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Boro seedlings in plastic trays on rooftop getting popular in Jhenidah

JHENIDAH, Dec 18: Growing Boro paddy seedlings in plastic trays on the rooftop of concrete buildings and on domestic yards are becoming popular with many farmers in Shailkupa upazila of the district as the system saves them half of the time needed in traditional method.Around 20 farmers across the upazila...

Boatman drowns in Sunamganj

SUNAMGANJ, Dec 18 (UNB): A boat driver drowned as his boat capsized in the Surma river in Chhatak Sadar of the district early Monday.The deceased was identified as Raju Ahmed, 17, son of Aftab Uddin hailing from Rajanpur in Dohalia union of Doarabazar upazila.According to police source, Raju was sleeping...

Comilla police ban auto-rickshaws, easy-bikes on city roads

COMILLA, Dec 18 (UNB): Comilla district police banned the movement of the battery-run auto-rickshaws and easy-bikes on the important roads of the city from Monday.Auto-rickshaws and easy-bikes will not be allowed to ply routes from Police Lines to Kandirpar, Adalat to Kandirpar, Sallahuddin Hotel to Kandirpar, Ranir Bazar to Kandirpar,...

Garlic cultivation expanding in Nilphamari district

NILPHAMARI, Dec 18: Commercial garlic cultivation is expanding in the district. Farmers' sources said garlic farming is profitable for the easy and low-cost procedure. Per bigha production of the spicy crop is higher. It is possible to get up to 30 maunds of output from a bigha (30 decimals) of...

NARAYANGANJ: Farmhands prepare a piece of land before

NARAYANGANJ: Farmhands prepare a piece of land before planting saplings of vegetable under Rupganj upazila on Monday. — Focus Bangla

Bogra potato hoarders counting losses as new stock appears in market

BOGRA, Dec 18: The potato hoarders of the district have been counting losses as the newly-harvested one has already appeared in the market. Market demand of new potato is higher than the old one.Market sources said people prefer the newly-harvested potato instead of the old one. As a result a...

Agri experts for strengthening farmers' organisations

RANGPUR, Dec 18 (BSS): Agriculture experts at a workshop on Sunday laid emphasis on strengthening organisations of the small and marginal farmers to create participatory marketing facilities for ensuring fair price of agri-products. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) with RDRS Bangladesh organised the workshop on 'Problems and Prospects of...