LPG crisis fuels public sufferings in Rajshahi

RAJSHAHI, Jan 22: The prolonged Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) crisis in Rajshahi city is no longer confined to kitchen inconvenience. Its ripple effects are now being felt across household budgets, daily lifestyles and the local market, as thousands of families are forced to switch to electricity-based cooking amid acute shortage...

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Sylhet farmers race to finish Boro transplantation

SYLHET, Jan 22: Boro paddy farmers have been busy transplanting saplings in northeastern Sylhet in a race to complete this phase of cultivation within January.By the third week of the month, 71.51 per cent of the targetted 355,894 hectares were brought under Boro paddy cultivation in Sylhet division this season,...

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Illegal topsoil extraction threatens croplands in Sunamganj

SUNAMGANJ, Jan 22 (UNB): Fertile farmlands of 'Gaillar Haor' in Shantiganj upazila of Sunamganj district has been facing severe degradation as an influential syndicate continues large-scale illegal extraction of topsoil, posing a serious threat to local agriculture and rural infrastructure.The upper fertile layer of cropland, commonly known as topsoil, in...

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