Potato farmers are running away, skipping repeated calls from cold storage owners in the district to take back their stockpiled potatoes as prices of their produced crop are still in a downtrend. Cold storage operators said growers have been expressing reluctance to release their potatoes as marke
Early bumper production of the high-yielding Aman crop BINA paddy 26 (BINA dhan26) on 50 hectares in two villages of Magura Sadar Upazila has brought smiles to growers. Sources at the Department of Agricultural Extension, Magura, said this is the first time the cultivation of the paddy variety has
The 6th time extension for completion of the much-talked about rehabilitation of the Kulaura-Shahbajpur rail section ended on 30 June this year while the progress is only 60 percent yet. However, the Bangladesh Railway (BR) extended the timeline up to December 2026 with another year in test period
Not a single student from nine colleges in Kurigram district managed to pass the 2025 Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination. The nine colleges are Singar Dabrihat College in Rajarhat upazila, Char Shoulmari Adarsha Mohila College in Roumari, Bagua Anantapur School and College in Ulipur, R
Gopalganj fish farmers will produce 5,622 tonnes of fish -- worth Tk 1.12 billion - at the end of this season (around six months long) using pen culture (enclosure culture). About 10,000 fish farmers are utilising the aquaculture technique on 3,032.5 hectares, sources from the district fisheries o
Three children drowned while bathing in a pond during a wedding ceremony at Chanpur Tea Garden in Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj on Tuesday. The victims were identified as Moskan Akter, 10, daughter of Selim Mia; Shamima Akter, 10, daughter of Sajid Ali; and Shania Akter, 9, daughter of Majid Ali
A female student of Jahangirnagar University (JU) was killed after being hit by a speeding truck in Meherpur Sadar upazila on Wednesday morning. The deceased was identified as Omi Khatun, wife of school teacher Rahinul Islam of Ramdaspur village under the upazila, UNB reports. Mezbah Uddin, offic
PABNA, Oct 14: Noticeable development of the communication system with the construction of a regional road has remodeled the onion-dominated Ghaznar Beel area of Sujanagar upazila in Pabna district into a far promising agricultural landscape. The widely-built modern road has reduced the farmers' s
A mobile court in Louhajang, Munshiganj, sentenced 15 people to varying terms of imprisonment for illegally catching mother hilsa fish in the Padma River. In the first operation conducted early Tuesday, eight individuals were arrested, and authorities seized 10 kilograms of hilsa and 30,000 metres
The output from Gaibandha's Aman paddy cultivation is under threat as various fields of the rice variety were recently seen significantly damaged due to rodent infestation. Although a source from the district's agriculture office said farmers are being provided with full support to get good yields
A man in Lakshmipur’s Raipur Upazila has reclaimed possession of nearly 1.4 hectares of land after a legal battle that lasted more than four decades. On Monday, a court delegation handed over the disputed land to Bahar Patwary and his family with traditional drumming, in line with court inst
CHANDPUR, Oct 12: The half a kilometre road from Boro Railway Station area to Chandpur BIWTA terminal ghat has long been in a dilapidated condition and causing immense sufferings to thousands of passengers and drivers who have to use the road round the clock. The road, which has numerous potholes,
COX'S BAZAR, Oct 12: A large hill has been created from heaps of garbage on the Bankkhali riverbank, dumped by the Cox's Bazar municipality authorities, creating environmental hazards. As garbage is dumped directly near the waterbody instead of being disposed of properly, it clearly manifests inad
