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Padma Bridge: Beckoning of new possibilities in South
Kalapara (Patuakhali): Not just imagination, this time the long-awaited dream Padma Bridge is awaiting inauguration to change the fate of the entire southern region.On June 25, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the dreamer of the Padma Bridge, will unveil the bridge to the glory of the Bengali nation. With the inauguration…
Read More »Mymensingh Edu Board running with rented building
Documents at risk Jewel Mia Nadim: Mymensingh Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board was established as the 11th Board of Education in the country before five year. The board has been operating in two rented buildings since its inception. As it does not have its own building, the authorities have…
Read More »Litchi trading on peak
in Rajshahi marketsRajshahi Bureau: Trading and marketing of litchi has reached peak everywhere in the region involving hundreds of labourers both male and female in harvesting, segregating and transportation of the delicious seasonal fruit.Market sources said harvest has been continuing in full swing with plenty of supply, huge demand and better prices…
Read More »Labor crisis hampers harvesting ripe paddy
Mahfuja Mukul: The weather has been bad for days. Boro paddy ripe in the field. But the workers of rice harvesting are not getting the wage of Tk 1100. Harvester machines are also inconsistent due to high demand. The farmers of the northern region are spending their days in fear…
Read More »Bumper yield of soybean in Laxmipur
To be produced Tk 300cr oil Laxmipur Correspondent: Soybean bumper crop has been harvested in Laxmipur. If the weather is favorable, farmers will be able to take soybeans home in the next two to one days. The Department of Agriculture says that the production of Soybean in the district has…
Read More »Hill tribals eat 1.0 m bamboo buds daily
Lokman Hossain from Khagrachari: A local ethnic minority Nripen Chakma in Dighinala upazila of Khagrachari said making a joke, “We eat bush (bamboo), we give bush (bamboo), indicating the consumption of bamboo buds as vegetable. It is worth mentioning that the hilly people are at the moment facing severe food…
Read More »Over 2,000 litres of hoarded Soybean oil found in Chattogram
Chattogram Bureau: A mobile court led by an executive magistrate has recovered 2,328 litres of soybean oil from a retailers’ house at Chattogram’s Fatikchhari.The raid was part of a government crackdown amid a significant crisis in the cooking oil market.The retailer, Akhter Hossain, was fined Tk 40,000 under the Essential…
Read More »Rampal plant to inject 660 MW to national grid from July
Staff Correspondent: The ultra super critical thermal Rampal Power plant is expected to kick off its first unit in July this year to add 660 MW to the national power grid while it is set to go on full-fledged operation in November producing a total of 1,320 MW.“With following the…
Read More »Sheep farming becomes blessing for ethnic minority female students
Rajshahi Correspondent: AnandiSaren, 17, has become almostself-reliant through her household-based sheep farming besides contributing to her family and the society as a whole.After getting one sheep as donation on a voluntary basis in 2017, she enhanced the number to 11 at present by dint of her much attentiveness and devotion…
Read More »Sugar Mills going to private sector after Jute Mills
Industry Desk: After sending the public jute mills to the private sector citing losses over the years, the government is now considering privatisation of the state-owned sugar mills also.Frustrated by the huge amount of losses and accumulated debt, the government is now contemplating to hand over three state-owned sugar mills…
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