After prolonged drought, rain brings relief to farmers of Sylhet-Sunamganj

SYLHET, Mar 17: Much coveted and prayed-for rain has renewed the hopes for achieving the govt. production target of Rabi crops-including the crucial Boro rice in Sylhet-Sunamganj region, reducing irrigation costs to a large extent and healing the soil that was cracked from prolonged drought.Sunamganj farmers said most of them...

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Customers throng shopping malls ahead of Eid

As customers throng shopping malls ahead of Eid, Bogura traders estimate sales would fall compared to last year; severe competition from foreign garments almost push out local handloom and cotton apparel in Cumilla; while families of low-income buyers in Rangpur suffer due to exorbitant clothing prices.Our correspondent from Bogura writes,...

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Riverbed turns accident-prone for pillars of an abandoned bridge

SHARIATPUR, Mar 17: Pillars of an old bridge have not been removed from the Kirtinasha River in Angaria union of Shariatpur Sadar upazila even eight years after construction of a new bridge making travelling too much risky along the waterway stretch. For the situation, the bottom of the submerged pillars...

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