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BADC supplies 7,706 tonnes of high-yielding Boro seeds in Sylhet

SYLHET, Dec 29: A total of 7,706 tonnes of high-yielding Boro seeds have so far been supplied to the farmers in Sylhet division this season through the Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC).Joint Director of BADC (Seed), Sylhet region, Suprio Pal said there is a high demand of high-yielding Boro seeds...

Road crash kills three workers, injures 40

CHATTOGRAM, Dec 29 (BSS): Three ready-made garments (RMG) workers were killed and 40 others injured in a road accident in Korean Export Processing Zone (KEPZ) area under Anwara upazila of the district on Saturday.The deceased were identified as Abdul Latif, 55, hailed from Barisal, Sultana Razia, 35, of Anwara upazila...

Elephant foot yam farming expands

NAOGAON, Dec 29: Commercial cultivation of 'ol kochu' (elephant foot yam), is expanding fast in the district due to its increased demand.Sources said there is a high demand for this tuber variety crop in the market.It is good for health as it is rich in starch and can be processed...

Low market prices dishearten Tangail cabbage growers

TANGAIL, Dec 29: Cabbage growers in the district are frustrated over the low market prices of their produce.Sources said farmers in the area have achieved a bumper yield of cabbage. Many grassroots growers in different upazilas of the district are now in difficult situation as newly-harvested cabbage is being sold...

Cauliflower cultivation gains popularity in Magura

MAGURA, Dec 29: Cauliflower cultivation is gaining popularity in the district.Farmers' sources said a bumper production of cauliflower has been achieved in the district this season. Growers are also getting good market prices. In this situation, cultivators are expecting Tk 300 million profit this year. The Department of Agriculture Extension...

Crop production on river bank becomes boon for Rajshahi peasants

RAJSHAHI, Dec 29 (BSS): Crops and vegetables farming of in charlands (riverbed) has opened up new door of success as most of the growers are now making profit by dint of their bumper production of winter vegetables including some cereal crops like wheat and maize.In order to attain financial solvency,...

Rangpur community clinics serve 2.2m people annually

RANGPUR, Dec 29 (BSS): Around 2.2 million people are receiving health services with cost-free medicines for common ailments at 309 community clinics annually those have earned solid confidence of the rural people in the district.Side by side with providing treatments and medicines, the Community Skilled Birth Attendants (CSBAs) conducted safe...

Prevailing cold wave worries potato, Boro farmers

RAJSHAHI, Dec 29 (BSS): Farmers have become very much anxious over their standing crops like potato and Irri-Boro paddy due to the prevailing mild cold wave in the region.Mustafizur Rahman, additional director of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), said here today that the adverse weather is detrimental to potato...