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Magura mustard farmers expect bumper output

MAGURA, Jan 08: Magura farmers are expecting a bumper production of mustard this season.Mustard growers informed that they are waiting for harvesting mustard. As high yielding seeds were used for cultivation of mustard and congenial weather is prevailing in this district, growers are optimistic to get a plenteous production.Department of...

Growers hopeful of good potato production in Bogura

BOGURA, Jan 08: With lucrative market price as well as bumper production, good number of potato farmers of Bogura district is expecting to be self-reliant this season.The farmers generally spend approximately Tk 10,000 to 12,000 to grow potato on one bigha of land and they get over eighty maunds of...

Vegetable farming on 55,500 hectares in Sylhet

SYLHET, Jan 08: Different kinds of winter vegetables are being cultivated on 55,554 hectares of land in Sylhet division. The crops include vegetables of all kinds including gourd, sweet gourd, radish, bean, tomato, cucumber, red spinach, pumpkin, cauliflower, cabbage, egg plant and taro etc.Contacted, an official at the divisional office...

Jhenidah passport office earns Tk 95.54m in revenue in 2018

JHENIDAH, Jan 08: Jhenidah regional passport office earned a total of Tk 95.54 million in revenue issuing 29,000 passports in 2018.A total of 30,625 passport applications were submitted to the office last year. And in December last the office received a total of 2,476 passport applications from aspirants.Deputy Assistant Director...

RU selects 17 foreign students for admission

RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Jan 08: A total of 17 foreign students from two countries have been selected for the admission of Honours and Master's courses in the academic session of 2018-19 in Rajshahi University (RU).Letters have also been sent to the selected students to get themselves admitted to the respective departments....

Two girls die in Kushtia wall collapse

KUSHTIA, Jan 08 (UNB): Two minor girls were killed as a portion of an under-construction wall collapsed on them on Monday evening at Gongabar Kandi village in Sadar upazila.The deceased were identified as Liza, 03, daughter of Emarul Haque and Mariam, 03, daughter of late Moshiur Rahman.Ratan Sheikh, officer-in-charge of...

Retired airman beaten dead in Khulna

KHULNA, Jan 08 (UNB): A retired airman of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) was beaten to death allegedly by the members of his brother-in-law's family at Jugipasha village in Fultola upazila on Monday night.The deceased was identified as Gazi Shafiqul Islam, 54, son of Abdul Barek, resident of Uttardighi village in...