library ground in the city on Friday.The district administration, with the assistance of the Ministry of Cultural Affairs and Jatiya Granthokendra, is organising the book fair.Seventy-three stalls have been set up by book publishing houses of the capital...

Tangail farmers make a good profit growing maize

Our CorrespondentTANGAIL, Apr 06: Farmers of Tangail district are making a good profit by growing maize every year.The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said maize cultivation has expanded in all the upazilas of the district.Repeated abundant yield encourages the farmers to increase the production of the popular crop, DAE...

Rajshahi groundnut growers eye high yield

RAJSHAHI, Apr 06 (BSS): Growers are dreaming of good groundnut yield as they are enjoying suitable weather since sowing stage of the cash crop here in the current season.Royez Uddin and Ahammed Ali, two farmers of Char Mazar Diar under Paba Upazila, have jointly putchased five bighas of land under...

BOGURA: Cultivators passing busy time in processing maize as they

BOGURA: Cultivators passing busy time in processing maize as they got a bumper yield of the crop. The photo was taken in Sherpur upazila on Saturday — Focus Bangla Photo