Rice prices surge at wholesale level in Bogura
BOGURA, June 16: Prices of both coarse and fine varieties of rice have surged in the wholesale markets of Bogura. Market insiders have attributed the price spiral to the higher production costs and outbreak of blast disease affecting paddy plants during the last Boro season.Prices of the coarse varieties, such...
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Sesame cultivation exceeds target in Manikganj
MANIKGANJ, June 16 (BSS): The cultivation of sesame has exceeded its fixed target in all seven upazilas of the district and the farmers are expecting a bumper production, the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said.DAE office sources said they had set a target of sesame cultivation on 3,971 hectares...
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Father, son among 3 killed in Cox's Bazar road accident
COX'S BAZAR, June 16 (BSS): Three people, including a man and his son, were killed and 10 others injured in a road accident in the Jetty Road area of Rashidnagar union in Ramu upazila of the district on Monday.The deceased were Habib Ullah, 55, his son Riyad of PM Khali...
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Fish trader killed by lightning strike in Satkhira
SATKHIRA, June 16 (BSS): A fish trader was killed in a lightning strike at Kathbunia village of Khalilnagar union in Tala upazila of the district on Monday.The deceased was identified as Lalit Mandal, 50, son of Bamcharam Mandal, a resident of Kathbunia village of the upazila. Lightning followed by a...
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Two get life term in Khulna drug case
KHULNA, June 16 (BSS): A court on Monday sentenced two youths to life term imprisonment in a drug case under Khalishpur Police Station in the city.The court also fined the duo Tk 5000 each, in default, to suffer one month more in jail.Khulna Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Sumi Ahmed pronounced...
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