Bogura farmers take a hit as potato price drops 55pc
BOGURA, May 25: Potato farmers in Bogura are suffering staggering losses as wholesale price of the turber crop has fallen by at least 55 per cent this May compared to the same period of the last year, according to farmers and traders at Mahasthan Haat, the largest wholesale market in...
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SUST goes on 21-day Eid, summer vacation
SHYLET, May 25 (BSS): Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) is scheduled to go on a 21-day vacation on the occasion of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha and summer break.The vacation started on Sunday and ends on June 14, said a press release published on the official website of the university...
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Woman electrocuted in Kishoregan
jKISHOREGANJ, May 25 (BSS): A woman was electrocuted at the Nagua-Bagadia-Taltala area under Sadar upazila of the district on Sunday morning.The deceased was identified as Rubina, 32, wife of Md Monir of the same area.According to locals, Rubina received an electric shock from an electric heater when she went to...
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Low pressure over Bay worries residents along Barguna coast
BARGUNA, May 25 (UNB): As a low pressure looms over the southeastern Bay of Bengal with possibility of developing into a cyclone, fear has gripped the residents along the coastal district of Barguna.Many embankments remain dangerously fragile and unprotected in the district, triggering worry among the residents of the coastal...
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