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Abnormal price hike of betel leaf in Rajshahi markets

RAJSHAHI, Feb 14: The price of betel leaf has registered an abnormal rise over the last two weeks in the local market of the district. Due to such increase of the palatable chewing delicacy, betel-leaf chewing fans of the district have turned hopeless. In various betel leaf shops of the...

Siltation choking small rivers in Sunamganj

SYLHET, Feb 14: More than 25 small rivers in Sunamganj district needs immediate dredging as vast haors had already lost their navigability due to siltation for years. Farmers at many charland and emerged areas are found engaged in farming of different crops including vegetables during the winter. Due to the...

Low rate disheartens potato cultivators as harvest begins in Natore

NATORE, Feb 14: Newly-harvested potato has started appearing in the local market of the district but the farmers are not happy over the present rate.A good number of farmers said a bumper production of potato has been achieved this season but they do not get the fair price. They claimed...

Onion cultivation starts in Nilphamari with 13,392 tonnes of output target

NILPHAMARI, Feb 14: Onion cultivation has started in all the six upazilas of the district. Farmers are now busy in tillage and preparing the land for transplantation of the seedlings of onion there in the prepared land.Almost 80 per cent of the onion farmers purchase seedling of onion from the...

Maize production on the rise in Kurigram char area

KURIGRAM, Feb 14 (UNB): Kurigram is witnessing a year-on-year rise in maize production with the hope of more areas to be brought under this cereal.Statistics provided by the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) show that maize production (8,392 hectares) exceeded the targeted acreage (7,735 hectares) in 2017. In the previous...

Cox's Bazar gas cylinder blast kills two

COX'S BAZAR, Feb 14 (UNB): Two people, including woman, were killed in a gas cylinder blast at Adinath Temple in Moheshkhali upazila on Wednesday morning.Identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.The duo was selling gas balloons in front of the temple where a seven-day fair was being held...

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A farmer irrigates a leafy vegetable

KERANIGANJ: A farmer irrigates a leafy vegetable field on Wednesday. — Focus Bangla

A partial view of a Gerbera field

A partial view of a Gerbera field in Godkhali of Jessore district. The upazila is well-known for commercial farming of varieties of flowers. The photo was taken on Wednesday. — Focus Bangla

A grower takes care of his tomato plants

A grower takes care of his tomato plants at a farmland at Konapara under Demra of Dhaka on Wednesday. — Focus Bangla