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Tangail district now self-sufficient in egg production

TANGAIL, Oct 19: Tangail district is now self-sufficient in egg production. The district's yearly demand for egg is around 500 million, whereas it is producing more than 1.04 billion eggs per year.Among the total amount, around 1,11,47000 are layer chicken eggs and 10,59,200 are duck eggs.After mitigating the local demand,...

Collapsed culvert hampers movement of people

NETRAKONA, Oct 19: A box culvert on the Rangchati-Krishnapur road in the Kalmakanda area of the district had collapsed about three years ago. Since then, locals have been facing serious problem to their daily movement.Locals complain that the culvert has been in this state for about the last five years,...

Only six doctors to manage upazila health complex

OUR CORRESPONDENTSYLHET, Oct 19: Only six physicians have to manage the 50-bed Madhabpur Upazila Health Complex in Habiganj district where as 21 posts are sanctioned for the facility. The X-ray and ECG machines are getting damaged for not using those as there is no technician for long at the overcrowded...

Police arrest five for stabbing RU student

RAJSHAHI, Oct 19 (UNB): Police arrested on Saturday five people in a case filed over a knife attack on a Rajshahi University (RU) student on the campus during a mugging bid on Friday night.The victim Firoz Anam is a first-year student of economics. The arrestees are Rubel Hossain, son of...

U-turn in Paduar Bazar area in Cumilla becomes a death trap

Our CorrespondentCUMILLA, Oct 19: A U-turn at the Paduar Bazar area of the district on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway has become a death trap. Five people died in the area within a week last month. Besides, people are often injured as accidents often occur here. Locals demanded construction of a flyover...

Bogura vegetable nurseries seek govt patronage

ROVING CORRESPONDENTBOGURA, Oct 19: The owners of vegetable nurseries in Shajahanpur upazila of Bogura district are seeking government patronage to expand their initiative.Sources said the initiative has opened a new horizon to the prosperity of the farmers and created a large number of employment for farm labourers.All kinds of healthy...

Brick kilns spring up on arable lands in Faridpur

FARIDPUR, Oct 19 (UNB): Agricultural lands in villages surrounding the district town is now peppered with brick kilns, posing a serious threat to the environment and crop production.Unabated sand lifting and easy availability of top soil have fuelled their growth.Siddiqur Rahman, general secretary of the District Brick Kiln Owners Association,...