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Rampant brood fish netting on in Ichhamoti river

BOGURA, July 10: Illegal catching of brood fish is going on unhindered in the Ichhamoti river in the municipality area under Dhunot upazila of the district.Sources said some dishonest fishermen use bamboo fence for netting brood fish and fry in the waterbody.Fisheries Department official sources said some fishermen catch trout...

Plummeting chilli price frustrates Paba farmers

RAJSHAHI, July 10: Vegetable farmers in Paba upazila have got frustrated over the unusual fall in the price of green chilli in the local markets of the district, even during the current rainy season. Green chilli has been selling at such a low price in the markets for the last...

Govt eyes 1.80m tonnes of T-Aman rice production in Rangpur region

RANGPUR, July 10 (BSS): The government has fixed a target of producing over 1.80 million tonnes of Transplanted Aman (T-Aman) rice from 0.63 million hectares of land for Rangpur region this season.Officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) said farmers have started transplantation of T-Aman rice seedlings and the...

Commercial farming of guava gains popularity

Commercial farming of high-yielding guava is gaining popularity in Rajshahi region including both char (riverbed) of the Padma river and mainland as the farmers reap better yield and get fair market price of the fruit, reports BSS.Farmers of most of the char areas like Alatoly, Diar Manik Chalk, Asariadaha, Mazar...

RWASA to implement mega project for supplying safe water

RAJSHAHI, July 10 (BSS): The Rajshahi Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (RWASA) is going to implement a mega project aiming to provide safe drinking water to the city dwellers.The 'RWASA Surface Water Treatment' project will be implemented at an estimated cost of Tk 41.50 billion to remove the existing water...

First dengue case in Kushtia district

KUSHTIA, July 10 (UNB): The first confirmed case of dengue fever was reported from the district on Wednesday.Doctors at the Kushtia General Hospital said blood tests confirmed that Ismail Hossain, 21, son of late Idris Ali in Baliapara village under Sadar upazila, was infected with dengue.He had been suffering from...

Youth dies from electrocution in Khulna

KHULNA, July 10 (UNB): A young man died from electrocution at Satkhali village in Paikgaccha upazila on Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Nazmul Haque, 34, son of Rakibul Islam of the village.Nazmul came in contact with an electric wire when he switched on a pump of a fish enclosure at...

One dies in Natore road accident

NATORE, July 10 (BSS): A trader was killed as a passenger bus hit him in Baroharishpur Bypass area in the district town on Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Abdul Hannan, 35, son of late Mokam Ali, a resident of Digrihugra village under Tangail Sadar.Police recovered the body and sent it...

Four villages of Fulgazi

FENI: Four villages of Fulgazi and Porshuram upazilas of the district have been inundated as the embankment of the Muhuri river has collapsed due to heavy rainfall during the last couple of days — Focus Bangla Photo

Plying of vehicles remained suspended

Plying of vehicles remained suspended on the Sunamganj-Tahirpur road even two weeks into inundation of the upazila connecting road by heavy rain. The photo was taken on Wednesday — FE Photo