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Market price frustrates Magura Aman growers

Our Correspondent MAGURA, Nov 17: Aman growers in the district are frustrated over the present market price. Sources said newly-harvested T-Aman paddy has started appearing in the local markets. Though a bumper production of the crop has been achieved this season, low prices have failed to bring smile on the...

Speakers lay stress on raising Aus, maize yield

Our CorrespondentSYLHET, Nov 17: Speakers laid emphasis at an event in Sylhet on Saturday on taking special measures and sincere efforts from all concerned for increasing Aus and maize production in all the four districts of Sylhet division.About 150 officials from agriculture-related departments, district, upazila and union-level officials and farmers...

Pumpkin farming gains popularity in Rangpur

RANGPUR, Nov 17 (BSS): Some 25,000 char families changed their fortune by farming pumpkin on a vast a tract of land in Rangpur agriculture region over the last nine years.Earlier, these have-not groups of landless families had to live in misery on the char areas, riverside flood control embankments and...

34 Jhenidah insolvent FFs get houses

Our CorrespondentJHENIDAH, Nov 17: A total of 34 landless and insolvent freedom fighters' (FFs) families from six upazilas in the district got houses named 'Bir Nibas'.The total cost of construction of the houses stood at Tk 30.90 million.Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) implemented the construction work from FY 2013-14 to...

Man dies from electrocution in Gopalganj

GOPALGANJ, Nov 17 (BSS): A man was electrocuted while working at his house at Chitkibari village in Kotalipara upazila of the district on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Kartik Dhali, 40, of the village.Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Kotalipara Thana Md Kamrul Faruq said Kartik came in contact with a live electric...

Rajshahi PWD implements 247 projects

RAJSHAHI, Nov 17 (BSS): The Public Works Department (PWD) has implemented 247 projects involving around Tk 11.08 billion over the last 10 years in Rajshahi division benefiting its people in many ways.PWD sources said the department has also been implementing many other development schemes at present with an estimated cost...

Facilities for Rajshahi slum girls' education absent

RAJSHAHI, Nov 17: Despite various facilities offered by the government to promote education for girl students of rural areas, a large number of girls of Rajshahi metropolitan areas are being deprived of their education facilities because of absence of such facilities.It is learnt, the government has given the girls many...