Peasants' group attains unique success in wax gourd farming
SYLHET, Feb 17: A band of farmers numbering 11 has achieved a remarkable success in cultivation of wax gourd (called Chal Kumra Bengali language) in a haor area of Dharmapasha upazila of Sunamganj district this season. The farmers embarked on the farming initiative by bringing about 220 kathas of abandoned...
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Beetroot being cultivated commercially in Gaibandha Farmers eye huge profit
GAIBANDHA, Feb 17: Beetroot, a foreign vegetable, is being cultivated commercially in the district for the first time with an eye to earning huge profits.Although beetroot trees look like a couch, its leaves are green and reddish. The main part looks dark pink or reddish purple.This vegetable containing various nutrients...
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Road crash leaves father, son dead in Pirojpur
PIROJPUR, Feb 17 (UNB): A man and his son died as a bus hit a van on Nazirpur-Matibhanga road in Nazipur upazila of Pirojpur on Monday.The deceased were identified as Mahabub Mollah, 35, and his son Iyad Ali Mollah, hailing from Caltabari village of the upazila.Van driver Moin Sheikh, who...
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Two-day information fair held in Sherpur
SHERPUR, Feb 17 (BSS): A two-day information fair began on Monday noon at Shaheed Minar premises in Nalitabari upazila of the district with the slogan "Tathyai Shokti, Jaanbo Janabo, Durniti Rukhbo.The event is jointly organised by Nalitabari Upazila Administration and the Socheton Nagorik Committee (Sonak).A total of 29 government and...
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