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Boro growers in trouble as procurement drive yet to start in Sylhet region

SYLHET, May 12: As the Food Department couldn't yet start the paddy procurement drive, the poor farmers in Sylhet region are in trouble with their produce due to low market price of the crop.Officially the government started the drive from April 24, a source informed. However, procedural work would take...

Low cucumber price disheartens peasants

RANGPUR, May 12: A good yield of cucumber has failed to bring smiles on the faces of the growers of the district owing to its plunging price this season.Unlike previous years, the cucumber cultivators in the district have become disappointed, as they are deprived of fair price for their produces.According...

Farmers busy burning paddy residue to make farmland more fertile

GOPALGANJ, May 12: A good number of farmers of Tungipara uapzila in the district are now busy burning paddy residue to make their cropland more fertile.According to Tungipara upazila agriculture office sources, there are 25,000 hectares of crop land in the upazila. The method is popular among the growers as...

Tangail char people becoming solvent by growing vegetables, crops on riverbed

TANGAIL, May 12: People in the char areas of the district have been making good profit by growing different crops and vegetables.A good number of growers said paddy, maize, wheat, kawn, pulses, green chili, potato, sweet pumpkin and other vegetables grow well on the riverbed of the Jamuna and the...

Farmers watering their vegetable field

Farmers watering their vegetable field in Kahaloo upazila of Bogura on Sunday — FE Photo

Good chickpea yield in Barind area this season

RAJSHAHI, May 12 (BSS): Farmers have become happy with the satisfactory yield of the recent past harvested chickpea commonly known as 'chhola' in the region, including its vast Barind tract, in the current season. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) set a target to produce 1,869 tonnes of chickpea from...

Two die in two road accidents

MAULVIBAZAR, May 12 (BSS): Two persons, including a woman, were killed and two others injured in separate road accidents in Maulvibazar and Chattogram districts on Sunday.In Maulvibazar, Momtaj Begum, hailing from Sreemangal upazila, was killed in a road accident in Niteshor area on Maulvibazar-Sreemangal road under Sadar upazila of the...