Hilsa price plummets on increased supply
CHANDPUR, Aug 24: Price of hilsa fish has come down by Tk200-Tk300 per kg in the fish markets of Chandpur district town on the back of its increased supply in the last couple of days. At this time, Chandpur Fish Landing Ghat, a reputed fish landing point, located at Boro...
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Abu Sayeed's father looks for dead son among thousands
PIRGANJ, Rangpur, Aug 24 (BSS): Mokhbul Hossain in an illusion looks for his son Abu Sayeed killed in police firing during the student-mass upsurge as thousands of people irrespective of party affiliations, professions, castes and creeds regularly visit the grave of the slain student of Begum Rokeya University in Rangpur...
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Summer tomato farming now getting popular
OUR CORRESPONDENTSTomato cultivation is now getting popular in the summertime in different districts for its high demand and good profits.Our Khulna Correspondent says that Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute has developed Bari-8 variety of summer tomato which is being cultivated commercially.Summer tomato is essentially an off-seasonal vegetable crop which grows on...
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15-month-old girl drowns in Dinajpur pond
DINAJPUR, Aug 24 (UNB): A 15-month-old girl drowned in a pond in the Birganj upazila of Dinajpur on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Vanu Rani Roy, daughter of Dharma Narayan Roy, from the Jharbari Devdarupara area of the Shatagram Union.Sub-inspector Akhtaruzzaman of Birganj Police Station confirmed the matter.Local residents reported...
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Modern irrigation tech being promoted in Barind tract
RAJSHAHI, Aug 24 (BSS): Abu Zafar Ahmed, a farmer of Mohanpur village under Godagari upazila, has been cultivating guava on eight bighas of land for the last couple of years. He had to arrange irrigation to the orchard regularly through a pump by burning 50-60 liters of diesel per week...
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