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Microcredit changes socio-economic condition of Rangpur village women

RANGPUR, Mar 12: Micro-credit has brought significant changes in the life of many extreme poor women in Rangpur district. A large number of poor women in the district have changed their fortune by taking loans from various non-government organisations (NGOs). Rural women who were starving before are now able to...

Thrust on promoting mechanised agriculture to boost production

RAJSHAHI, Mar 12 (BSS): Speakers at a discussion here called for promoting mechanised agriculture to boost crop production for meeting the gradual demand in the wake of increasing population.They observed that cropping intensity can be increased to 250 per cent even 400 per cent from the existing 200 per cent...

Magura farmers start cultivating BINA-9 Mosur for higher yield

MAGURA, Mar 12: One Moksed Mandal has achieved success in farming BINA-9 Mosur in Ramnagar village under Magura Sadar.The farmer said cultivation of the lentil variety is profitable as 12 to 14 maunds of production can be achieved from a bigha of land. Besides, it is of short duration. The...

Efforts going on to rehabilitate Nilphamari beggars

NILPHAMARI, Mar 12: Relentless efforts are being going on in full swing to rehabilitate beggars and eliminate the curse and worst profession in Nilphamari district.As a part of the campaign 100 beggars were trained in different trades including rearing of poultry hen, cow, goats, operate small business, needle work, making...

A female farmer works in a bottle gourd field

A female farmer works in a bottle gourd field in a village of Sonargaon upazila under Narayanganj on Monday. — Focus Bangla

Road crashes kill three in Faridpur, Rajshahi

FARIDPUR, Mar 12 (UNB): Two motorcyclists were killed and another was injured as their vehicle hit a roadside tree at Lohartek village in Charbhadrasan upazila on Sunday night.The deceased were identified as Masud Munshi, son of Rashid Munshi and Mehedi Hasan Mithu, son of Wahab Sheikh while the injured is...

Police recover body of youth in Dinajpur

DINAJPUR, Mar 12 (UNB): Police recovered a slaughtered body of a young man from Hili in Hakimpur upazila on Sunday night.The deceased was identified as Mithun, 27, son of Shahadat Hossain, a resident of Chandipur village.Locals spotted the body around 8pm and informed police.Police later recovered the body, said Abdur...

200 houses come under power network

JOYPURHAT, Mar 12 (BSS): A total of 200 houses of two villages under Panchbibi upazila of the district have been brought under rural electrification network by Panchbibi Palli Bidyut Samity (PPBS) on Monday.President of the district Awami League Advocate Shamsul Alam Dudu, MP, inaugurated the electrification programme at a simple...