Bumper black gram yield in sight in Tangail, Natore
TANGAIL, Dec 18: Officials at the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office in Tangail and growers are expecting a bumper mashkalai or black gram yield this season. DAE official sources said about 600 hectares of land were brought under mashkalai cultivation in the district. Mashkalai grows well in the Jamuna...
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1,563 families in Jhenidah, Sylhet get houses free of cost
JHENIDAH, Dec 18: A total of 1,523 homeless families in the district have got houses free of cost under Prime Minister's Ashrayan Project II.The total allocation for the construction of the houses was set at Tk 152.30 million.Of the total, 488 houses have been built in Sadar, 309 in Shailakupa,...
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5,000 hectares of land come under potato cultivation
PANCHAGARH, Dec 18 (BSS): Around 5,000 hectares of land have been brought under potato cultivation in the current Rabi season in the district.The farmers are passing their busy time nurturing their potato field. Farmers started harvesting the early variety of potato and selling in the market.Farmers are getting fair prices...
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Peasants in Rangpur zone busy preparing Boro seedbeds
RANGPUR, Dec 18: The peasants in five districts under the Rangpur agriculture zone are passing busy time preparing Boro seedbeds.While visiting different areas in the district this correspondent found that most of the farmers had already completed setting up seedbeds.A number of growers said like previous years they faced problems...
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