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Vegetable cultivation brings blessings for Natore marginal peasants

Vegetable cultivation brings blessings for Natore marginal peasants

Roving Correspondent 2018-01-19 12:35:33

NATORE, Jan 18: Commercial vegetable cultivation has brought blessing for hundreds marginal peasants in the district this current season due to favourable weather condition and timely supply of necess...

Faridpur road mishap takes lives of two

Faridpur road mishap takes lives of two

-- 2018-01-19 12:00:00

Two young men were killed in a road accident at Kanaipur on Dhaka-Khulna Highway in Faridpur sadar upazila on Thursday night. Witnesses said the accident took place when a motorcycle crashed into a p...

Three more die in Rangpur keep-warm fire

Three more die in Rangpur keep-warm fire

FE Online Desk 2018-01-19 12:00:00

Three more people, who suffered burns in fires they started to keep warm in the wintry weather, have died while undergoing treatment at Rangpur Medical College Hospital. With the latest, the hospital...

Demand for sweet betel leaf produced in Bagmara, Mohanpur UZs on the increase

Demand for sweet betel leaf produced in Bagmara, Mohanpur UZs on the increase

-- 2018-01-19 11:23:50

The demand for sweet betel leaf produced in Bagmara and Mohanpur upazilas have been increasing day by day. Now, by covering most markets of Rangpur, Khulna, Barisal, Sylhet, Chittagong and Rajshahi, t...

Sunamganj bus plunge leaves 20 hurt

Sunamganj bus plunge leaves 20 hurt

-- 2018-01-19 04:21:50

At least 20 people were injured in a road accident at Sadirpur in Dirai upazila on Friday morning. A Sylhet-bound minibus plunged into a roadside ditch as its driver lost control over the steering ar...

Students get class routines from district police super

Students get class routines from district police super

Our Correspondent 2018-01-18 12:00:00

A total of 1000 students of Gaibandha Govt. Boys' High School received class routines from the district police on Wednesday amid much enthusiasm and festivity. Superintendent of police (SP) Mashrukur...

Vegetable cultivation gains popularity in Natore

Vegetable cultivation gains popularity in Natore

Our Correspondent 2018-01-18 12:00:00

Vegetable cultivation has brought smiles on the faces of hundreds marginal peasants in Natore district in this season. According to Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), the farmers have already...

Bogra apiarists make good profit

Bogra apiarists make good profit

Our Correspondent 2018-01-17 12:00:00

 A good number of beekeepers from different villages of the district are making good profit from the sale of honey this season. The price of their produced fresh honey is being sold high rate co...

Boro cultivation going on in full swing in Sirajganj

Boro cultivation going on in full swing in Sirajganj

Roving Correspondent 2018-01-17 12:00:00

Farmers of the district are passing busy time as Boro cultivation is going on in full swing. According to Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources, around 1,59,000 hectares of land wi...

Man 'commits suicide after killing wife, two minor children'

Man 'commits suicide after killing wife, two minor children'

-- 2018-01-17 12:00:00

A man alleged committed suicide after poisoning to death his wife and two minor daughters in Cox's Bazar on Wednesday evening. The police retrieved the bodies of Sumon Chowdhury (33) his wife Baby Ch...

BGB drives derive Tk 12.8b goods

BGB drives derive Tk 12.8b goods

-- 2018-01-17 07:21:37

Country’s paramilitary force, responsible for the border security, seized smuggled goods and contraband items worth around Tk. 12.78 billion in 2017.  The value of the illegal goods, inclu...

Plum cultivation brings smile to Bogra peasants

Plum cultivation brings smile to Bogra peasants

-- 2018-01-17 03:43:59

A good number of marginal peasants in Bogra have attained financial solvency by cultivating Apple Kul, a variety of plum, on a commercial basis over the last few years. They started the cultivation...

DAE expects bumper potato production in Jamalpur

DAE expects bumper potato production in Jamalpur

-- 2018-01-16 03:02:42

Officials of the agriculture department in Jamalpur are expecting bumper production of potatoes in the current season. They are hopeful to exceed their target of getting 94600 tonnes of potato from 4...

Suspected robber dies in Narayanganj mob beating

Suspected robber dies in Narayanganj mob beating

-- 2018-01-15 03:39:43

A mob has beaten a man to death on suspicion of robbery at Araihazar Upazila in Narayanganj. Local police OC MA Hoque confirmed the news on Monday.   Police could not identify the person....

Habiganj road accident kills farmer

Habiganj road accident kills farmer

-- 2018-01-15 03:38:03

A farmer was killed and nine others were injured as a microbus collided head-on with a jeep in Ratna Bazar area under Baniachong upazila Habiganj in this morning. The deceased was identified as Abdul...

52,652 hectares of land come under veg cultivation in Sylhet region

52,652 hectares of land come under veg cultivation in Sylhet region

Our Correspondent 2018-01-14 12:00:00

Around 52,652 hectares of land have been brought under the farming of varieties of vegetable in Sylhet division during the ongoing winter season. The crops include gourd, sweet gourd, radish, bean, to...

Farmers in Rangpur char areas show interest in growing sweet potato

Farmers in Rangpur char areas show interest in growing sweet potato

Our Correspondent 2018-01-14 11:52:45

RANGPUR, Jan 14: The farmers of different char areas under the district are showing their interest in the cultivation of sweet potato for the high demand and profit. Low production cost and easy cult...

Late blight disease breaks out in Nilphamari

Late blight disease breaks out in Nilphamari

-- 2018-01-14 04:30:13

Late blight disease has broken out in the potato farmlands of Nilphamari district. Late blight is a potentially devastating disease of tomato and potato, infecting leaves, stems, and fruits of tomato...

RCCI to boost regional trade

RCCI to boost regional trade

-- 2018-01-14 03:19:33

Leaders of Rangpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) have called for resolving some prevailing problems to boost trade, commerce to accelerate development in the region. They made the call at a...

Fish production gains popularity in Rajshahi

Fish production gains popularity in Rajshahi

-- 2018-01-13 12:37:36

Fish production has increased appreciably in Rajshahi district after taking multidimensional development and extension programmes. "Fish production was 52,171 metric tonnes in 2009 while it increases...

Rohingya refugee stabs fellow to death in Cox's Bazar

Rohingya refugee stabs fellow to death in Cox's Bazar

-- 2018-01-13 11:42:21

A Rohingya man stabbed another displaced Myanmar national to death at the Kutupalong Refugee Camp in Cox’s Bazar on Saturday over an old feud. Ukhiya Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Md Ab...

Betel leaf brings solvency to Rangpur cultivators

Betel leaf brings solvency to Rangpur cultivators

Our Correspondent 2018-01-13 09:55:30

RANGPUR, Jan 13: The farmers at different upazilas including Rangpur Sadar, Mithapukur and Pirganj under the district are getting financially solvent through cultivation of betel leaf on their lands i...

Forest officials rescue 494 turtles in Khulna

Forest officials rescue 494 turtles in Khulna

-- 2018-01-13 06:06:16

The Forest Department rescued 494 turtles of rare species in Khulna on Saturday with the help of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a joint drive. Three people were also arrested over the matter at Zero...

Orange farming on rooftop  gaining momentum

Orange farming on rooftop gaining momentum

Roving Correspondent 2018-01-12 12:49:06

NAOGAON, Jan 11: Orange cultivation on a rooftop orchard is gaining momentum across the district with the help of local agriculture offices. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE)...

Unabated sand lifting from Nagor River  in Bogra threatens houses, cropland

Unabated sand lifting from Nagor River in Bogra threatens houses, cropland

Our Correspondent 2018-01-11 12:58:19

BOGRA, Jan 10: A good number of houses as well as cropland are seriously threatened due to frequent unabated sand lifting from Nagor River under Bogra district. Sources said, people of Balodmara, Lal...

Rajshahi silk factory to restart operation after 16 years

Rajshahi silk factory to restart operation after 16 years

Our Correspondent 2018-01-10 12:18:08

RAJSHAHI, Jan 9:  Rajshahi silk factory is going to restart operation once again after 16-years of closure. Fazley Hossain Badsha, Member of Parliament of Rajshahi sadar constituency, has taken u...

Spinach farming brings solvency for 30,000 marginal peasants in Sirajganj

Spinach farming brings solvency for 30,000 marginal peasants in Sirajganj

Roving Correspondent 2018-01-10 12:16:57

SIRAJGANJ, Jan 9:  Spinach cultivation brings solvency amid 30,000 marginal peasants in Sirajganj upazila in this current season due to its good market price with assistance of authority concern....

Man throws newborn’s body from vehicle in Nilphamari

Man throws newborn’s body from vehicle in Nilphamari

-- 2018-01-10 12:00:00

The body of a newborn wrapped in a bag was thrown from a human-hauler at Bamnabamni village in Jaldhaka upazila on Wednesday. Witnesses said a man and a woman threw a bag from the running human-haule...

Commuters suffer in absence of bridge  over Nagor River in Adamdighi UZ

Commuters suffer in absence of bridge over Nagor River in Adamdighi UZ

Our Correspondent 2018-01-09 12:21:31

BOGRA, Jan 8: Thousands commuters of 21 villages under Adamdighi upazila of Bogra district are mostly depend on bamboo made temporary bridge over Nagor River from two decades back. The commuters susp...

Growers making handsome profit from winter vegetable cultivation

Growers making handsome profit from winter vegetable cultivation

Roving Correspondent 2018-01-09 12:19:01

JOYPURHAT, Jan 8: A good number ultra-poor peasants of Joypurhat district are making handsome profit from cultivating winter vegetables commercially in this current season due to its good market price...