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Paddy price marks further downtrend in Sunamganj

SYLHET, May 19: The market price of paddy showed a further downtrend during the last two days in different areas of Sunamganj district. Coarse paddy was being sold at Tk 450 per maund and finer varieties were at Tk 500 in different markets on Saturday.Most of the grassroots farmers were...

A couple of turmeric growers

KHULNA: A couple of turmeric growers sowing seeds in a prepared land at a village on Sunday — FE Photo

Snake gourd cultivation popular among Joypurhat farmers

JOYPURHAT, May 19: Snake gourd (chichinga) cultivation is gaining momentum across the district this season.A good number of farmers said they are happy over the production and present market price. "We are making good profit from the vegetable", they added.The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) official sources said Akkelpur, Kalai,...

Boro rice procurement begins in Rajshahi division

RAJSHAHI, May 19 (BSS): Procurement of Boro rice has been started in all eight districts under Rajshahi division with the main thrust of facilitating the farmers towards getting fair price of the newly harvested food grain.According to the official sources, the government has taken a decision of procuring 2,69,550 tonnes...

UDP project improves livelihood of 53,000 slum dwellers

RAJSHAHI, May 19 (BSS): Around 53,000 people from 12,500 households living in different slum areas in the city improved their lives and livelihood conditions by getting different facilities from a project taken for reducing their multi-dimensional poverty and deprivation.Non government organisation Brac has been implementing the project in association with...

Lightning strike kills mother, son in Khagrachhari

KHAGRACHHARI, May 19 (BSS): A woman and her son were killed and two others injured when lightning struck them in Karim Masterpara village under Matiranga upazila of the district this morning.The deceased were identified as Ayesa Khatun, 55, and her son Abdul Momin, 22, residents of the same area.Police and...

Woman ‘murders’ mother-in-law in Pabna

PABNA, May 19 (UNB): A woman was hacked and strangled to death, allegedly by her daughter-in-law, at Monohorpur village in Sadar upazila on Saturday evening over a family feud.The deceased was identified as Rosy Khatun, wife of Amin Uddin.Victim's brother Idris Ali said that several relatives of her daughter-in-law Rukaiya...