-- 2018-02-02 16:03:14
Police arrested 25 people including three activists of Jamaat-e-Islami from different areas of the district. Police conducted special drives in last 12-hour ending at 8am on Friday morning. Law enfor...
-- 2018-02-02 15:17:49
A four-day 'One Bank Flower Fair-2018' began in the city on Friday in a bid to meet the gradually increasing demand of the flower-loving people. Rajshahi Boikali Sangha (RBS) and One Bank Limited joi...
Our Correspondent 2018-02-01 21:29:10
BOGRA, Feb 01: Farmers of Shibganj upazila under the district are preparing Boro seedbed in a new method called 'Ideal' for better yield this season. According to the Department of Agriculture Extens...
Roving Correspondent 2018-02-01 21:28:13
NATORE, Feb 01: The farmers of the district have exceeded the target set for maize cultivation for this season. According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DEA) office sources, growers had...
-- 2018-02-01 15:35:07
Members of Coast Guard Bangladesh in a drive have seized nine maunds of jatka (hilsa fry less than 10 inches in length) from Meghna river in Chandpur early Thursday. Lt Sinchan Ahmed, commander of Ch...
-- 2018-02-01 13:22:12
By dint of much interest among the farmers and others concerned, acreage of wheat farming in bed-planting method has started gaining momentum in the region including its vast barind tract for the last...
-- 2018-02-01 11:48:10
A suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight with police on Kushtia-Jhenidah highway in Mahishdanga area under Islamic University Police Station on Thursday. The deceased could not be identif...
Our Correspondent 2018-02-01 00:00:00
Speakers at a day-long workshop in the on Wednesday focused on the need to modernise the country fishery sector to increase production. Addressing as the chief guest, Sylhet Agricultural University (...
Our Correspondent 2018-02-01 00:00:00
Potato growers of the district are expecting to get a bumper production this season. The plants are growing well. Growers may start harvesting from February. The Department of Agriculture Extension (...
Our Correspondent 2018-01-31 00:00:00
Farmers of Raghunathpur union under Sadar upazila are making a good profit by growing 'Beautiful-2' tomato variety this season. Dilip Biswas, a farmer of Raghunathpur village under Sadar upazila, sai...
Our Correspondent 2018-01-31 00:00:00
Coriander cultivators of the district are expecting a good output this season amid a favourable weather condition. The growers are now busy taking care of the cropland to get a satisfactory productio...
-- 2018-01-31 00:00:00
At least three people died and two others were injured in a road accident at MC Bazar on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Sreepur upazila on Wednesday morning. The identities of the deceased could not be...
-- 2018-01-29 15:24:11
Hundreds of marginal peasants in Natore district are getting good yield of onions in the current season. Timely supply of necessary agriculture inputs from the Department of Agriculture Extension (DA...
-- 2018-01-29 15:23:32
A passerby was killed in Nishchintapur area on Dhaka- Chittagong highway in Comilla on Monday morning. The deceased was identified as Mahbubul Alam, a hotel employee, reports UNB. A speeding pickup...
Our Correspondent 2018-01-29 00:31:20
RAJSHAHI, Jan 28: a good numbers of age-old, large trees worth millions of Taka have been cut off and taken away from Railway Officers' Colony of Sreerampore area under the city during the last six mo...
Our Correspondent 2018-01-29 00:30:27
SYLHET, Jan 28: Cultivation of all kinds of vegetable is on the rise in Sylhet region this year. A report prepared by the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) shows so far 53,222 hectares of lan...
Roving Correspondent 2018-01-29 00:28:43
SIRAJGANJ, Jan 28: Tomato cultivation creates a noticeable income generation for the poor and marginal peasants of the district this season. A total of 700 hectares of land have been under toma...
Our Correspondent 2018-01-29 00:00:00
Hundreds of poor families of the district have been attaining financial solvency by farming banana. Sources said banana cultivation is increasing gradually in the area. High land or semi sandy...
Our Correspondent 2018-01-29 00:00:00
A good yield of Baukul, a plum variety, has made the cultivators of the district jubilant during the current season. Because of huge demand its cultivation is on the rise in different areas of the di...
-- 2018-01-28 17:17:37
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested two people along with 200kg hemp on Dhaka-Sylhet highway near Khatihata in Sarail upazila on Sunday morning. The arrestees are identified as Ishak Mia...
-- 2018-01-27 12:31:15
A woman and her minor son died when a head-on collision between a tractor and CNG-run auto-rickshaw occurred at Arjuna in Barlekha upazila on Friday night. The accident took place around 9:30pm as th...
-- 2018-01-27 02:16:48
Chandpur Palli Bidyut Samity (CPBS-1) has brought a total of 154 houses of two villages under Kachua upazila of Chandpur under rural electrification network recently. Former home minister Dr Mohiuddi...
-- 2018-01-26 12:56:20
A youth was killed by some miscreants in a mosque where he took shelter on Thursday evening at Jashaldia village in Lawhajong upazila. The deceased was 26, son of Hasen Molla of the village, who had...
Our Correspondent 2018-01-26 12:55:21
BOGRA, Jan 24: Boro paddy growers from different villages are worried for as severe cold like situation have damaged many seedbeds in the district. According to the Department of Agriculture Extensio...
Our Correspondent 2018-01-26 12:54:32
SYLHET, Jan 25: Farmers of greater Sylhet region have been passing busy time for cultivation of different Rabi crops, including vegetable of all types and others. So far, crops on 87,144 hectares had...
-- 2018-01-26 05:49:21
A court on Thursday has sent a 'Pir' to jail in a case over raping a teenage girl in Faridganj upazila. Senior Judicial Magistrate court judge Md Shafiul Azam also ordered police to investigate the a...
-- 2018-01-26 02:42:57
Speakers asked the zonal managers of Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) to speed up its clients-level lending activities for boosting agricultural production to meet up the national food demand. T...
-- 2018-01-25 12:35:13
Speakers in Gaibandha underscored proper implementation of programmes to make the district beggar free through active participation of all. An initiative has been taken by the district administration...
Roving Correspondent 2018-01-25 12:00:00
A good number of people of the district has attained financial solvency by rearing sheep. According to the Department of Livestock Services, Joypurhat, office sources, many people of Akkelpur, Kalai,...
Roving Correspondent 2018-01-25 12:00:00
Bean growers of the district have attained financial solvency due to good production and fair market price. The vegetable item is being sold at Tk 40 to Tk 50 per kg in the retail market, while...
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