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Cauliflower cultivation gains popularity in Joypurhat

JOYPURHAT, Oct 16: Early winter cauliflower cultivation is gaining popularity across the district due to high market prices.More than 12,000 farmers of Akkelpur, Kalai, Khetlal, Panchbibi and Sadar upazilas of the district are now passing busy time tending vegetable field.According to the district Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office source,...

Cattle rearers in Tangail make good profit

TANGAIL, Oct 16: Commercial cattle rearing is gaining popularity across the district specially in the char areas.Sources said high market demand and lucrative profit have inspired the cultivators to start the venture broadly.Natural cattle fattening is considered as a lucrative business. Many unemployed youth have shown their interest in commercial...

Farmers set up 5,935 light traps to protect cropland

NILPHAMARI, Oct 16: Farmers in the district are setting up light trap in their cropland for pest management and becoming successful. DAE sources said some 5,935 light traps have been set up across the district.Light trap is a modern eco-friendly method to kill harmful insects in cropland. The pest arrives...

Call for enforcement of tobacco control law

RAJSHAHI, Oct 16 (BSS): Experts and development activists called for enforcement of the amended tobacco control law to free the public health from various non-contagious diseases caused by tobacco uses.They viewed gross violation of the prevailing Tobacco Control Act continues in restricted areas including public places threatening public health. Frequent...

Rangpur rural people get health services from community clinics

RANGPUR, Oct 16 (BSS): The community clinics in the district have appeared as blessings for rural people as they get health services with free medicines for some common health problems from those.The trained Community Health Care Providers (CHCPs) and Community Skilled Birth Attendants (CSBAs) are also conducting safe deliveries of...

Tangail, Kushtia road accidents leave four dead

TANGAIL, Oct 16 (UNB): Three members of a family were killed after a truck carrying a group of workers plunged into a roadside ditch on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Shubulla area of Mirzapur upazila on Tuesday morning.The deceased were identified as Niranjan, 30, his wife Sagori and their daughter Swarna, hailing...