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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…

Rajshahi 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…