Bogura to get nation's first military drone factory
BOGURA, Feb 18: Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) announced its plan to develop its old air base in Bogura and establish a modern military drone manufacturing facility inside the base, a move officials say will significantly enhance the country's defence capability and lay the foundation for a domestic defence technology industry....
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Poor dairy farmers fall in debt in Pabna due to 'Dadan trap'
PABNA, FEB 18: Impoverished dairy farmers in Pabna's Bera Char said they have been sustaining serious losses and falling in debt due to cattle traders' conditions on milk selling after the traders' provided them investment to buy and raise dairy cows.Farmers said they have been considering changing business due to...
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Million taka growth centre defunct for 18 years in Sunamganj
SYLHET, Feb 18: Sunamganj's Dowarabazar Upazila growth centre, built to be used as the commercial hub for the sale and marketing of kitchen and other items, remained non-operational for nearly two decades.Sources said "over unknown reasons", the authorities had failed to launch operations at the centre, which features sheds, stalls...
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M'singh, Sylhet road crashes kill five
A total of five persons were killed in separate road accidents in Mymensingh and Sylhet districts on Wednesday and Tuesday night respectively, report agencies.In Mymensingh, two people including an army personnel were killed and 15 others injured in a collision between a bus and a truck on Sherpur-Mymensingh highway in...
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Indigenous technology enables first local production of button mushroom spawn
DINAJPUR, Feb 18 (BSS): Birganj upazila of the district has achieved a significant milestone in agricultural innovation with the successful cultivation of button mushrooms using indigenous technology.The breakthrough was made through a joint initiative of the Protina Research Foundation and Bahari Agrotech. For the first time in the country, button...
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