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Mango plucking begins in Rajshahi

RAJSHAHI, May 20 (UNB): The plucking of mangoes, the most juicy and delicious summer fruit, has begun at different orchards in the district.Mango growers in different upazilas have started plucking 'Gopalbhoge' and 'Guti' varieties of mangoes in the first phase. After collecting 'Gopalbhoge', they will pluck Khirsapat'.The district administration has...

Village people suffer in absence of river bridge in Rangpur

RANGPUR, May 20: Around 15,000 people of different villages at Taraganj upazila in the district are suffering much owing to absence of a concrete bridge over the Jomuneshwari river in Joybangla Ghat area of Hariarkuthi union under the upazila.The people of 10 villages including Telipara, Machhuapara, Lalpara and Burirhat of...

Traders making vermicelli in unhealthy environment

RAJSHAHI, May 20: Vermicelli is one of the most lucrative food items during the month of Ramadan and Eid festivals. As the demands of vermicelli increased during the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr, a section of dishonest traders were engaged in making the item in an unhygienic environment at the factories situated at...

Sylhet DAE targets Aus farming on vast tract of land this season

SYLHET, May 20: With a target to bring a large tract of land under Aus farming in Sylhet division in the Kharif-1 season, the farmers in different areas are busy preparing seedbeds. Aus seedbed target- 8828 hectares of land- has already surpassed with 9,085 hectares, a DAE official informed on...

Dealers not taking delivery of items for high prices than market rates

NILPHAMARI, May 20: Dealers of the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) of the district yet to start selling essential commodities because the price of TCB commodities are higher in comparison to local market price.The dealers even did not take delivery of the commodities from the TCB stocked godown.TCB Rangpur office...

Lightning strike kills youth

NARAIL, May 20 (BSS): A youth was killed in a lightning strike at Matiadanga village under Lohagora upazila on Sunday morning.The youth was identified as Ahmed Munshi, 21, a resident of the village.Police said lightning hit Ahmed at around 10 am during rain when he was staying outside of his...

Police recover body of drowned woman

JHENIDAH, May 20 (UNB): The body of an elderly woman who drowned while taking bath in a canal in the municipality area was recovered on Sunday.The deceased was identified as Anwara Khatun, 78, wife of Emtaj Ali of Bhotiarghat village in the upazila.Emdadul Haque Sheikh, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station,...

Construction of six roads progressing fast in Mymensingh

MYMENSINGH, May 20 (BSS): The construction of six rural roads has been progressing fast in Muktagacha upazila of the district. Local Government Division, Ministry of LGRD & Co-operatives is implementing the project at a cost of over Tk 230 million.Upazila Engineer Ashit Baran told BSS that the roads undergoing development...