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Students attend classes in the open for classroom shortage

NAOGAON, Mar 17: Students of Mirzapur KC High School under Badalgachi upazila of the district are attending classes under the open sky due to shortage of classrooms. The regular academic activities of the school are being hampered seriously for the acute classroom crisis. Sources said there are nine rooms in...

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Record maize production likely in five districts

An all-time record production of maize is likely in five districts in the Rangpur agriculture region where the farmers exceeded its fixed farming target by 11.12 per cent during this Rabi season, reports BSS.Officials of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said the farmers are showing keen interest in expanding...

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Bogura lentil growers achieve bumper output

BOGURA, Mar 17: Lentil growers in the district are delighted as they have achieved a bumper production this season.A good number of farmers said they started harvesting the crop from the last week of February and it will continue until the last week of March. Lentil cultivation started after the...

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3,200 tonnes of sugar lying unsold at Shyampur Sugar

RANGPUR, Mar 17: Some 3,200 tonnes of sugar worth Tk 160 million are lying unsold at Shyampur Sugar Mills under Badarganj upazila in the district.It causes financial difficulties to the mill authority.Arrangement of fund for making full payment to the sugarcane growers who sold their produce on credit to the...

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Reception to 15 Magura cultural personalities

MAGURA, Mar 17: Fifteen people were accorded reception at a ceremony in the district on Sunday for their outstanding contribution in different fields of culture.Magura Zilla Shilpakala Academy organised the programme marking the 99th birth anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. State Minister for the Social Welfare Ministry Sharif Ahmed...

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Scientists for using seeder machine in wheat field

RAJSHAHI, Mar 17 (BSS): Agricultural scientists and researchers urged the farmers to cultivate wheat by using seeder machine to boost yield to meet its gradually mounting demand.They said the machine developed by the Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI) will also help lessening pressure on irrigation water for the wheat farming...

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Agri fair begins at Muksudpur

GOPALGANJ, Mar 17: A two-day agriculture fair organised by the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) started on the premises of Muksudpur upazila council on Sunday.Mohammad Faruque Khan, MP, inaugurated the fair as the chief guest and Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO), Muksudpur, Taslima Ali presided over it.Muksudpur upazila Chairman Md Asraful...

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Meherpur wall collapse leaves couple dead

MEHERPUR, Mar 17 (UNB): A man and his wife were killed as a clay-made wall collapsed on them at Harirampur village in sadar upazila on Saturday.The deceased were identified as Md Kabatullah, 50, son of late Moksed Ali of the village and his wife Azironnesa, 45.The wall collapsed on them...

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A view of a maize field

A view of a maize field in Fenchuganj upazila of Sylhet district where a pheromone trap has been set up for pest control — FE Photo

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