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AWD irrigation tech saves water in rice cultivation

RANGPUR, Jan 07 (BSS): Agriculture experts have stressed on adoption of Alternate Drying and Wetting (AWD) irrigation technology in Boro rice farming to save huge underground water and enhance rice output."AWD irrigation technology saves up to 30 per cent irrigation water while farming Boro rice increasing 10 to 15 per...

Abrupt fall in cabbage prices disheartens Magura growers

MAGURA, Jan 07: A bumper production of cabbage has been achieved in the district this season. But abrupt fall in cabbage price has faded smile on the faces of growers. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Magura sources informed, a total of 340 hectares land was brought under cabbage cultivation in...

Naogaon farmers passing busy time transplanting Boro seedlings

NAOGAON Jan 07: A good number of farmers of the district are passing busy time transplanting Boro seedlings from the very beginning of current Bengali month.According to Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), they have targeted some 1, 88,186 hectares of land to bring under Boro paddy cultivation this season in...

Peasants expect good yield of Sajina in Rangpur

RANGPUR, Jan 07: The blooming Sajina (drumstick) trees in different areas under the district and its adjacent areas have taken an eye-catching look with huge flowers predicting a good yield of the vegetable during this year.Sajina is a nutritious vegetable and its flowers, roots and seeds are used as herbal...

Guava farming getting popular in Bogura for high profit

BOGURA, Jan 07: Guava farming is getting popular gradually across all 12 upazilas of the district for the last few years. A good number of farmers in the region have shifted to guava farming from paddy, vegetable and potato as the fruit cultivation has proved them more lucrative spending a...

Date-gurh becomes boon for many Rajshahi people

RAJSHAHI, Jan 07 (BSS): With advent of winter season, date juice collection along with processing gurh (molasses) has become vibrant everywhere in the region, generating employment opportunities for more than 0.1 million people.The date-tree farmers, locally known as 'gachhis', are passing busy times in collecting date-juice and processing molasses at...

Schoolgirl killed after rape in Satkhira

SATKHIRA, Jan 07 (UNB): A class three girl was killed after being violated allegedly by a college student at Gabtola village in Ashashuni upazila on Sunday night.The deceased was identified as Sushmita, daughter of Proshanto Das and a class III student of Gabtola Government Primary School.Police arrested alleged rapist Joydeb...

Fire burns down 38,000 trees in Habiganj forest

HABIGANJ, Jan 07 (UNB): Some 38,000 trees have been burned down in a devastating fire that broke out at a reserve forest at Jagdishpur in Madhabpur upazila on Saturday.Forest department employees with the help of locals doused the flame on Sunday morning after two days of fanatic efforts. Jagdishpur Beat...

Farmer dies from electrocution in Satkhira

SATKHIRA, Jan 07 (UNB): A farmer died from electrocution at Srifalkati village in Shyamnagar upazila on Monday morning.The deceased was identified as Ichha Morol, 55.Abul Kalam, officer-in-charge of Shyamnagar Police Station, said Ichha Morol came in contact with a live electric wire while he was cutting a branch of a...

Miscreants cut wrists, tendons of man in Khulna

KHULNA, Jan 07 (UNB) : Miscreants cut off an elderly man's wrists of two hands and tendons of legs in Jadu Shah area in the city on Monday morning.Rafiqul Islam, officer-in-charge of Rupsha Police Station, said the miscreants swooped on Saddam Hossain, 60, in the morning and severed his wrists...