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Handsome return encourages Bogura malta growers

BOGURA, Feb 18: Low production cost and handsome return have delighted the malta growers in the district this season.According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources, BARI-1 malta, developed by Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), is a popular variety in the area. Grassroots growers cultivate the juicy citrus...

Potato cultivation on dried-up riverbeds increasing

NAOGAON, Feb 18: Cultivation of potato on the dried-up riverbeds and char lands is gradually increasing in the district. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources, the poor and landless char farmers have brought over 500 hectares of land under the farming of potato. As in the previous...

Poultry farming plays vital role in poverty alleviation

PABNA, Feb 18: Poultry farming has been playing a vital role in poverty alleviation in the district for long.According to the district livestock office sources, over 3,000 small, medium and large poultry farms were set up across the district over the last few years. More than 12,000 people in the...

Rangpur TTC produces 16,000 skilled workforce

RANGPUR, Feb 18 (BSS): Rangpur Technical Training Centre (TTC) has produced around 16,000 skilled youth workforce on 22 technical and vocational courses under eight trades since its inception in 2008.About 12,000 of the trained youths have been employed at different local and foreign industries, factories, offices and enterprises and around...

PDB implements Tk 9.64b project in Rajshahi div

RAJSHAHI, Feb 18 (BSS): Power Development Board (PDB) has been implementing a mega project to ensure a safe and dependable power supply to meet increasing demand for electricity till 2025.PDB sources said the four and half-year project styled 'Power Distribution Management Development, Rajshahi Zone' is being implemented in Rajshahi City...

A boy playing in the mud

A boy playing in the mud as his mother plants Boro seedlings in a field in a Gaibandha village on Monday — FE Photo