Dried fish processing begins with great gusto
COX'S BAZAR, Feb 08: A festive-like environment is prevailing almost everywhere as the traditional dried fish processing season has begun along the Cox's Bazar coastline marking enthusiasm and busyness of the workers involved in the burgeoning industry. Industry insiders said local processors produce dried fish worth about Tk 40 billion...
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Broccoli farming gets popular in Gopalganj
GOPALGANJ, Feb 08: The cultivation of 'green carpet' and 'early green' broccoli varieties is gaining in popularity among farmers under Sadar upazila of the district this season.Rita Kirtunia (40), a female farmer of Silna village, said she has cultivated 'early green' broccoli on 15 decimals of land this winter season,...
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Chuadanga residents again feeling severe cold at Magh's end
CHUADANGA, Feb 08 (UNB): A cold wave has again gripped Chuadanga at the end of Bengali month Magh, leaving residents struggling to cope with the sharp drop in temperature.According to the Chuadanga Weather Observatory Centre, the local Met office recorded the country's lowest temperature of the season-9.6°C-at 9 am on...
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Sunamganj, Tangail road crashes kill four
A total of four persons were killed in separate road accidents in Sunamganj and Tangail districts on Saturday and Friday night, report agencie.In Sunamganj, two people were killed and three others injured as a bus rammed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Sunamganj-Sylhet road in Sadar upazila of Sunamganj district on...
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Rajshahi tourism sees bright prospect
RAJSHAHI, Feb 08 (BSS): Prospects of expanding, flourishing and promoting the tourism sector in many areas of Rajshahi division are very bright as it has historical, archeological and natural sites to attract the tourists from home and abroad.There is a need for more investment through adopting time befitting measures of...
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