SYLHET, May 21: As many as 210 primary schools in Habiganj district are in a pitiable state due to absence of repair work. The children have been attending these schools, located mostly in the low lying region known as 'haor' areas, since there are no alternate arrangements, locals said.The situation...
Read moreSHERPUR, May 21 (BSS): The government started Boro procurement directly from the farmers in the districts on Tuesday aiming to ensure fair prices of the staple food.Whip Atiur Rahman Atiq formally inaugurated Boro paddy collection at a function at Sherpur Sadar upazila warehouse.On the occasion, Atiur said, "The public procurement...
Read moreRANGPUR, May 21: Though government's paddy procurement drive has already begun in Rangpur, it is yet to make any effect on paddy market, sources said.According to Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Rangpur official sources farmers cultivated Boro on around 5,09000 hectares of land this season in five districts in the...
Read moreMAGURA, May 21: Magura BINA office has recently organised a field-day on BINA-14 rice variety in Moghi village under Magura Sadar upazila.Official sources said BINA-14 paddy is short-duration crop. It takes around 20 days less to be harvested than the other Boro varieties. Around 6.9 tonnes of paddy are produced...
Read moreCHUADANGA, May 21 (UNB): In a rare move, Deputy Commissioner of the district Gopal Chandra Das along with other government officials joined poor farmers in harvesting their paddy from the field under Jibannagar upazila on Tuesday.With the slogan 'Farmers are not alone, we are beside them', the DC joined the...
Read moreRAJSHAHI, May 21 (BSS): Varieties of mango produced in Rajshahi have been exporting to different European countries over the last couple of years.This year also, the amount of exportable quality mango is expected to be around 100 tonnes. Of those, at least 50 tonnes are likely to be exported with...
Read moreSYLHET, May 21 (BSS): Two children drowned in a pond at Kathalpur village in Fenchuganj Upazila of the district on Tuesday morning.The deceased were identified as Sahara, 05, daughter of Samir Mollah and Shakil Ahmed, 06, son of Islam Uddin, residents of the village.The children were playing beside the pond...
Read moreJAMALPUR, May 21 (BSS): A total of 207 high yielding crops have been developed by the Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI), which are contributing to increase food production in the country, an official of BARI told a workshop in the district on Monday."The varieties included horticultural crops, cereals, pulses, oilseeds,...
Read moreNILPHAMARI, May 21 (BSS): A man was killed after being hit by a lightning strike at Kharija Golna village under Jaldhaka upazila of the district.The man was identified as Mokbul Hossain, 60, hailed from the village.Eye witnesses said the thunderbolt hit him around 10am during rain when he was going...
Read moreBHOLA, May 21 (BSS): Over 0.10 million (1.08-lakh) poor and distressed families will get 1633.95 tonnes of rice under special Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) programme to celebrate the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr.Officials of the district Relief and Rehabilitation said the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief has allocated the rice for distribution...
Read moreJustice Abdus Salam Mamun handing over Gyantaposh Dr Muhammad Shahidullah Golden Award to Principal of Nasratpur Degree Collage AHM Masiul Alam at a function in Bogura recently for his outstanding contribution to education — FE Photo
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