SHARIATPUR, June 15: Monkeys in their thousands roam human settlements in parts of Shariatpur district in desperate search of food. Locals described waning natural sources to be the main cause behind the animals straying into human settlements in large numbers. Since early morning, numerous monke

Early rainfall in March flooded paddy fields in the Haor (wetland) region and damaged the Boro paddy crop days before harvesting. Most farmers in Kishoreganj haor areas have lost more than half of their expected Boro paddy. Much of the paddy they harvested from flooded fields is no longer fit for

Persistent power cuts have begun to unsettle potato farmers across Cumilla, as several thousand tonnes of their stored produce, much of which is intended as seed for the next planting season, now face an uncertain fate. With electricity supply failing to stabilise, cold storage facilities are stru

Shariatpur's farmers expect around the same amount in profit as their investment with coriander cultivation this year amid a high demand of the district's spice for the past few years. Last season, 6,056 hectares have been brought under coriander cultivation, which has been increased to 6,320 hect

SHARIATPUR, Mar 17: Pillars of an old bridge have not been removed from the Kirtinasha River in Angaria union of Shariatpur Sadar upazila even eight years after construction of a new bridge making travelling too much risky along the waterway stretch. For the situation, the bottom of the submerged

Severe staff shortage left Cumilla's only government-run poultry breeding and development farm struggling to maintain routine operations, with more than half of its sanctioned positions lying vacant. Established in 1956 in the South Chartha area of Cumilla city, the Government Poultry Breeding and

Academic activities at 13 colleges operating under the Cumilla Education Board have been temporarily suspended following what officials described as an alarming collapse in Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination results. The decision, which is supposed to affect the institutions' teaching

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