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Honey collection brings boon for farmers

RAJSHAHI, Dec 23 (BSS): Many people have become financially solvent by beekeeping in the region including its vast Barind tract.Honey hunting is being expanded gradually to many new areas contributing a lot towards employment generation side by side with boosting honey production.As a whole, honey farming has gained popularity in...

Bitter gourd yield pleases Naogaon peasants

NAOGAON, Dec 23: Peasants in the district are happy over high yield and fair price of bitter gourd, a popular vegetable in the country. Bitter gourd produced in the district is being sent to different areas of the country including Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna and Barishal on regular basis. District agriculture...

Integrated cultivation of papaya, mustard expands in Magura

MAGURA, Dec 23: Growing mustard along with papaya is gaining popularity across the district. A good number of farmers in the area said farming papaya and mustard at the same time is profitable. Both items grow at the same time in the same land. The method helps boost production.Sources at...

Tangail cauliflower growers happy with prices

TANGAIL, Dec 23: Cauliflower growers in the district are happy as they are getting fair market prices of their produce this season.According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), some 1,050 hectares of land have been brought under farming of cauliflower with the production target of 24,150 tonnes.Growers are achieving...

Rajshahi DAE eyes 0.43m tonnes of wheat output

RAJSHAHI, Dec 23 (BSS): Farmers and all other field level agricultural officials, scientists and researchers concerned have taken all sorts of need-based steps for making the current-season's wheat farming a total success everywhere in the region.The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has set a target of producing around 0.43 million...

Twin sisters drown in Chandpur pond

CHANDPUR, Dec 23 (UNB): A pair of minor twin sisters drowned in a pond in Farakkabad area in sadar upazila on Saturday noon.The deceased were identified as Adifa Akhter and Sadia Akhter, both aged one and half years and daughters of Manik Mizi of the same area.Victim's uncle Sohag Mizi...