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Integrated farming can meet food demand in Kurigram

Integrated and diversified farming is necessary for meeting the food demand in Kurigram, a food-deficit district in the country's northern region where many people still suffer from poverty and hunger.The people of the district, especially in Ulipur upazila, remain at the bottom in terms of per-capita land while most of...

School playground turns into paddy field

KUSHTIA, Sept 19 (UNB): Returning after 18 months, the students of Ramnagar Paschimpara Primary School in Mirpur upazila of Kushtia district have been deprived of utilising their school playground. The authorities concerned turned the playground into a paddy field during the pandemic-induced closure of schools. After the reopening on September...

RU students demand hall reopening by Sept 30

RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Sept 19: The students of Rajshahi University formed a human chain on 3-point demand, including the reopening of residential halls by September 30. The human chain was formed in front of the Central Library on the campus at 11:00am on Sunday. Later, they brought out a protest rally...

DAE officials urged to transfer bio-pest tech to farmers

RAJSHAHI, Sept 19 (BSS): Field level officials and staff of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) have been urged to transfer the bio-rational based pest management technologies to the farmers to make them knowledgeable about producing safe food.As they are the pioneers to disseminate the innovated technologies to the grassroots...

Transport workers withdraw indefinite strike in Sunamganj

SUNAMGANJ, Sept 19 (UNB): The indefinite bus strike that District Road Transport Workers' Union enforced Sunday morning demanding an end to extortion from the bus drivers on Sylhet bypass road has been withdrawn. Nurul Haque, general secretary of the union, said the strike was withdrawn in the afternoon. Deputy Commissioner...

Russell's Viper snake rescued in Kushtia

KUSHTIA, Sept 19 (UNB): A deadly Russell's Viper, one of the most lethal snake species known to mankind, was safely released back into the wild on Saturday night, after being rescued from the Gorai River in Kushtia.The snake was released in a remote sandbar of Kushtia, with the help of...

Bogura road accident kills army man

BOGURA, Sept 19 (UNB): An army person was killed as a bus hit him at Shajahanpur in Bogura district on Saturday night.The deceased was identified as Shamim Ahmed, 36, son of Abdur Rashid of Dolvita village in Sarishabari upazila of Jamalpur district. He was a member of the FI unit...