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Revenue earnings decline on halt of fruit import

RAJSHAHI, Jan 13: Revenue earning at Sonamasjid Land Port turned low following stoppage of import of fruits through the port for more than one and a half year. As a results, customs at Sonamasjid Land Port failed achieve its target fixed by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) this year....

Nursery business on the rise in Rangpur

RANGPUR, Mar 13: A good number of people in the district have become financially solvent by nursery business in recent years. According to sources the growth of nursery in the private sector has brought prosperity to the both urban and rural people in the region. This expanding private sector business...

Tangail widow becomes self-reliant by rearing goats

TANGAIL, Mar 13: Widow Salma Khatun of Gomjani village under Delduar upazila in the district has changed financial condition by rearing goats.Once poor and helpless, the 65-year-old is now living a solvent and happy life.Salma was got married around 40 years ago when she was a fifteen year-old girl. Her...

Country’s largest eco-brickfield to start production by year end

CHITTAGONG, Mar 13 (BSS): The country's largest ever environment-friendly brickfield being built at Mirsharai upazila of Chittagong district is likely to start production by the end of this year.The tunnel kiln-based Peiya Auto Bricks Limited, which is located at 1.0 km east of the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway, will produce on an...

Boro cultivation exceeds target in N-region

RANGPUR, Mar 13 (BSS): The farmers have exceeded the fixed cultivation target of Boro in Rangpur agriculture region this season following various effective and pro-farmer steps of the government. With the increased farming acreage, officials of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) here are optimistic about bumper production of Boro...

Growers expect bumper litchi yield in Rajshahi zone

RAJSHAHI, Mar 13 (BSS): Like the previous year, growers, agriculturists and other traders concerned are expecting a bumper production of litchi as most of the trees have sprouted massively by dint of a suitable climatic condition everywhere in the region. While visiting some of the litchi-producing areas on Monday, this...

Bhola road crash kills two

BHOLA, Mar 13 (BSS): Two people were killed and another injured in a collision between a truck and auto rickshaw in Banglabazar area of Sadar upazila on Tuesday morning.The deceased were identified as auto rickshaw driver M Shohagh, 19, son of M Salim of Joynagar area under Daulatkhan upazila and...

Village boys frolick in the Teesta

RANGPUR: Village boys frolick in the Teesta. The photo was snapped on Tuesday. — Focus Bangla

An elderly farmer collects paddy saplings

NARAYANGANJ: An elderly farmer collects paddy saplings from a seedbed in Slomandi village under Sonargaon upazila on Tuesday. — Focus Bangla