Remote Rajshahi village farmers grow poppy illegally
RAJSHAHI, Mar 11: Poppy is being cultivated in a remote village of Mohadevpur upazila under greater Rajshahi district.Officials of the Department of Narcotics Control in a recent drive stormed into the field of Kunduna village under Raigaon union and destroyed poppy plants being cultivated with other flowers beside a pond....
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Rangpur city dwellers face serious trouble due to mosquito menace
RANGPUR, Mar 11: Rangpur city dwellers are facing serious trouble as mosquito menace has become acute in the city in recent times. Just after sunset swarms of mosquitoes from nearby derelict tanks, ponds, bushes, water bodies and dirty drains invade the houses with full fury disturbing the study of the...
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Road accidents claim six lives in three dists
A total of six people were killed in separate road accidents in three districts - Mymensingh, Rangpur and Meherpur- on Sunday, report agencies.In Mymensingh, three people were killed and five others injured on Sunday as a bus collided with a human hauler at Barkhila in Haluaghat upazila in the district.Two...
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Use of modern methods in farming on the rise in Sylhet division
SYLHET, Mar 11: Application of different modern methods on cropland has been on rise in the Sylhet division as a good number of farmers are getting involved with raising interest on these, sources informed.Although the common farmers in greater Sylhet region were less interested in agriculture for different reasons, things...
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Gopalganj coriander peasants make good profit for high price
GOPALGANJ, Mar 11: Coriander farmers of Jalalabad union under Sadar upazila in the district are making a good profit due to a good market price of the crop.The crop is being sold at Tk 1200 to Tk 1400 per maund in the local market. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE),...
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Vermicompost fertiliser gaining popularity in Pabna
PABNA, Mar 11: Vermicompost fertiliser is gaining popularity in Chatmohor upazila of the district.The peasants achieve a strong confidence on the organic fertiliser as they have got an eye catching production using them elsewhere the area previous year. The users of the fertiliser are increasing gradually due to its positive...
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0.35m hectares of land under Boro cultivation in Jessore
JESSORE, Mar 11 (BSS): A total of 0.35 million hectares of land were brought under Boro cultivation in six districts of the Jessore agriculture region during the current season with fixing the production target of 14,01,922 tonnes of rice, Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) officials said on Wednesday.They said farmers...
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Salt production going on in Moheshkhali
COX's BAZAR: Salt production going on in Moheshkhali. The photo was taken on Sunday. — Focus Bangla
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