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Poultry growers at a loss over abnormal hike in price of feed

RANGPUR, Jan 21: Poultry growers of Rangpur district have been facing huge financial losses due to abnormal price hike of poultry feed and medicine in recent times. Frequent blockades and hartal during last few months further deteriorated the situation. According to sources the prices of poultry feed, medicine and other...

Tangail saree thrives as ever before

TANGAIL, Jan 21: Tangail is the home of the weavers of world famous Tangail saree, a handloom saree made of both cotton and silk threads with intricate handworked design or all over its body. Though saree is a produce at different upazilas of the district, Delduar upazila is the capital...

Low potato price hits growers hard in Chuadanga

CHUADANGA, Jan 21: The potato farmers of Chuadanga district have become frustrated and cannot recoup the production cost due to sharp fall in price of the crop in the local markets this year. Many farmers are returning home with their yield as they cannot sell it due to low price...

5 killed in road accidents

KHULNA, Jan 21: Two persons were killed in a road accident in front of M M College of Fultala of Khulna district Tuesday morning. The deceased were identified as Sakina Begum (50) and her grandson Rumman Jamil (10) of Deruli bari under Dumuria Upazila of the district. Police and local...

400 Joypurhat women get BRDB loan

JOYPURHAT, Jan 21 (BSS): About 400 poor women in Khetlal upazila of the district have achieved self-reliance after receiving loan from Bangladesh Rural Development Board (BRDB) and engaged themselves in various income generating activities. They brought revolutionary changes to their life getting the loan from the board for their small...

Cultivation of garlic on in Nilphamari

NILPHAMARI, Jan 21: Cultivation of garlic is going on in Nilphamari district. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said this year's target of garlic cultivation in the district is in 794 hectares of land to produce 5161 metric tonnes at an average production of 6.50 metric tonnes per hectare. This...

5 injured in Munshiganj clash

MUNSHIGANJ, Jan 21 (UNB): Five people were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers in Gajaria upazila on Tuesday morning. Locals said Ripon, president of Jubo Dal Hesendi union unit, and Sohel, president of the same unit Bangladesh Chhatra League, had long been at loggerheads over establishing supremacy...