Water spinach farming expanding in Joypurhat
JOYPURHAT, Sept 04: Hundreds of grassroots farmers of the district are happy over the good market price of water spinach.Farmers of Khetlal, Panchbibi, Akkelpur, Kalai, and Sadar upazilas of the district sowed seed of the leafy vegetable last July and started harvesting the item from the last week of August,...
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Aus production increases in Naogaon district
NAOGAON, Sept 03: Aus cultivation has been expanding in the district over the last few years due to government incentive and favourable climate condition.This year 63,350 hectares of land have been brought under Aus cultivation in eleven upazilas of the district with a production target of 180,548 tonnes, said sources...
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13,000 ‘char’ villagers come under solar power network
RAJSHAHI, Sept 03(BSS): Solar power has brought a social change in many hard-to-reach villages under Char Ashariadaha union council under Godagari upazila of the district.Although having the problems of food and healthcare services the villages have become enlightened with uninterrupted electricity generated from solar panel. The power also brings many...
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Sylhet mid-level rawhide traders suffering
SYLHET, Sept 03: Due to shortage of processing and preservation facilities, the small and mid-level rawhide traders and businesses in the Sylhet region suffer much every year. This is why often they have to incur huge loss. The trouble becomes more acute during the Eid Ul Azha, almost every year....
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Three road crashes leave seven dead
A total of seven people killed in three road accidents in Savar, Noakhali and Sylhet, reports UNB. In Savar, at least three people were killed and five others injured as a pick-up hit a truck on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway at Boliarpur early Monday.The deceased were identified as Engineer Zahurul Islam,...
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