Coconut cultivation up in Tangail district
TANGAIL, Mar 12: Coconut cultivation is on the rise across the district for high profit. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) Tangail sources, coconut is grown on 582 hectares of land in the district. Around 5,144 tonnes of yield are generally achieved every year, officials said, adding, the...
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RU teacher creates ‘snake database’
RAJSHAHI, Mar 12: A teacher at Rajshahi University (RU) has created the country's first and only 'snake database' including snakes' venom and their toxicity.Prof Dr Abu Reza of Genetic Engineering Department included domestic and international names of snakes, food habits, types, nature in the database.The professor said that in the...
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Good bitter gourd yield likely in Rangpur
RANGPUR, Mar 12: A good yield of bitter gourd is likely to be attained in the district during the current season due to congenial weather condition and timely supply of necessary agri inputs.Owing to good price as well as high demand, farming of the vegetable is on the rise across...
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LGED sets up two agriculture offices in Gopalganj
GOPALGANJ, Mar 12: Construction of two sub-assistant agriculture offices cum service centres is going on in full swing in Kushli and Suagram unions under Tungipara and Kotalipara upazilas. Sources said in May, 2018 Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), Gopal-ganj, undertook the projects at a cost of Tk 34 million.Rafiq Construction...
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11 Infantry Division and Bogura area Commander Maj Gen Md Saiful Islam offering munajat
11 Infantry Division and Bogura area Commander Maj Gen Md Saiful Islam offering munajat after unveiling the foundation plaque of Proyash school in Bogura cantonment recently. 26-infantry Brigadier and chairman of the school Brig Gen Abul Hasnat Md Tariq was present on the occasion, among others.
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BGB recover 40,000 Yaba tablets in Chapainawabganj
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Mar 12 (BSS): 53 battalion of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 40,000 pieces of yaba tablet from frontier Bisrashia field area under Shibganj upazila in the district on Tuesday morning.BGB said, acting on secret information, a patrol team of BGB from Wahedpur border out post raided the aforesaid area...
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A farmer collecting Boro seedlings
A farmer collecting Boro seedlings from a seedbed in the Chalan Beel area of Natore district on Tuesday for trasplanting those to the main cropland — FE Photo
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