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Student’s initiative turns Naogaon into a giant shrimp farming hub

NAOGAON, Jan 29 (UNB): What began as a single-pond experiment in Naogaon is now emerging as a model of rural innovation, demonstrating how careful management and mixed farming can transform livelihoods in Bangladesh's remote districts.Traditionally known for carp and other freshwater fish, Naogaon is witnessing the first successful cultivation of...

Cumin cultivation sparks fresh hopes among Barind farmers

RAJSHAHI, Jan 29 (BSS): Commercial cultivation of cumin has started in Godagari upazila of Rajshahi for the first time this season, raising new hopes among local farmers.The parched soil of the Barind is now scented with the aroma of cumin. Introducing cumin as a profitable cash crop mark a major...

Jendaidah mother still waits for son

JHENAIDAH, Jan 29 (UNB): For three months, Shahinara Khatun has not heard her son's voice.Her phone no longer rings. No message arrives. Each day, she sits by the window of her home at Bankira village of Jenaidah's Sadhuhati union, watching the road in quiet hope, perhaps today someone will call,...

Child dies after falling into Ctg tube-well shaft

CHATTOGRAM, Jan 28 (UNB): A three-year-old child who fell into a 30-feet deep hole dug for a tube well in Raozan upazila of Chattogram died on Wednesday night, shortly after being rescued.Fire Service officials said the child, Mejbah Uddin, son of Saiful , was declared dead by physicians around 8:30...

Bangladesh brings back 128 fishermen detained in India

Bangladesh on Thursday brought back 128 fishermen who had been detained in India under a mutual repatriation arrangement between the two neighbouring countries, report agencies.At the same time, 23 Indian fishermen who had been held in Bangladesh were sent back to India under the same arrangement, said a press release.Bangladesh...

Youth dies after being hit by train in Lalmonirhat

LALMONIRHAT, Jan 29 (BSS): A 22-year-old youth was killed as a train hit him at Patgram Railway Station of the district in the early hours of Thursday.The deceased is Md Munna Mia, son of Khokon Mia, a resident of Chowrangi More area under Patgram Municipality.According to police and locals, Munna...

Three sentenced to death in Feni schoolboy killing case

FENI, Jan 29 (UNB): A Feni tribunal has sentenced three people to death for the killing of a schoolboy after abduction in 2024.Feni Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge ANM Morshed Khan handed down the punishment on Thursday.The condemned convicts are Ashraf Hossain Tushar (20), Mobarak Hossain Wasim (20),...

Two-day winter festival begins at BRUR

RANGPUR, Jan 29 (BSS): A two-day Winter Festival-1432, organised by the students of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR), began at the university's Independence Memorial Square on Thursday.Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. Md. Showkat Ali formally inaugurated the festival by cutting a ribbon at a colourful ceremony held on the campus. His wife...