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Post-work measurement on crop protection schemes going on

SYLHET, Dec 20: The post work measurement on the crop protection schemes implemented by the Water Development Board (WDB) last year has been going on in Sunamganj district. It would take at least two more weeks to be completed, an official informed on Wednesday.ACC Director from the capital Abdur Rahim,...

Farmers preparing Boro seedbeds after harvesting Aman in N-districts

RANGPUR, Dec 20: As harvest of Aman paddy has almost completed in eight districts under Rangpur division, the farmers of the region are now preparing Boro seedbeds in full swing with much enthusiasm to finish their tasks ahead of severe cold and foggy weather.While visiting different areas under the region...

Low price disheartens Bogra veg growers

BOGRA, Dec 20: More than 20,000 marginal vegetable growers of all the 12 upazilas in the district are dissatisfied over the low market price this season.According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources, over 2300 hectares of land in the district have been brought under the farming of...

Rice procurement drive in Nilphamari starts

NILPHAMARI, Dec 20: The government has started the procurement of Aman rice across the district. Sources from the office of the district controller of food (DC) said a total of 6941 tonnes of rice would be procured this season from seven local supply depots (LSD) of the region.LSD wise procurement...

25km-long link road remains in bad condition in Sirajganj

SIRAJGANJ, Dec 20: People have been suffering much due to a sorry state of the 25 km long Chandaikona-Hatikumrul link road on the Dhaka-Bogra Highway.Locals said they have to spend two or three hours extra for the bad condition of the road. They claimed that the authority concerned did not...

Speakers for enhancing production of quality paddy, wheat, jute seeds

RAJSHAHI, Dec 20 (BSS): Agriculture officials, scientists and researchers at an event laid emphasis on the need for an integrated effort to boost the seed production of paddy, wheat and jute at farmers' level to meet increasing domestic demands. They urged the field level extension officials to put in their...

Mushroom farming makes physically-challenged youth successful entrepreneur

MAGURA, Dec 20 (BSS): Babul Akhter, a physically-challenged youth of Borokhari village in Magura Sadar upazila, has become a successful entrepreneur through cultivating mushroom.His way to achieve the success was also challenging. Born into a poor family, Babul lost his left leg at the age of five to an unidentified...

Jessore, Satkhira road accidents claim two lives

JESSORE, Dec 20 (BSS): A woman was killed and her husband was injured in a road accident in front of the Sharsha Pilot High School under Sharsha upazila of the district on Tuesday night.The deceased was identified as Selina Akhter,45, wife of Anwarul Kabir who is superintendent of Sharsha Dhakhil...

A peasant on his way home

A peasant on his way home by a cart in Natore on Wednesday. — FE Photo

A gloomy dawn with a curtain of dense fog

TANGAIL: A gloomy dawn with a curtain of dense fog in Mirzapur on Wednesday. — Focus Bangla