FE Today Logo
Search date: 12-11-2018 Return to current date: Click here

Incentive distribution on Rabi crops goes on in Sylhet division

SYLHET, Nov 11: Incentive distribution among the farmers in four districts of the division is going in full swing. So far, 9,341 farmers received the incentive through the upazila committees for farming Rabi crops.More than 50 per cent of the programme has so far been completed, an official informed. In...

Read more

Fair prices delight Sirajganj Malabar spinach cultivators

SIRAJGANJ, Nov 11: Malabar spinach (Puishak) cultivators in the district are delighted over the fair prices this season.Sources said commercial farming of the leafy vegetable is popular here. A good number of grassroots cultivators attained financial solvency by cultivating the item.Sub-assistance agriculture officer of Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) Azizur...

Read more

RU Zoology Deptt helps enrich knowledge over four decades

RAJSHAHI, Nov 11: The Department of Zoology of Rajshahi University (RU) is offering higher knowledge and research activities on fish, silk and cattle head cultivation.The Zoology Department had its origin in the Department of Botany in 1969-1970 and started functioning in the middle of 1972. With the rapid advances in...

Read more

Rangpur division farmers eye 0.41m tonnes of wheat yield

RANGPUR, Nov 11 (BSS): The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has fixed a target for farmers to produce 0.41 million tonnes of wheat from 0.12 million hectares in Rangpur division during this Rabi season.The DAE officials said 78,478 tonnes of wheat will be produced from 23,760 hectares in five districts...

Read more

Road accidents leave four dead in districts

RANGPUR, Nov 11 (BSS): A couple was killed when a running train hit their motorcycle at Rampur Zortal rail crossing point on the Parbotipur-Syedpur road in Parbotipur upazila of Dinajpur district today. "The accident occurred when the Chilahati bound 'Titumir Express' intercity train from Rajshahi hit the motorcycle while crossing...

Read more

ISD of BRAC to train 10,000 Magura youths

MAGURA, Nov 11: The Institute of Skill Development (ISD) of BRAC has initiated to provide employment to 10,000 youths in the district. They will train up those youths on electrical installation and maintenance, tiles fittings, rod bindings and pipe fittings within 2020. Every trainee will get Tk 2,400 as assistance...

Read more

Gaibandha DAE takes extensive plan to grow winter veg

GAIBANDHA, Nov 11 (BSS): The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has taken an extensive plan to cultivate winter vegetables in all the seven upazilas in the district during the current season.DAE Office sources said at least 8000 hectares of land of the district would be brought under the cultivation programme...

Read more

A team of the Bangladesh Coast Gourd

A team of the Bangladesh Coast Gourd recovered on Sunday 10 kgs of venison, one hide and one deer head in a drive near Mregomari Canal in the Sundarbans under Mongla upazila of Bagerhat

Read more

Labourers drying fish in the sun

BRAHMANBARIA: Labourers drying fish in the sun in Ashuganj upazila on Sunday — Focus Bangla

Read more