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Wheat harvest begins in Panchagarh

PANCHAGARH, Apr 07 (BSS): Farmers in the district have started harvesting wheat amid an expectation of achieving a bumper production of the crop in the current season. Sources with the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said the farmers are happy with the output and the newly harvest wheat is being...

High production cost, low market rate dishearten lentil growers

Our Correspondent MAGURA, Apr 07: A bumper production of lentil has failed to bring smile on the faces of farmers in the district due to the low market price.A good number of farmers said lentil production cost has increased by 20 per cent this season. On the other, the produce...

BMDA supplies pure drinking water to Nilphamari villagers

Our Correspondent NILPHAMARI, Apr 07: The Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) is supplying pure drinking water to the village people where arsenic contamination in water is very high. They installed as many as 10 deep tubewells (DTW) in the district out of which four DTW are in Saidpur upazila, two...

Use of vermicompost in veg field gaining popularity in Sylhet

Iqbal SiddiqueeSYLHET, Apr 07: A good number of young people in the district are showing their interest in modern farming.Among them son of a national award winner wants to be a model farmer in Sylhet city suburban area of Dakshin Surma upazila. Abdus Sobur Sujam prepares vermicompost on his agri...

Three die in Khulna road accident

KHULNA, Apr 07 (BSS): Three people, including a child, were killed and eight others injured in a road accident at Dumuria Upazila on Khulna-Satkhira highway on Saturday.The deceased were identified as driver of the rickshaw van Asafur Rahman, 35, and van passengers Naryan Mondal, 55, and Sakibul, 9.OC of Dumuria...

Commercial okra farming going on

Our CorrespondentBOGURA, Apr 07: Commercial okra farming has been going on in full swing in the district this season.According to sub-assistance agriculture officer of DAE Faridur Rahman, over 1,290 hectares of land have been brought under the farming of the vegetable.Okra is being sold at Tk 30 to Tk 40...

Experts for expanding BT brinjal cultivation

RANGPUR, Apr 07 (BSS): Experts at a farmers' field day function here have laid emphasis on expanded cultivation of pests' attack resistant 'Bacillus Thuringensis (BT)" brinjal to earn more profits and save public health.They put importance on adoption of the latest technologies for production of breeder seeds of the human-health...

Bamboo clusters disappearing due to indiscriminate felling

Our CorrespondentRANGPUR, Apr 07: Bamboo clusters are disappearing fast from all the 8 upazilas of Rangpur district because of indiscriminate felling of bamboos and lack of initiatives for its planned growth. Bamboos are essential both for construction of huts and building, fencing of houses and boundary walls as well as...

A success story of a black cumin cultivator

Our CorrespondentRAJSHAHI, Apr 07: Black cumin (Nigella Sativa) - a versatile spice bearing characteristics of curing various diseases for more than 2,000 years, is being successfully cultivated by a farmer in Raninagar upazila of greater Rajshahi district. Black cumin which is called 'Kalojira' in Bangla is an essential ingredient of...