BOGURA, Jun 10: Craftsmen of bamboo-made fishing gear (locally known Chai) are making a handsome profit this season due to high demand. A good number of craftsmen said demand for the item increases with the beginning of rainy season every year.More than four hundred families of Dupchanchia, Kahaloo, Adamdighi, Sherpur,...
Read moreSYLHET, Jun 10: The Water Development Board (WDB) this year completed work on crop protection embankments in Sunamganj. The largest Boro producing district was given ever highest allocation this year in the pretext of last year's colossal damage of the crop by floods and excess rain.Irregularities by the WDB officials...
Read moreRAJSHAHI, Jun 10 (BSS): Mango intercropping with cereal crops especially paddy has started boosting mango yield in Rajshahi region.The intercropping has been gaining momentum in the region including its vast Barind tract as the growers in general are getting interested towards the farming.In the wake of adverse impact of climate...
Read moreNARSINGDI, Jun 10 (BSS): Growers of the district are expecting to produce about 1,50,000 tonnes of summer vegetable this season.Deputy Director of Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) Lotapat Hossain told the news agency on Sunday that if the favourable weather condition prevails in the couple of weeks, the above mentioned...
Read moreFARIDPUR, Jun 10 (UNB): Three children, including two siblings, drowned in a pond at Kathalbaria village in Bhanga upazila in the district on Sunday.The deceased were identified as Mim, 4, daughter of Basar Matubbor, her cousins Jimi, 7, and Sajjad, 5, children of Jamer Ali Matubbor.Family sources said the three...
Read moreRAJSHAHI, Jun 10 (BSS): Over 0.17 million poor and distressed families have been brought under Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) programme in Rajshahi district to mark the end of Ramadan and celebration of the upcoming holy Eid-ul-Fitr festival.Under the programme, 1,790.03 tonnes of rice were allocated for distribution among the beneficiary...
Read moreJAMALPUR, Jun 10 (BSS): State Minister for Textile and Jute, Mirza Azam on Saturday said the government has launched an initiative to rehabilitate beggars aiming to eliminate begging across the country."Begging should be stopped and the beggars should be rehabilitated," he said while speaking as the chief guest at a...
Read moreFARIDPUR, Jun 10 (UNB): A schoolboy was killed after being electrocuted at Laskarbari village in Saltha upazila on Saturday evening.The deceased was identified as Laden Hawladar, 15, son of Ahmed Hawladar of the village. He was a class nine student of Laskardia High School in the upazila.Gatti Union Parishad Chairman...
Read morePeople crossing a bamboo bridge risking their lives in Jamalganj upazila of Sunamganj on Sunday in the absence of a concrete structure — FE Photo
Read moreAn Iftar Mahfil of Rajshahi Godagari Samity is in progress in Dhaka on Saturday. Election commissioner Rafiqul Islam, Managing Director of ACI Dr F H Ansarey and former justice Md Nurul Islam were present on the occasion, among others.
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