Cattle trading gathers pace in Rangpur, Ctg, Magura mkts

With the Eid-ul-Azha around the corner, cattle trading is picking up speed across the markets in Bangladesh, with local authorities streamlining market operations and farmers expecting brisk sales. Our Correspondent from Rangpur: As Eid-ul-Azha is drawing nearer, sales of sacrificial animals have already gathered pace in different cattle markets of...

Labour shortage, foul weather slow Boro harvest

Boro paddy harvest has been slowed down over shortage of harvesting labourers in Gaibandha and inclement weather in Gopalganj, sources said.Our correspondent from Gaibandha reports, IRRI-Boro paddy has been cultivated on 129,020 hectares in seven upazilas of the district and continuous rainfall for the past few days have partially damaged...