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WDB to spend Tk 360m for reconstruction of crop protection dam

SYLHET, Nov 18: The Water Development Board (WDB) would spend Tk 360 million for reconstruction and repair work on the 600 km crop protection embankments in Sunamganj district this year.A number of officials said proposed amount was Tk 760 million. However, the allocation may be increased later.Executive engineer of WDB,...

A pile of bottle gourd in a vegetable wholesale market

A pile of bottle gourd in a vegetable wholesale market under Kalai upazila of Joypurhat — FE Photo

Sand lifting from Karotoa continues

RANGPUR, Nov 18: Sand lifting from the Karotoa river at Chakveka village under Chatra union of Pirganj upazila in the district is continuing ceaselessly. The sand lifting is threatening erosion of river bank, nearby dwelling houses and crop lands.Traders have been extracting sand from the bed of the river with...

Sirajganj farmers thriving on bumper Aman yield

SIRAJGANJ, Nov 18 (UNB): Farmers of different upazilas in Sirajganj district are satisfied with bumper Aman production this season.Now they are busy harvesting the paddy at Tarash, Raiganj and Ullahpara upazilas of the district.Talking to the news agency, some local farmers said they have achieved a bumper crop this season...

Gopalganj Boro cultivators passing busy time

GOPALGANJ, Nov 18: Boro cultivators in the district are now passing busy time.According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Gopalganj official sources, a total of 3,99,518 hectares of land have been brought under Boro cultivation this season. Of the total hybrid variety will be produced in 2,64,448 hectares of...

Dragon fruit farming proves profitable in Natore district

NATORE, Nov 18: Dragon fruit farming is expanding fast across the district for lucrative profit. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources said cultivation of the fruit started Bagatipara, Lalpur, Shingra, Gurudaspur, Boraigram and Sadar upazilas of the district a few years ago on an experimental basis. Now it is...

Jhenidah LGED implements Tk 87m BAIDP project

JHENIDAH, Nov 18: The Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) is implementing the Bangladesh Agricultural Infrastructural Programme (BAIDP) project in Jhenidah. The United States Agency for International Deve-lopment (USAID) is the fund provider.In Jhenidah, improvement of Fulbari level crossing, Hasanhati via Kastobhanga Bazar road, is being implemented through two packages, amounting...

Early cultivated potato harvest starts

NILPHAMARI, Nov 18: Harvest of early cultivated potato started in the district. Sources said early winter potato farming is popular among the growers for high market prices. Some 50 maunds of potato can be produced on a bigha of land. One maund of newly-harvested potato is being sold at Tk...

BGB seize smuggled goods from Lalmonirhat borders

LALMONIRHAT, Nov 18 (BSS): The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized huge smuggled goods from the frontiers under Lalmonirhat 15 BGB Battalion till this morning."The patrolling BGB members of Gorak Mandal, Bagbhandar, Moghalhat, Durgapur, Gangarhat and Kashipur border outposts seized the smuggled goods from different bordering areas from November 05 to...

Disciplined life vital for checking diabetes: Experts

RAJSHAHI, Nov 18 (BSS): Health experts and medical practitioners at a seminar observed on Saturday that maintaining discipline, taking prescribed diets and medicines and regular physical exercise are very important for the patients suffering from diabetes.Creating mass-awareness can be the vital means of reducing the number of diabetic patients, the...

Farmers and DAE officials posing for photograph

Farmers and DAE officials posing for photograph during the harvest of T-Aman at a demonstration plot in Fenchuganj upazila of Sylhet on Sunday — FE Photo