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Betel leaf cultivation decreases in Cox's Bazar

COX'S BAZAR, Mar 14: The betel leaf cultivation is decreasing in the district due to price hike of raw materials, lack of capital, shortage of insecticides and absence of proper marketing facilities. The farmers are being discouraged to grow the betel-leaf which is causing sufferings to innumerable growers who are...

Unauthorised guide books flood Rangpur markets

RANGPUR, Mar 14: Illegal note and guide books, published for students of Class I to X, have flooded the markets in Rangpur district, much to the concern of the guardians and educationists. Sources alleged that most of the bookshops in Rangpur city and other upazilas are selling prohibited guidebooks and...

Call to raise voice against food adulteration

RAJSHAHI, Mar 14 (BSS): Speakers at a workshop in the district called for raising voice against food adulteration for the greater interests of consumers rights protection.They viewed that if the people forge social resistance against the food adulteration, none can dare to commit such crimes.Besides, proper enforcement of the Consumers'...

Khorali chilli farming gains popularity in Joypurhat

JOYPURHAT, Mar 14: A good number of peasants of the district are growing Khorali chilli this season as they made a handsome profit last year. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said the department has taken elaborate steps to make the cultivation programme a success. Khorali chilli farmer are expecting...

Rajshahi rearers for fair price of poultry items

RAJSHAHI, Mar 14 (BSS): The remaining marginal poultry farmers in the district are looking for fair price of the produced eggs and birds coupled with reasonable price of poultry feed, medicine and chicks for making their existing business sustainable."We need at least congenial atmosphere to run our business smoothly and...

RO plant starts operation in Tungipara

GOPALGANJ, Mar 14: Reverse Osmosis (RO) plant under village water supply project at Tungipara in the district has started safe drinking water supply among 500 families recently. According to the Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE), Gopalganj official sources, the plant is able to supply about 1,500 litre of safe...

Modern irrigation methods on the rise in Sylhet div

SYLHET, Mar 14: Use of modern irrigation methods is on the rise in Sylhet division, sources said.Additional director of DAE, Sylhet divisional office, Md. Altabur Rahman said a good number of farmers have started using modern irrigation system on their cropland. Modern irrigation is a part of modern agriculture, he...

13 tonnes of jute seeds for Jamalpur, Sherpur farmers

JAMALPUR, Mar 14 (BSS): The Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC) has allotted 13 tonnes of jute seed for Jamalpur and Sherpur districts.According to Jamalpur Seed Marketing Office, three varieties of jute seed were allotted in the two districts. The seeds are 8 MT local CVL-1variety, 2 MT O-9897 variety and...

Focus on strict enforcement of tobacco control laws

RANGPUR, Mar 14 (BSS): Deputy Commissioner of Kurigram Sultana Pervin on Wednesday said strict enforcement of the amended Tobacco Control Act (TCA), Smoking and Tobacco Products Usage (Control) Act and other related laws has become imperative to save public health from tobacco catastrophe. "Violation of the tobacco control laws through...

Farm labourers busy in harvesting potatoes

MUNSHIGANJ: Farm labourers busy in harvesting potatoes in Basail area under Sirajdikhan. The photo was snapped on Wednesday — Focus Bangla

A bottle gourd cultivator taking care

A bottle gourd cultivator taking care of his land in Sonargaon of Narayanganj on Wednesday — Focus Bangla