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Medicare absent at Zakiganj Upazila Health Complex for doctor shortage

SYLHET, Feb 24: As many as 64 posts of staff members including consultant physicians at Zakiganj Upazila Health Complex in Sylhet have long been vacant.Poor people in nearby villages are the worst victims of the situation.Sources said some important posts even have been lying vacant for 10 years.Located on the...

Booming mango flowers usher in new hope among farmers

NAOGAON, Feb 24: The booming mango flowers at this stage signals a bumper yield in the district this year. Sources at the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said to fulfil the production target of 0.5m tonnes, farmers of all eleven upazilas of the district are cultivating mangoes on some 18,527...

Boro seedlings transplantation gets momentum in Rajshahi division

RAJSHAHI, Feb 24 (BSS): Seedling transplantation of Irri-Boro paddy is going on in full swing as the farmers put in their level best to complete the process in due time.Farmers in all eight districts under Rajshahi division including the vast Barind tract are passing their busy days in the fields.The...

Veg production in floating beds helps growers save cost

SYLHET, Feb 24 (UNB): Vegetable farming on floating beds made of water hyacinth and bamboo in water bodies or ponds, is gaining popularity in different areas of the district.With support from Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI), farmers are cultivating vegetables in abandoned ponds and water bodies making floating beds.Farmers do...

Excellent growth of plants predicts bumper onion output

JOYPURHAT, Feb 24: Excellent growth of onion plants on a vast tract of land across all the five upazilas of the district is predicting a bumper production of the item this season. Repeated bumper yield and fair market price encourage the farmers to expand the farming of the spice crop,...

Four-day Model UN Conference begins at RU on Feb 28

RAJSHAHI, Feb 24: The fifth Model United Nations Conference-2019 by the United Nations Youth and Students Association of Bangladesh (UNYSAB) will be held at Rajshahi University (RU) on February 28, said a press release.UNYSAB and RU Model United Nations (RUMUNA) will organise the four-day event at the Shahid Sukhoranjan Samadder...

JANO holds orientation programme

RANGPUR, Feb 24: Orientation meeting of Joint Action Plan for Nutrition Outcome (JANO) project was held in the conference room of Divisional Commissioner of Rangpur on Sunday. With the leadership of Divisional Commissioner Plan International Bangladesh organised the event. Objective of the meeting is to deliver a holistic concept of...