Veg farming on floating beds a growing trend in Cumilla
Cumilla, October 06: Vegetable cultivation on floating beds is increasingly gaining popularity in Cumilla. Vegetables are cultivated in this manner in the district especially during monsoon as the farmlands remain mostly submerged then. Due to production of vegetables following this method, farmers get good prices on the one hand and...
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Rice prices skyrocket hitting Magura commoners hard
MAGURA, Oct 06: Skyrocketing prices of rice have sent a chill down the spine of the people of the low-income bracket in Magura.Prices of the staple, especially of the coarse varieties, have registered a sharp rise in the district within a short span of time. Low-income group people have become...
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Three sentenced to life imprisonment for killing in Khulna
KHULNA, Oct 06 (UNB): A Khulna court on Tuesday sentenced three men to life imprisonment for killing a man in Phultala upazila of the district in 2016. Judge Saifuzzaman Hero also fined Tk 20,000 each to convicts Mohammad Pervez, Kamal Hossain and Arifur Islam Dipu. Of them, Kamal and Dipu...
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Madrasah super held in Kushtia for 'violating student'
KUSHTIA, Oct 06 (UNB): Police on Monday night arrested a superintendent of a local madrasah from Mirpur upazila in Kushtia district for allegedly violating a female student. The arrestee was identified as Maulana Abdul Quader, the superintendent of Sirajul Ulum Mariamun Nesa Madrasah in the Swarupdah Chakpara area. Quoting the...
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