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Work on Sunamganj crop protection embankment yet to end

SYLHET, Jan 16: Farmers' apprehension over the of crop protection embankment work in the haor region of Sunamganj is yet to end as most of the Project Implementation Committees (PIC) couldn't yet start their job.Only 80 out of the 837 PICs in the district started work till Monday, an official...

Rice mill labourers pass idle time due to foggy weather

NILPHAMARI, Jan 16: Day labourers of the district rice mills remained workless for nearly a fortnight due to cold and foggy weather.They work on drying and processing parboiled paddy on no work no pay basis.Sources said there are more than 500 husking mills in the district and almost all of...

Boro cultivation going on in full swing in Sirajganj

SIRAJGANJ, Jan 16: Farmers of the district are passing busy time as Boro cultivation is going on in full swing.According to Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources, around 1,59,000 hectares of land will be brought under paddy farming to produce 0.37 million tonnes of yield this season.Boro saplings have...

Bogra apiarists make good profit

BOGRA, Jan 16: A good number of beekeepers from different villages of the district are making good profit from the sale of honey this season.The price of their produced fresh honey is being sold high rate compared to previous year, said Chan Mia of Sadar upazila. People who are engaged...

Teesta drying up in Rangpur

RANGPUR, Jan 16: The mighty Teesta river, flowing through greater Rangpur district, is now drying up. With the beginning of the dry season the river becomes almost dead.Scores of shoals have emerged on the bed of the river due to lack of water since long. Many makeshift houses have been...

Chandpur, Rajshahi road accidents kill five

CHANDPUR, Jan 16 (UNB): Three passengers of CNG-run auto-rickshaw were killed and the driver was injured as truck hit the vehicle in Panchani village of Matlab Uttar upazila on Tuesday morning.The deceased were identified as Mofiz Pathan, 45, Alamgir Hossain, 40, residents of Panchani village and Anik Ahmmed, 25, a...

Tangail mustard growers eye bumper production

TANGAIL, Jan 16: Growers of the district are expecting a bumper production of mustard this season.Easy cultivation and harvesting processes, lower production costs, and fair market prices during the last several years, have been encouraging the farmers of all the 12 upazilas to grow the crop every year.Fazlu Miah, a...

Magura dist lawyers' assoc holds election

MAGURA, Jan 16: Advocate Abdul Mojid and Sazadur Rahman Shangram have been elected president and general secretary of Magura District Lawyers' Association respectively. They were elected in annual election of the association on Monday. Samsul Alam was elected vice-president while two joint secretaries were Nuruzzaman Shahin and Farid Hossen. Other...

Train crushes rail staffer

RAJSHAHI, Jan 16 (UNB): An employee of Bangladesh Railway was crushed under the wheels of a speedy commuter train in rail-gate area near city's railway station on Tuesday.The deceased is identified as Altaf Hossain, 52, son of late Mir Sekandar Ali of Ghoramara area, has been working as an accounts...

Khulna elderly man dies of cold

KHULNA, Jan 16 (UNB): An elderly man died of cold related afflictions at Kapilguni village of Paikgacha upazila on Monday night.The deceased was identified as Abdur Rahim, 80.Local sources said Rahim died around 7.00pm due to cold related illness.