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Rangpur Baukul farmers happy over good yield

RANGPUR, Jan 28: A good yield of Baukul, a plum variety, has made the cultivators of the district jubilant during the current season. Because of huge demand its cultivation is on the rise in different areas of the district. Its cultivation has also brought financial solvency to many farmers in...

Tree felling in Sreerampore rly officers' colony rampant

RAJSHAHI, Jan 28: a good numbers of age-old, large trees worth millions of Taka have been cut off and taken away from Railway Officers' Colony of Sreerampore area under the city during the last six months. All those trees were cut off without inviting any tender though the west zone...

Veg cultivation on the rise in Sylhet

SYLHET, Jan 28: Cultivation of all kinds of vegetable is on the rise in Sylhet region this year. A report prepared by the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) shows so far 53,222 hectares of land have been brought under the farming of vegetable in all the four districts of the...

Banana farming expanding fast in Nilphamari

NILPHAMARI, Jan 28: Hundreds of poor families of the district have been attaining financial solvency by farming banana. Sources said banana cultivation is increasing gradually in the area. High land or semi sandy land is suitable for farming the popular fruit. Traders of the district had to bring banana from...

Tomato production generates income of marginal peasants

SIRAJGANJ, Jan 28: Tomato cultivation creates a noticeable income generation for the poor and marginal peasants of the district this season.A total of 700 hectares of land have been under tomato farming in the area. Growers have stated harvesting the fruit from the last week of November.Tomato cultivation is increasing...

Jamalpur solar plant delights char people

JAMALPUR, Jan 28 (BSS): People in remote Munnia char surrounded by mighty Jamuna river are now happy as they are getting their long-cherished power supply from a solar plant.Vincen Gtech Limited has set up the plant at a cost of Tk 88.1 million in Munnia Char in Belgachha union under...

Farmers for completion of work by February

SYLHET, Jan 28: Farmers of Jamalganj upazila in Sunamganj recently formed a human chain demanding immediate start of the work on all the crop protection embankments. They also urged the authority concerned for completion of the work by February.Several hundred of farmers from the neighbouring villages staged the demonstration in...

Habiganj, Bagerhat road mishaps kill two

HABIGANJ, Jan 28 (BSS): A man was killed and four others were injured as a bus collided head-on with a CNG-run auto rickshaw in Madhabpur area under Nabiganj upazila of the district on Sunday morning.The deceased was identified as Rakib Ali, 35, son of Muktahar Uddin, a resident of Sonapur...

2,645 houses come under power network

CHANDPUR, Jan 28 (BSS): A total of 2,645 houses of 19 villages under Matlab Uttar upazila of the district have been brought under rural electrification network by Chandpur Palli Bidyut Samity (CPBS-2) on Saturday.Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya formally inaugurated the electrification programme at a function...