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Food deptt procures 2,150 tonnes of rice in Sylhet

SYLHET, Feb 19: The Food Department has so far procured a total of 22,150 tonnes of rice from the four districts of Sylhet division, an official source informed on Tuesday.The total includes 7,067 tonnes in Sylhet against the season's target 7,364 tonnes, 5,638 tonnes in Moulvibazar against 6,356 tonnes of...

Bamboo-bridge

A group of school students crossing the Gumani river through a bamboo-bridge in Chatmohor upazila of Pabna district on Tuesday — FE Photo

Tangail cultivators show interest in guava farming

TANGAIL, Feb 19: Guava cultivation has brought smile on the faces of many grassroots farmers in the district.According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Tangail, sources, some 797 hectares of land were brought under the production of guava with some 7,710 tonnes of output target.Kazi, Thai and local varieties...

Boro seedling transplantation nears end

RANGPUR, Feb 19 (BSS): The farmers have already completed transplantation of Boro seedlings on 92 per cent of targeted land area on way to achieve the fixed farming target of the crop in Rangpur agriculture region this season."The farmers transplanted Boro seedling on 0.44 million hectares of land, 92 per...

Thrust on comprehensive initiatives to stop school dropout

RANGPUR, Feb 19 (BSS): Experts at a citizen dialogue laid emphasis on Tuesday on comprehensive efforts of all concerned to stop dropout from school for ensuring normal educational life of children for their proper development.The Nilphamari district administration jointly with UNICEF organised the citizen dialogue on 'Identifying reasons of dropout...

Nabaganga river dredging goes on in full swing

MAGURA, Feb 19: Work on the Nabaganga river dredging project in the district is going on in full swing.The river was almost dead and had lost its navigability. Different socio-cultural organisations had long been demanding proper steps to save the river. Finally, the Water Resource Ministry paid attention to the...

200 grassroots farmers get incentives in Dimla

The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) distributed special agriculture incentives in terms of seed and fertilisers among 200 small and marginal farmers of Dimla upazila in Nilphamari on Monday, reports BSS.The incentives were distributed at a function held at Dimla upazila parisahd office premises to assist the small and marginal...

Sylhet City Mayor Ariful Haque Choudhury handing over grant

Sylhet City Mayor Ariful Haque Choudhury handing over grant for education among less privileged children at a function in Sylhet on Tuesday under a special project to improve the status of livelihood of grassroots population — FE Photo