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Grassroots families in Rajshahi, Natore achieve solvency rearing ducks

RAJSHAHI, Nov 13: Thousands of poor and grassroots families living in villages adjacent to various water bodies of the district have attained financial solvency by rearing ducks.Sources said more than 3,000 families of 31 villages of Godagari, Tanore, Bagmara, Mohanpur and Durgapur upazilas of the district are engaged in rearing...

DAE eyes 1.37m tonnes of winter veg production in Rangpur division

RANGPUR, Nov 13 (BSS): The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has fixed a target of producing 1.37 million tonnes winter vegetables from 66,114 hectares of land in Rangpur division this season.Officials of the DAE said steps have been taken to make the intensive winter vegetables' farming programme successful by providing...

Mat weaving helps poor village women earn extra money

RANGPUR, Nov 13: Reshma begum (27), wife of Nazmul Islam at Thakurdas village under Kawnia upazila in the district had been passing her days in acute poverty even three years ago.Her husband was a day-labourer. She faced much difficulty in maintaining her family of five members with the paltry amount...

Five-day Kartiany Puja starts in Magura district

MAGURA, Nov 13: The five-day Kartiany Puja started in the district on Monday. As part of the celebration, a total of 76 Puja mandaps have been set up. Moreover, hundreds of gates have been erected across the district town. Around 65 years ago fisherman Shatish Maghi of Nanduali village under...

Mayor of Gazipur City Corporation Mohammed Jahangir Alam inaugurating

Mayor of Gazipur City Corporation Mohammed Jahangir Alam inaugurating the four-day income tax fair at Bangataz Auditorium in Gazipur town on Tuesday — FE Photo

A research team

A research team of Sylhet Agricultural University cultivating monosex tilapia in a water body of Sunamganj — FE Photo

Man dies from electrocution in Bogura

BOGURA, Nov 13 (BSS): A man died from electrocution at Satbeki village in Dhunot upazila of the district on Tuesday.The man was identified as Tobibur Rahman, 30, hailed from the village.Local people said he was electrocuted when he was cutting the branches of a tree in his house this afternoon.Tobibur...

1,335 tonnes of Boro seeds for Jamalpur, Sherpur farmers

JAMALPUR, Nov 13 (BSS): The Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC) has allotted 1,335 tonnes of Boro seed in Jamalpur and Sherpur districts for current Robi season.Seed Marketing, a wing of BADC said the quality seed will be sold among the farmers through its 196 registered dealers. Farmers also can buy...