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Two youths achieve success in growing pearl in Nilphamari ponds

NILPHAMARI, July 09: Two youths have achieved a success in cultivating pearl, a precious stone used in making ornaments and so on, in the district.Sources said pearl is a concretion of gray or blue colour which grows in oyster and other shells.The two youths named Selim Al Mamun Babu and...

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Farmers busy cultivating T-Aman Paddy in Sylhet

SYLHET, July 09: Farmers in Sylhet division have been engaged in the cultivation of T-Aman paddy in a bid to achieve highest yield, officials and a number of farmers said.Seedbeds have already been prepared on a total of 11,288 hectares of land against the target of 21,028 hectares, an official...

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Rajshahi Nursing College students form human chain

RAJSHAHI, July 09: The students of Rajshahi Nursing College staged demonstration and formed a human chain in front of the institution on Tuesday morning aiming at realising their four-point demand. The demands include - continuation of old syllabus, introduction of separate cadre service like BCS for nursing students, increase in...

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Naogaon peasants losing interest in jute farming

NAOGAON, July 09: Cultivation of jute is decreasing in the district due to unfavorable weather condition, high production cost and comparatively lower price of the product. Sources at the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said jute has been cultivated on around 6,150 hectares of land under eleven upazilas of the...

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Two die from electrocution in Brahmanbaria

BRAHMANBARIA, July 09 (BSS): Two people were electrocuted in separate incidents in Sadar upazila of the district on Monday night.The deceased were identified as Mostafa Mia, 40, of Paik Para village at Basudev union in Sadar upazila and Md Yasin Mian of Sutiyara village at Budhal union, police sources said.Family...

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Road crash kills school teacher

A school teacher was killed in a road accident in Haripur area on the Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj Highway under Paba upazila in Rajshahi on Tuesday, reports BSS.The deceased was identified as Abdul Halim, 32, an assistant teacher of Kasba High School under the same upazila and a resident of Dewan Berabari area...

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50,000 metres illegal net seized in Chattogram

CHATTOGRAM, July 09 (BSS): A mobile court seized 50,000 metres of illegal current net worth Tk 2.0 million from two shops of Hathazari upazila on Tuesday.The court also fined a net shop Tk 10,000 and sealed off another shop at Darus Salam Clothes Store.Based on a information, Mohammad Ruhul Amin,...

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Md Ali Akber distributing number plates of vehicles

Magura Deputy Commissioner Md Ali Akber distributing number plates of vehicles with corrected Bangali spelling of the district at a programme in the district town on Tuesday — FE Photo

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