RANGPUR, July 27 (BSS): Homestead vegetables gardening has been meeting nutritional demand and bringing fortune for the extremely poor and landless people living in the remote char areas on the Brahmaputra basin. Under the Char Livelihoods Programme (CLP) activities, the...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, July 27 (BSS): Due to adequate rainfall, the farmers have been cultivating Transplanted Aman (T-Aman) in the district comfortably. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources said, getting adequate rain water in the paddy fields farmers have so far...
RAJSHAHI, July 27 (BSS): Enhanced fish production in the open-water bodies can be the effective means to meet protein deficiency along with poverty alleviation and employment generation, speakers at a post-rally ceremony here said. Referring to the immense prospect of...
JAMALPUR, July 27(BSS): Farmers in Jamalpur district are expecting bumper production of jute this year due to favourable weather. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office source said jute plants are growing rapidly because of timely rain and sunlight, ideal conditions...
Our Correspondent | 2015-07-28 00:00:00
GAIBANDHA, July 27: Farming of T-Aus variety locally known as Barshali Dhan, has gained much popularity among the farmers here in recent years for getting desired output against the crop through utilizing fallow land in rainy season. According to sources...
RANGPUR, July 27 (BSS): As a part of mechanisation of agriculture, RDRS Bangladesh, an NGO, has introduced rice seedling trans-planter under its Sustainable & Resilient Farming Systems Intensification (SRFSI) Project during this Aman season. The NGO has been implementing the...
A Correspondent | 2015-07-28 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, July 27: Around 160 households of Chakdurlavpur village under Puthia upazila in Rajshahi have come under the electricity coverage as part of the government's attempts to supply electricity to every household by 2021. Abdul Wadud Dara, lawmaker of Rajshahi-5...
Our Correspondent | 2015-07-28 00:00:00
BOGRA, July 27: Cultivation of indigenous species of lemon in tubs and homestead has turned the wheel of fortune for the growers from few years across Bogra district. Farmers of the district are achieving a high yield of the lemon...
RAJSHAHI, July 27 (BSS): Speakers at a discussion in Rajshahi said that the role of the print and electronic media is very important towards mitigating the adverse impact of climate change in the region especially the vast Barind tract. Terming...
MUNSHIGANJ, July 27 (UNB): Launch and speed-boat services on the Shimuliya-Kawrakandi route remain suspended for the second day for bad weather. Shimuliya River Port's traffic inspector Tofazzal Hossain said the authorities on Sunday noon decided to stop the plying of...
Our Correspondent | 2015-07-28 00:00:00
TANGAIL, July 27: Transplantation of Aman seedlings is going on in full swing in 12 upazila of the district and it will continue till end of the next month. Department of the Agricultural Extension (DAE), Tangail sources said a total...
NAWABGANJ, July 27 (UNB): A housewife was allegedly stabbed to death by her husband in Nawabganj upazila in the outskirts of the capital on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Shahnaj Begum (30), wife of Mohammad Shahin, hailing from Balihari...
Our Correspondent | 2015-07-28 00:00:00
NILPHAMARI, July 27: Harvesting of jute has started in Nilphamari district and is going on in full swing. The farmers are in a hurry to do so as late harvesting of jute would culminate in late planting of Aman paddy...
Our Correspondent | 2015-07-28 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ, July 27: Gopalganj Pally Bidyut Samity (PBS) implemented 3584.721 kilometres (km) of electricity connection line in five upazilas of Gopalganj district until June 2015. According to Gopalgnaj Pally Bidyut Samity sources, in the year of March 1998 Kiston Business...
CRP fines four organisations Tk 17,000 in Khulna Department of Consumers Rights Preservation (CRP) of Khulna in separate drives today fined four organisations in the city Tk 17,000 for violating Consumers Rights law. The CRP fined Muslim Sweets, Rahmania Hotel...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2015-07-28 00:00:00
The government is set to revise the Cox's Bazar airport upgradation project hiking its cost by nearly 300 per cent from the original estimate, officials said Monday. The Project Evaluation Committee (PEC) of the Planning Commission will sit next week...
FE Report | 2015-07-28 00:00:00
The cabinet approved on Monday a draft of 'Bangladesh Ship Recycling Act, 2015' with some provisions that include imposition of Tk 3.0 million fine if anyone imports ships for recycling purposes without government permission and establishes shipyard beyond the designated...
Our Correspondent | 2015-07-28 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, July 27: Five people, including two children, were killed in a landslide in Cox's Bazar district in the early hours on Monday. Cox's Bazar fire service officials said the incidents occurred amid an eviction drive, launched by the district...
M Azizur Rahman | 2015-07-28 00:00:00
The government has planned to invite international oil companies (IOCs) afresh to award two deepwater blocks in the Bay of Bengal on higher fiscal terms for hydrocarbon exploration, officials said. Petrobangla has already sent a proposal to the Energy and...
FE Report | 2015-07-28 00:00:00
Some Tk 164 billion will flow into the countryside this fiscal year under a new agricultural and rural credit policy and programme announced Monday. The central bank unveiled the lending recipe with an around 5.5 per cent growth in the...
Amid sharp rise in road fatalities, the government on Monday imposed a ban on the movement of three-wheeler auto-rickshaws and non-motorised vehicles on highways across the country with effect from August 1. The Roads Transport and Highways Division of the...
NAOGAON, July 27: A Bangladeshi national was shot to death by Border Security Force (BSF) of India near Bangladesh-India border at Dakhsin Patari village of Shapahar upazila early Monday. The deceased was identified as Ziaur Rahman (35), son of Motiur...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2015-07-28 00:00:00
The last-minute amendments made to two major tax proposals in the national budget is likely to deprive the government of revenue estimated at Tk 22 billion during the fiscal year (FY) 2015-16. Tax at source (TAS) on export bill and...
FE Report | 2015-07-28 00:00:00
Finance Minister AMA Muhith said Monday the new pay scale would be placed before the cabinet in its next meeting for approval through a last-ditch discussion on two sticking points. "Within the next week perhaps," he said when his attention...
Jubair Hasan and Yasir Wardad | 2015-07-28 00:00:00
Experts expect a moderate to severe flood to engulf major parts of the country next month as major rivers are now in full spate due to onrush of waters coming from the hilly regions of neighbouring India, coupled with torrential...
Terming unlawful, motivated and whimsical the Election Commission's (EC) move to enroll under-18 youths in the voter list, the BNP on Monday demanded resignation of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and other EC members for what it termed breach of...
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