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Rangpur landless cultivators growing veg on floating beds

Sayed Mofidul BabuRANGPUR, Oct 13: A good number of landless peasants under Pirgachha upazila in the district are getting financially benefited through farming vegetables on floating beds.These extreme poor people have shown how to cop with the adverse circumstances by adopting such innovative method of food production for their survival....

Bogura kumrabori makers pass busy time as winter knocks at door

Our CorrespondentBOGURA, Oct 13: More than 900 people of the district are engaged in making 'kumrabori' in the winter season.Sources said October to April is the ideal time for making the tasty food. Kumrabori maker said it is a winter delicacy. It has high demand in different districts.According to local...

Mobile court fines 33 fishermen for defying hilsa ban

BHOLA, Oct 13 (UNB): A mobile court here on Saturday jailed and fined 33 fishermen for catching hilsa from the Meghna and Tetulia rivers in the district defying a government ban.Among the convicts, 25 fishermen were awarded one year jail each while eight others were fined.Md Asaduzzaman, senior fisheries officer...

About 60 posts at Zakiganj Upazila Health Complex lying vacant

SYLHET, Oct 13: As many as 60 posts of staff members including 10 of physicians at the Zakiganj Upazila Health Complex in Sylhet have been lying vacant for long causing great suffering for the common and poor people.Even some important posts have also been lying vacant over the last 10...

Experts suggest regular egg intake to meet nutrition

RANGPUR, Oct 13 (BSS): Livestock experts at a post-rally discussion have laid emphasis on regular consumption of egg to meet nutrition and protein demands for building a healthier nation."Side by side with meeting balanced nourishment, consumption of egg ensures sound health for the people of all ages," they opined.The divisional...

Banana farming expanding in Nilphamari

NILPHAMARI, Oct 13: A good number of people have become self-reliant by growing the popular and tasty fruit on commercial basis.DAE sources said around 1,156 hectares of land have been brought under the farming of varieties of banana across the six upazilas.Sources said around 400 banana saplings can be planted...

RANGPUR: Rearers moving herd of cows

RANGPUR: Rearers moving herd of cows for grazing on Saturday — Focus Bangla

Retail rice prices in Rajshahi market see downtrend

RAJSHAHI, Oct 13 (BSS): Rice price in Rajshahi's retail markets is now on a downtrend following the government's launching of "Food Friendly Programme" to control hiking of rice price.Within a gap of only one month, rice price has been declined by Tk 3.0 to Tk 4.0 four per kg in...