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Sylhet mustard growers happy with output as harvest starts

SYLHET, Mar 06: Mustard farmers of all the four districts of the division are achieving a good yield as they have started harvesting the oily seed recently.Sources said so far crops of around 4,405 hectares of land have already been harvested while the total cultivated area was 7,443 hectares. Per...

Success in Alu Bukhara farming in Magura

MAGURA, Mar 06: Alu Bukhara, a kind of plum, is being produced in the district. Magura Horticulture Center sources said they have been cultivating the fruit from 2014. Officials said, "It was challenging to grow the nutritious fruit in the district. After four long years fruits have been appeared on...

Peasants incur massive losses for low rate of tomato

BOGRA, Mar 06: Hundreds of tomato peasants of Sherpur upazila in the district have been incurring massive losses this season.Officials of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said cultivators brought some 1,600 hectares of land under the farming of tomato last winter from where around 1200 tonnes of tomato had...

DAE eyes bumper litchi yield from 8,800 orchards in Rangpur div

RANGPUR, Mar 06 (BSS): With departure of the winter and advent of the spring, litchi trees are coming into blossom abundantly amid favorable climatic conditions and sunny weather everywhere in the region. The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) officials here said excellent flowering in the litchi trees has created a...

Taraganj records satisfactory turmeric production

RANGPUR, Mar 06: The turmeric cultivators of Taraganj upazila under the district are overjoyed due to an excellent yield this season. Sources said the enthusiastic farmers gave their optimum efforts to make turmeric cultivation a success this season and eventually got satisfactory output of the spicy crop that encouraged them...

Use of river water for irrigation increases in Barind areas

RAJSHAHI, Mar 06 (BSS): River water irrigation has started gaining popularity among the farmers in high Barind tract, lessening gradually mounting pressure on underground water. Haider Ali, 43, of Bhatopara village under Godagari upazila, is now happy over irrigation by using river water in the current Irri-Boro season. Shariful Islam,...

0.13m families get rice at Tk 10 per kg in Nilphamari

NILPHAMARI, Mar 06 (BSS): More than 0.13 million extreme poor families in six upazila of the district have been getting rice at a rate of Tk 10 per kg since Monday last.The selected card holders of the upazilas will get 30 kgs of rice in every month through 247 village...

Two die in Narsingdi road crashes

NARSINGDI, Mar 06 (BSS): Two people, including a school teacher, were killed and three others were injured in a road accident in Baduachar Bridge area of Sadar upazila on Tuesday morning.The deceased was identified as Fatema Tuz-Zohora, 25, teacher of Panchabati Government Primary School of the upazila and a resident...

Cultivators take care of a sweet potato

NATORE: Cultivators take care of a sweet potato field in Singra upazila on Tuesday. The DAE has set a target of producing around 1,240 tonnes of potato from 1,600 hectares of land in the district. — FE Photo

Coastguards in a drive seized 600 kg of hilsa fry

PIROJPUR: Coastguards in a drive seized 600 kg of hilsa fry at Bekutia Ferry Terminal in Kaukhali on Monday. — Focus Bangla