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Short-duration paddy can help save crops from early flood

SYLHET, Nov 14: A research by the academics at the Sylhet Agricultural University (SAU) says early farming of short-duration paddy could save the crop from the risk of early flood in vast haor region.The research says the early flood generally takes place in the last week of April or in...

Purabetai primary school students attending classes in a shed

JHENIDAH, Nov 14: Students of Purabetai Government Primary School in Jhenidah Sadar have been attending classes in a shed made of the matting of bamboo and corrugated sheets, hampering educational activities.Established in 2001 at a remote village in Ganna union, 17 km off the uapzila headquarters, the school was nationalised...

Tangail Pomelo growers making good profit

TANGAIL, Nov 14: Hundreds of pomelo growers in the district are making good profit as they are getting fair prices of their produce.The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources said commercial pomelo cultivation is popular in the district. The farming area is expanding every year for high profit.The citrus...

Experts urge Barind farmers to go for balanced fertiliser use

RAJSHAHI, Nov 14 (BSS): Experts and researchers here suggested that the farmers have to be engaged in sustainable practice of balanced fertiliser use in their farmland to protect soil health from further degradation.They viewed that soil nutrients have gradually been declining due to multifarious reasons including indiscriminate use of fertiliser...

0.11m tonnes of onion yield in Rangpur division likely

RANGPUR, Nov 14 (BSS): The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has fixed a target of producing about 0.11 million tonnes of onion from 10,799 hectares of land in all eight districts of Rangpur division during this Rabi season.The DAE officials said farmers started sowing seeds of the early varieties of...

Natore road mishap kills woman

NATORE, Nov 14 (UNB): A woman was killed when a bus knocked her down at Chandpur in Sadar uapzila on Wednesday.The deceased Mamtaz Begum was a vegetable vendor.Mostafizur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said the accident took place in the area when a bus hit her while crossing the...