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Danger lurks 15,000 poor people living on Sylhet hill slopes, hillocks

SYLHET, May 05: At least 15,000 poor people of Sylhet region are risking their lives living on slopes of hills and hillocks. They become vulnerable especially during the onslaught of monsoon apprehending mudslides on the hillocks around their homestead.Almost every year some of the poor and grassroots families fall victim...

RU researchers claim success in preventing cadmium in rice, wheat cultivation

RAJSHAHI, May 05: Some researchers at the Rajshahi University (RU) have achieved success in their research to prevent cadmium in the cultivation of rice and wheat.Two researchers' team led by Ahmad Humayun Kabir, assistant professor of Botany Department conducted this research work with thirty varieties of rice for two long...

Rangpur teasel gourd growers cheerful about fair price

RANGPUR, May 05: The teasel gourd (kakrol) cultivators across the district are hopeful about achieving an excellent yield during the current season due to a congenial weather condition.Sources said that harvesting of the vegetable has already begun across the region and the growers have been earning a good profit from...

Litchis to arrive in market soon

RAJSHAHI, May 05 (BSS): The litchi trees in the district have taken a greenery look with its huge tender fruits which made the farmers and businessmen very much optimistic about the possibility of bumper production of the mouth-watering seasonal fruit this season.Litchi growers are passing very busy times in caring...

Peanut farming benefits char people

BOGURA, May 05: Peanut cultivation on the Jamuna riverbed in the district has been gaining popularity among the farmers.According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources, more than 160 landless grassroots farmers of Sariakandi, Sonatola and Dhunot upazilas have cultivated peanut on 250 bighas of land this season.DAE...

Five people die in Cumilla, Bhola road accidents

CUMILLA, May 05 (UNB): Two workers were killed and two others injured when a truck overturned on the Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Chouddagram upazila early Sunday.Of the deceased, Mamtaz Mia, 50, was a resident of Sadar upazila while the other victim, Bacchu Mia hailed from Uttar Digholdi in Bhola district.The injured...

0.20m tonnes of veg yield likely in four districts

NARAIL, May 05 (BSS): Farmers and officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) are expecting a bumper production of summer vegetables in south-western region under Khulna division in the current season.The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said farmers of the four south-western districts cultivated summer vegetables on a...

Farmers collecting fish eggs

Farmers collecting fish eggs in the Halda river in Chattogram on Sunday — Focus Bangla Photo