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Boro farming in Sylhet region exceeds DAE target

SYLHET, Feb 26: Boro farming area in Sylhet region has exceeded the target set by the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE). Official sources said heavy rainfall and delay recession of floodwater hampered the farming at the beginning of the season. Even the seedbed preparation was hampered during the winter. But...

Village women attain self-reliance by preparing vermicompost in Rajshahi

RAJSHAHI, Feb 26: By preparing vermicompost, many poor women of various villages of Paba, Godagari, Tanore upazilas and Kantakhali municipality under the district are becoming self-reliant.Vermicompost or worm castings are an organic form of fertilizer produced from earthworms. Worm castings manure is essentially earthworm waste. As these creatures eat through...

Strawberry cultivation gaining popularity in Joypurhat dist

JOYPURHAT, Feb 26: Strawberry cultivation is gaining popularity in the district.Farming of the juicy fruit is expanding due to high profit and demand, said Shahadat Hossain of Sadar upazila. A DAE official of Raikali union under Joypurhat Sadar said saplings of the fruit can be planted in rows during the...

Kumar river loses navigability

MAGURA, Feb 26: Once the Kumar river had provided irrigation water to 450 hectares of land. It played a vital role in agri and fisheries sectors in the district. Now the situation has changed. The river has lost navigability and turned into a sandy land. The Water development Board (WDB),...

Thrust on exploring potential of SME sector

RANGPUR, Feb 26 (BSS): Exploring potential of the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector would create more job opportunities for unemployed youths to boost uplift and enhance economic growth in strengthening the national economy. The observation came at a post-rally discussion arranged on Sunday afternoon on the occasion of the...

A female artisan makes curd pots

A female artisan makes curd pots in Paulpara village under Dupchachia upazila on Monday. — FE Photo

Noakhali road crash kills one

NOAKHALI, Feb 26 (BSS): A CNG-run auto rickshaw driver was killed and four others were injured as the auto rickshaw hit a roadside electric pole in front of Kabirhat upazila Livestock office on Monday morning.The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately.Police said the accident occurred when the...

Minor boy drowns in Padma

RAJSHAHI, Feb 26 (UNB): A minor boy drowned in the Padma river in Harma area under Chapainnawabganj Sadar on Sunday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Shihab, 7, son of Karim, a resident of Ibrahim Mondal's village in the upazila.Relatives and witnesses said Shihab and his counsin Mostakin went to visit...