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Scarcity of fish in Rangpur region

RANGPUR, Feb 09: Despite various steps taken by the authority concerned to increase fish production in Rangpur district, scarcity of fish has been prevailing across the region in recent years.According to district fisheries office sources, production of fish is around 41,796 tonnes in the district against its demand of total...

95 per cent target of Boro farming achieved in Sylhet division

SYLHET, Feb 09: Farmers in different areas in the four districts of Sylhet division are busy on the fields as the Boro paddy cultivation is nearing to complete in Sylhet region. A total of 445,328 hectares of land had so far been brought under its farming in the division, officials...

Gopalganj farmers get benefit from Broccoli cultivation

GOPALGANJ, Feb 09: Farmers of Gopalpur union under Tungipara upazila in the district are getting good benefit from "Lora Broccoli" cultivation in the recent years. According to Tungipara Upazila Agriculture Office sources, a total of five hectares of land have been brought under Broccoli cultivation this season, where about 100...

Road accident kills two in Gopalganj

GOPALGANJ, Feb 09 (BSS): Two people, including a minor child, were killed in separate road accidents in the district today.The deceased were identified as Kurban Sarder, 11, son of Nasir Sarder, hailing from Tungipara upazila of the district and Shiba Sarder, 25, a female labourer and resident of Godagari Upazila...

Indian man arrested in C’nawabganj

CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Feb 09 (UNB): An Indian citizen was detained from the district's Shibganj Upazila on Saturday morning.Banirul Sheikh, 33, was detained after entering Bangladesh illegally through Maksudpur border around 8am, said Lt Col Sazzad Sarwar, director of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) 53 Battalion.It is unclear why he had come to...

Social harmony for ensuring good governance stressed

RAJSHAHI, Feb 09 (BSS): Speakers at a discussion stressed upholding social and political harmony for the sake of institutionalisation of democracy with ensuring good governance everywhere in the society.Responsive and positive roles by all quarters, including the social and political leaders, had become indispensable for maintaining peace and social harmony...

Academics for more research on planning, architecture fields

RAJSHAHI, Feb 09 (BSS): Academics and researchers observed that there is a need of more research on the working fields of planning, architecture and civil engineering for ensuring quality in infrastructural development.They mentioned that quality assurance in the field of infrastructure development is very much important towards substantial and sustainable...

A large pond on government land in Shulla upazila of Sunamganj is being dried up for unplanned f

A large pond on government land in Shulla upazila of Sunamganj is being dried up for unplanned fishing by some influential people — FE Photo