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Shariatpur cultivators achieves success in growing apple jujube

Shariatpur cultivators achieves success in growing apple jujube

Our Correspondent 2020-03-02 10:55:56

Kashmiri apple jujube production has got success for the first time in Shariatpur. Awlad Hossain, a farmer is the pioneer in this regard. He said although apple jujube was cultivated earlier in the...

Onion price downtrend causes mixed reaction among Magura people

Onion price downtrend causes mixed reaction among Magura people

Our Correspondent 2020-03-01 15:53:05

Downtrend of onion price has caused a mixed reaction among the people in the district. Onion was sold at Tk 250 per kg around two months back and it was Tk 140 to Tk 150 per kg one week ago. Now on...

Sand lifting continues from Jamuneshwari river

Sand lifting continues from Jamuneshwari river

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2020-03-01 15:42:52

A section of unscrupulous people are lifting sand from Jamuneshwari river at Hansia village of Balua Mashimpur union in Mithapukur upazila under Rangpur district. As a result a good number of establi...

Tangail lemon growers happy with market price

Tangail lemon growers happy with market price

Our Correspondent 2020-03-01 15:11:42

Lemon growers of the district are happy over the present market price of their produce. Many poor and ultra-poor people in the district have become self-reliant by growing lemon on commercial basis....

Work starts to dredge Arial Khan banks to prevent erosion

Work starts to dredge Arial Khan banks to prevent erosion

Our Correspondent 2020-03-01 15:02:48

Work has started to dredge river banks to prevent erosion by Arial Khan river at Sadarpur of Faridpur. On completion of the work, it will be possible to prevent yearly erosion in the river. In addi...

Poultry breeding farm suffers from shortage of funds

Poultry breeding farm suffers from shortage of funds

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2020-03-01 14:44:20

Regional poultry breeding farm in the district have been suffering for absence of modern equipment and shortage of manpower. Sources said, "It is a profitable venture but the farm is suffering for ac...

26 Nilphamari EPZ workers hospitalised with breathing problems

26 Nilphamari EPZ workers hospitalised with breathing problems

-- 2020-02-29 16:35:41

Some 26 workers of a Chinese company of Uttara Export Processing Zone were admitted to Adhunik Sadar Hospital in Nilphamari on Saturday morning with breathing problems. Civil surgeon Ranajit Kumar Ro...

Farmers benefit from organic  cultivation of cucumber

Farmers benefit from organic cultivation of cucumber

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2020-02-28 01:20:10

KHULNA, Feb 27: There has been a revolution in the cultivation of vegetables using organic method in Betaga union of Fakirhat upazila under Bagerhat district. Sources said, a good number of farmers...

Three-day Internet Fair begins in Khulna

Three-day Internet Fair begins in Khulna

-- 2020-02-27 17:17:47

A three-day long internet fair kicked off on Thursday with an aim to spread use of information technology in the southern part of the country among the grassroots through secure internet and introduci...

Girls overcome ordeals thru’ bicycles

Girls overcome ordeals thru’ bicycles

A Correspondent 2020-02-27 00:53:35

FARIDPUR, Feb 26: At around nine in the morning, several groups of girls from remote areas start for school riding bicycles. Crossing all social barriers they now attend school regularly. Girls fro...

3,882 people affected by cold-related disease in 24 hrs   

3,882 people affected by cold-related disease in 24 hrs  

-- 2020-02-26 17:58:22

Various cold-related diseases affected 3,882 people across the country in the last 24 hours. Data from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) control room showed that 912 of the patients...

Farmer dies in Joypurhat road crash

Farmer dies in Joypurhat road crash

-- 2020-02-25 14:01:53

A farmer was killed as a sand-laden truck hit his bicycle on Panchbibi-Koya road in Somsabad area in Panchbibi upazila of Joypurhat on Tuesday morning. The deceased was identified as Rabiul Islam, 51...

21-km embankment in Koyra  upazila stands threatened

21-km embankment in Koyra upazila stands threatened

-- 2020-02-25 00:50:39

KHULNA, Feb 24 (UNB): An unusual tidal surge in the Kabodak River right after the winter season is threatening a huge portion of the embankment in Koyra Upazila, causing sleepless nights to the reside...

High price of onion  makes Magura  growers happy

High price of onion makes Magura growers happy

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2020-02-25 00:49:52

 MAGURA, Feb 24:  Onion seed growers in Magura are expecting a bumper production this year. Farmer sources informed, due to high price of onion they are now showing high interest in onion...

‘Unidentified disease’ kills two of a family

‘Unidentified disease’ kills two of a family

-- 2020-02-24 18:04:55

Two members of a family died under unclear circumstances and three others fell sick in the last two days at Songaon village in Baliadangi upazila, creating panic among locals. Mina Begum, 35, wife of...

Youth stabbed to death in Cumilla

Youth stabbed to death in Cumilla

-- 2020-02-23 16:57:34

A youth was stabbed to death at Paratan Chowdhurypara in Cumilla on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Shariful Islam, 27, son of late Bachchu Mia of Chandpur Suburb. His mother Josna Be...

RAB arrest 2 with fake judicial stamps

RAB arrest 2 with fake judicial stamps

-- 2020-02-21 20:12:35

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Friday arrested two people with 10,000 pieces of fake judicial stamps from Mirpur area in city.On information, a team of RAB-4 arrested Ramij Uddin, 45, and Md Omar Ali...

Churihatta fire victims demand govt compensation

Churihatta fire victims demand govt compensation

-- 2020-02-21 19:23:35

Aggrieved families have demanded immediate compensation for the victims of a devastating inferno in Old Dhaka’s Chawkbazar last year. They also urged the authorities to relocate Old Dhaka&rsquo...

25th span of Padma Bridge installed

25th span of Padma Bridge installed

-- 2020-02-21 19:06:04

The 25th span of the 6.15-kilometre long Padma Bridge was installed on the 29th and the 30th pillars at Jajira point in Shariatpur district on Friday afternoon. With the installation of the span, 3,7...

CU also decides not to join uniform entry test system

CU also decides not to join uniform entry test system

-- 2020-02-21 13:01:54

The authorities of Chittagong University (CU) on Thursday night decided to hold the admission test according to their existing rules instead of the integrated admission test of public universities whi...

Two ‘robbers’ die in Cumilla ‘gunfight’

Two ‘robbers’ die in Cumilla ‘gunfight’

-- 2020-02-21 12:51:27

Two suspected robbers were killed in a reported gunfight with police early Friday in Palpara area in Sadar upazila of Cumilla district, according to UNB. The deceased were identified as Arifuzzaman E...

Vessels carrying goods stranded  as water level of rivers falls

Vessels carrying goods stranded as water level of rivers falls

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2020-02-21 00:32:24

SYLHET, Feb 20: Drastic fall in the water level on the small rivers in Sylhet division, especially on the lower region of Sunamagnj and Habiganj, has caused severe congestion of small vessels, used...

Farmers growing tobacco in many areas of Rangpur

Farmers growing tobacco in many areas of Rangpur

Our Correspondent 2020-02-21 00:31:32

RANGPUR, Feb 20: Though the growers of Rangpur agriculture region are aware about the harmful effect of tobacco on both human health as well as environment, its farming is still going on in many are...

BSF picks up BD national along Kurigram border

BSF picks up BD national along Kurigram border

-- 2020-02-20 17:36:16

A Bangladeshi youth was picked up by the members of Indian Border Security Force from Khalishakothal bordering area of Fulbari upazila in Kurigram on Wednesday night. The detainee was identified as N...

Pata Piyaz cultivation being  taken to farmers level

Pata Piyaz cultivation being taken to farmers level

A Correspondent 2020-02-20 01:02:55

FARIDPUR, Feb 19: Pata Piyaz (bunching onion) has been developed successfully in Bangladesh. Researchers say this type of onion is rich in nutritional value.  Faridpur Spice Research sub-stati...

Aloe vera farming becomes popular in Naogaon

Aloe vera farming becomes popular in Naogaon

Our Correspondent 2020-02-20 01:02:11

NAOGAON, Feb 18: Commercial farming of aloe vera is becoming popular in Raninagar upazila of the district due to its growing demand, excellent yield and good market price. Sources said, many people...

Bailey bridge collapse disrupts road link on Dhunat-Sherpur road

Bailey bridge collapse disrupts road link on Dhunat-Sherpur road

OUR CORRESPONDENT 2020-02-20 01:01:27

BOGURA, Feb 19: Smooth movement of both vehicles as well as pedestrians has been disrupted as a bailey bridge over the Garamara Canal at Mahatpara village on Dhunat-Sherpur road in the district has...

Sweet potato cultivation regaining its glory in Manikganj

Sweet potato cultivation regaining its glory in Manikganj

-- 2020-02-19 18:01:22

The cultivation of sweet potato is regaining its lost glory in Manikganj that was disappeared from in Manikganj. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources said a total of 170 hectares of land...

Mat artisans pass hard days as they can’t compete  with plastic products

Mat artisans pass hard days as they can’t compete with plastic products

A Correspondent 2020-02-18 21:16:26

MYMENSINGH, Feb 18: Mat artisans in the district are passing hard days as they cannot compete with plastic products. The families who depend of mat weaving for earning a day's breads are suffering a...

Missing girl found dead in C'nawabganj

Missing girl found dead in C'nawabganj

-- 2020-02-18 17:18:02

A seven-year-old girl was found dead at a bamboo cluster at Manik Hajirtola village under Sadar upazila in Chapainawabganj on Tuesday, a day after she went missing. It was suspected that the victim,...