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Profuse vegetables yield cheers Sirajganj, Sylhet growers

SIRAJGANJ, Dec 25: Vegetable growers in the vast Barind tract are delighted as they have been getting repeated bumper yield over the last few years.The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), the Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI) and the Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC) have jointly supplied quality seeds, incentives and...

People demand concrete bridge over Jomuneshwari river

RANGPUR, Dec 25: Sufferings of the people have mounted due to lack of a permanent bridge over the river Jomuneshwari at Mokmaler ghat area of Taraganj upazila in the district.Around 20,000 people of different villages under the upazila including Narayanjon, Machhuapara, Joybangla Palpara and Kumarpara are suffering much.They have to...

Naogaon quilt makers passing busy time

NAOGAON, Dec 25: In the middle of winter season, the demand for quilts increases manifold in Mohadevpur upazila of the district. The business of making hand woven quilts is an age old tradition in the upazila and quilt makers in the area become busy in their trade this season. People...

Cultivation of orange gains popularity in C’nawabganj

CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Dec 25: Orange cultivation is gaining popularity in the district.Taking suggestion from the officials at the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) some peasants brought their cropland under orange farming in 2015. The plants begin flowering from June to July and growers begin to harvest the fruit from the last...

Record 2.65m tonnes of Aman paddy output in Rangpur zone

RANGPUR, Dec 25 (BSS): The farmers have produced a record 1.76 million tonnes of clean Transplanted Aman (T-Aman) rice - 2.65 million tonnes of paddy - exceeding the production target by eight percent in Rangpur agriculture region this season.Officials of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said farmers produced over...

Honey collection gets momentum in Manikganj

MANIKGANJ, Dec 25 (BSS): About 100 commercial honey collectors are passing busy days in collecting honey from the blooming flowers of mustard in Manikganj district.The honey collectors from the outsides of Manikganj district are running from one mustard field to another in the seven upazilas of the district with their...

Nilphamari road accident leaves couple dead

NILPHAMARI, Dec 25 (UNB): A couple was killed when a bus hit them on the Nilphamari-Domar road at Palashbari in Domar upazila on Tuesday.The deceased were identified as Ainul Haq, 50, son of Abdul Gafur and his wife Majeda Begum, 45 of Harinchara village.Ershadul Alam, officer-in-charge of Nilphamari Police Station,...