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Market prices dishearten Pabna, Magura onion cultivators

PABNA, May 08: A good number of onion growers of Chatmohor upazila in the district are worried due to low market price of the newly-harvested crop. Sources said onion growers of the area have achieved a bumper yield this season. Now they are incurring average Tk 5,000 to Tk 6,000...

Paddy harvest going on in Sylhet, Gaibandha

SYLHET, May 08: Boro cultivators of Sylhet division are expecting to complete harvest in a week. Sources said though shortage of labourers and incessant rainfall are disrupting harvest, growers are happy as they are getting a better yield.Additional Director of DAE, Sylhet divisional office, Md Altabur Rahman on Tuesday said...

Rangpur ridge gourd farmers make good profit

RANGPUR, May 8: The ridge gourd (Jhinga) cultivators across the district are overjoyed to make good profit from its sale this season.The farmers are also witnessing an abundant yield of the vegetable this year on account of a congenial weather condition.Visiting some areas including Ranipukur union of Mithapukur upazila, Alampur...

Students of a char area heading to board a boat on the way to their educational institutions

GAIBANDHA: Students of a char area heading to board a boat on the way to their educational institutions in Fulchhari upazila on Tuesday — Focus Bangla

Boy drowns in Nasirnagar pond

BRAHMANBARIA, May 08 (BSS): A minor boy drowned in a pond at Valakut village under Nasirnagar upazila of the district on Tuesday.The boy was identified as Piash, 6, son of Dilip Biswas, a resident of Birampur area under Brahmanbaria Sadar . The locals recovered the body from the pond and...

Student dies from electrocution

NATORE, May 08 (BSS): A college student was electrocuted at the under construction building of the Natore Zila Council auditorium on Tuesday. The victim is identified as Abdur Rashid, 24, an honours final year student of Natore M.K College and son of Abul Hossain Munshi, a resident of Chandrakola village...

Road accident kills one in Kurigram

KURIGRAM, May 08 (BSS): A man was killed in a road accident on the Kurigram-Rangpur highway in Kaunia Buri Bridge area of the district on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Sohrab Hossain Chad, 55, former chairman of Buraburi union under Ulipur upazila of the district.Kaunia Thana Police said the accident...

Panchagarh eyes bumper jute production

PANCHAGARH, May 08 (BSS): Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) of Panchagarh district has targeted a bumper jute production in five upazilas in the district during the current season. The DAE sources said 10,500 hectares of land have been brought under jute cultivation in the district this year with the production...