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Modern methods boosting output

HABIGANJ, Nov 14: Cultivation of summer season vegetables by using modern methods has been gaining popularity among the farmers of Sylhet region. Chairman of Horticulture Department of Sylhet Agricultural University (SAU) Prof Dr Md Shahidul Islam has been working on it under a special project styled 'Productivity enhancement of promising...

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Char people attain solvency from cucumber cultivation

BOGRA, Nov 14: Hundreds of char people of the mighty Jamuna in Sarikandi, Sonatola and Dhunot upazilas of the district has attained financial self-reliance by cultivating cucumber.Cucumber was cultivated on over 600 hectares of land in the three areas with an expectation to produce around 3,60,000 maunds of fresh yield,...

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Call for introducing new rice variety to increase yield

NETRAKONA, Nov 14 (BSS): Agriculture specialists of International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) on Tuesday stressed the need for introducing a new variety of Boro rice, officially known as BRRI-Dhan-67, replacing the older one for boosting overall rice production. "The new variety is a stress tolerant rice having higher yield in...

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Gopalganj, Natore road accidents kill four

GOPALGANJ, Nov 14 (BSS): Two teenage girls were killed and 24 others injured in a road accident in Natunbazar area under Tungipara upazila of the district on Tuesday noon.The deceased are identified as Samapti Biswas, 12, of Basbaria village and Sumi Khanom, 12, a resident of Basuria village under Tungipara...

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Two die from electrocution in Sherpur, Sirajganj dists

SHERPUR, Nov 14 (UNB): A man was electrocuted while cutting a tree branch at Palashikura village in Nalitabari upazila in the district on Tuesday morning.The deceased was identified as Alal Uddin, 48, an office assistant of local Palashikura Janata High School.Officer-in-charge of Nalitabari Police Station AKM Fasihur Rahman said Alal...

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120 families get land in Dinajpur

DINAJPUR, Nov 14 (BSS): At least 120 landless families of Sundorpur village under Kaharole upazila of the district got land from the government on Tuesday under its Second Cluster Village Project. State Minister for Land Saifuzzaman Chowdhury handed over the documents of the land to the landless families at a...

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2,000 Bhola farmers receive seeds, fertilisers

BHOLA, Nov 14 (BSS): Seeds of various Robi crops and fertilisers were distributed among 2000 farmers in Sadar upazila under incentives programme of the government.Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) officials said to assist the small and marginal farmers, the government took the incentive programems to distribute seed of different Robi...

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