Veg farming on floating beds gains popularity in Gopalganj
GOPALGANJ, Sept 25: Vegetable cultivation on floating beds is gaining popularity in the district.Some 3,500 farmers across the district are now growing varieties of vegetable on such land.According to the sources of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), a total of 480 hectares of floating land have been brought under...
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Bottle gourd cultivation expanding in Rangpur for high yield
RANGPUR, Sept 25: Farmers of different upazilas in the district are becoming financially benefited by growing bottle gourd on their land in recent years. Due to congenial weather, low labour cost and high demand, farming of the vegetable is on the rise across the district. Sources informed the farmers of...
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Transplantation of T-Aman paddy seedlings nears completion
SYLHET, Sept 25: Farmers in Sylhet division are about to finish transplanting T-Aman paddy seedlings during the current season.Already the target is surpassed, but on some pocket areas the transplantation would be done this week.An official at the Divisional office of DAE said seedbed was made on a total of...
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Chilahati-Haldibari rail link to reopen
NILPHAMARI, Sept 25: After long 52 years Chilahati-Haldibari rail route link is to be re-established which was abandoned after the Indo-Pak war in September 1965. The ECNEC approved the construction of the railway tracks between Chilahati and Haldibari border project at a cost of Tk 800 million aiming to establish...
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Thrust on public awareness for preventing road crashes
RANGPUR, Sept 25 (BSS): Government officials and public representatives at a leaflet distribution function in Dimla upazila town of Nilphamari on Tuesday stressed on creating public awareness to ensure safe road and prevent road accidents.As a part of the nationwide campaign launched as per direction of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina...
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