Potato price slump brings farmers to their knees

Much to their utter frustration, potato farmers in Lalmonirhat and Gopalganj districts are incurring heavy losses as the prices of the crop they are getting in the current season are far less than their production cost. Last year, the prices of potato seeds and other inputs including pesticides and fertilisers...

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River erosion renders Sunamganj road impassable

SYLHET, Mar 05: A large number of people from 30 villages in two unions in Jagannathpur upazila of Sunamganj have been suffering extremely as traffic on Shibganj-Begumpur road has remained suspended for over six months.The most portion of the road had been eroded due to the incessant rains and rolling...

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Unidentified woman's body recovered in Lalmonirhat

LALMONIRHAT, Mar 05 (UNB): Police recovered the body of an unidentified woman from a cornfield in Lalmonirhat district on Wednesday.The body was found in the afternoon in the Bamanatari area of Mogolhat Union in Lalmonirhat, said Nur Nabi, officer-in-charge of Lalmonirhat Sadar Police Station.According to locals, a farmer discovered the...

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Lawyer killed in Rajbari road accident

RAJBARI, Mar 05 (BSS): An apprentice lawyer of Rajbari District Bar was killed in a road accident at Boalia intersection under Kalukhali upazila here on Tuesday afternoon.The deceased was identified as M Juwel Rana, 35, son of Mohammad Montu Member, a resident of Phultala village under Pangsha upazila of the...

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