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Habiganj district administration has withdrawn the Section 144 restriction imposed in the municipal area of Habiganj on Wednesday amid tensions surrounding protest programmes by the National Citizen Party (NCP) and BNP-affiliated organisati...

GOPALGANJ, July 29: Vegetable prices skyrocketed in the past three days to Tuesday in Gopalganj and locals said they are displeased over the lack of price control initiatives by the authorities. Per kg of bitter gourd was selling at Tk 80-...

RANGPUR, July 29: Commercial grape cultivation has proved to be a boon for Rangpur farmer Tawhid Mia Mesbahuddin (40), whose success in this regard became talk of the town. After planting 240 saplings of different grape varities on 24 deci...

LALMONIRHAT, 29: Dilapidated condition, innumerable potholes and narrow structural design have turned the 100 kilometre Lalmonirhat-Burimari highway into a death trap and unfit for vehicular movement. Lalmonirhat-Burimari highway is the o...

GOPALGANJ: Farmers have begun Transplanted Aman (T-Aman) paddy cultivation in full swing on the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) targeted 12,308 hectares in Gopalganj and this year's production target is 57,232 tonnes, according to...

BOGURA, July 28: Weeks of heavy monsoon rain and upstream flows from northern rivers have damaged crops largely across parts of Bogura, leaving thousands of farmers facing steep financial losses while government relief remains limited, acco...

SYLHET: Despite good yield this summer, prices of vegetables have increased in Sylhet -- along with some other items of the kitchen market, locals and farmers said. During a visit to kitchen markets in Sylhet city's Subidbazar, Ambarkhana,...

Erosion by the Teesta River has turned fierce in the past ten days wreaking havoc across different areas of Gangachara upazila of Rangpur district while swelling of the water level of the Padma River has intensified riverbank erosion in Dau...