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Aquatic plants dying as Beel Kumari drying up

RAJSHAHI, Dec 12: The historical Beel Kumari, a large water body enriched in bio-diversity with rare, aquatic plants and fauna, has started drying up this year. The beel is also a means of livelihood of thousands of fishermen and farmers of Tanore upazila. The water level of the beel never...

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Garlic cultivation progressing fast in Bogura

BOGURA, Dec 12: Commercial garlic cultivation is progressing fast across the district.A good number of peasants said garlic farming is profitable.Repeated bumper yield and fair market prices encourage new growers to cultivate the spice crop.The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office source said some 900 hectares of land have been...

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BADC to install 145 irrigation pumps in Sylhet for Rabi crops

SYLHET, Dec 12: With a view to providing irrigation facilities, a total of 145 schemes of Low Lift Pumps (LLP) under the minor irrigation development programme would be put on operation this season for producing winter crops including Boro paddy in Sylhet district.Besides, some seven deep tubewells would be on...

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Grassroots people attain solvency by rearing ducks

NAOGAON, Dec 12: Atrai upazila of the district is generally well-known as high crop producing area. Apart from crop cultivation, farmers of the area are now concentrating in different aspects of agriculture. Shahidul Islam of Rasulpur village under Shahagola union is one of them who changed his fortune by rearing...

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BMDA implements Tk 25.02b projects in 16 districts

RAJSHAHI, Dec 12 (BSS): The Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) has implemented 19 projects involving around Tk 25.02 billion in all 16 districts of Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions during the last 10 years.According to concerned sources, the implemented schemes contribute a lot towards uplifting living and livelihood condition of people...

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Gopalganj road accident kills one

GOPALGANJ, Dec 12 (BSS): A man was killed as a truck crushed him in Kashiana upazila of the district on Monday morning.The deceased was identified as Mohammod Ali, 45, son of Lal Miah, a resident of Pona area of the upazila.Police said the accident occurred on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in...

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