Endangered local fish now back to the dining table
MYMENSINGH, Oct 25: The Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute (BFRI) in Mymensingh has been successful in inventing the technology and process of bringing 23 endangered fish species back to canals and rivers.Scientists at the BFRI has developed breeding and farming techniques to preserve the endangered local fish varieties in Bangladesh. Fish...
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Netrakona's cultural activities come to a halt in absence of modern auditorium
NETRAKONA, Oct 25 :Mahua Auditorium, the lone auditorium in the district town's Mokter para, was closed down permanently eight years ago. There has been no effort to build another one for holding cultural programmes since then.Netrakonais consist sof of 10 upazilas. But presently there is no auditorim in the town...
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Jagdal—a remote village in Magura sets example by cultivating malta
MAGURA, Oct 25: A remote village Jagdal of Magura is now vibrant with ample Malta(sweet orange). Septuagenarian farmer Waliar Rahman of the village deserves this glorious credit .From his boyhood Waliar had a great passion to farming . Four years back he made a plan to produce malta on his...
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8,500 hectares of land under winter vegetable cultivation in Manikganj
MANIKGANJ, Oct 25 (BSS): The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has fixed a target of cultivating winter vegetables on 8,500 hectares of land in all seven upazilas of the district to recoup the existing losses being caused by flood.The DAE office sources said the farmers of Saturia, Manikganjsadar and Singairupazilas...
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Faridpur road accident kills two
FARIDPUR, Oct 25 (UNB): Two people were killed and five others injured when a microbus hit a truck on Dhaka-Khulna Highway at Kamarkhali in Madhukhaliupazila of Faridpur early Sunday.The deceased were identified as Mosharraf Hossain, 80, and Amena Begum, 65, of Alamdangaupazila in Chuadanga district.The accident took place when the...
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