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● Mostafiz wins Rangpur city polls ● Ex-Ctg mayor Mohiuddin Chowdhury dies ● Mayor Annisul Huq passes away ● HC verdict on BDR mutiny: Death penalty for 139, life term for 185 ● HC begins reading verdict on BDR mutiny ● 3 siblings among 5 killed in Kishoreganj clash ● 4 workers killed in Sylhet stone quarry landslide

Child patients on the rise in Rajshahi due to sultry weather

Rafiqul Hasan Firoz

RAJSHAHI, July 1: The number of child patients has increased at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) in recent times as diseases like diarrhoea, pneumonia, fever, and cough have broken out due to sultry weather.Doctors and nutritionists advised mothers to be

Shoemakers busy ahead of Eid at Charghat

Rafiqul Hasan Firoz

RAJSHAHI, June 24: As Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of the Muslims, is knocking at the door, shoemakers here at Kaluhati village in Charghat upazila are busy making fashionable footwear. Now they are serving customers' orders for various types of

800 poultry-egg farmers suffer loss in Rajshahi

Rafiqul Hasan Firoz

RAJSHAHI, June 23: More than 800 egg-producing poultry farm owners have been facing a huge loss due to low price of egg for the last three months in the city and upazila markets of the district. Each of the farm

46,000 hectors Aus land under great threat in Rajshahi

Rafiqul Hasan Firoz

RAJSHAHI, June 14: More than 46,000 hectors of Aus land is under great threat as several hundreds of deep tube wells' electricity lines had been disconnected in the vast Barind track. It would cause hamper of the Aus paddy production

Mango export process starts in Rajshahi

Rafiqul Hasan Firoz

RAJSHAHI, June 12: The export process of local mangoes has been started whereas the growers are facing huge loss in the selection stage as they have to select mangoes with utmost efforts and care for the best ones.Meanwhile, the mango

5000 metric ton stock in Rajshahi Sugar Mill

Rafiqul Hasan Firoz

RAJSHAHI, June 11: The price of sugar was Tk 40 to Tk 45 per kg before the Ramadan while the price has been hiked at Tk 70 now-a-days. Locals alleged the price is being continuously increased in the name of

Fruit farmers face loss as smoke from brick kilns damages crops at Baghmara

Rafiqul Hasan Firoz

RAJSHAHI, June 11: The farmers have to face huge loss as brick kiln smoke is damaging crops including mangoes and litchis at the orchards in Baghmara upazila of the district. It causes black spot on fruits and reduces production. As

Rajshahi city effluent pollutes Baranai River

Rafiqul Hasan Firoz

RAJSHAHI, June 10: Effluent coming from the city has been contaminating the Baranai River water for long, posing a serious threat to public health. The river flows over through Nawhata, Mohonpur, Durgapur, Baghmara and Puthia upazila of the district.More than

Irrigation in Barind area hampered as power connection of 400 deep tube-wells snapped

Rafiqul Hasan Firoz

RAJSHAHI, June 9: As electricity bill has remained arrear, Palli Bidyut Samity (PBS) has disconnected the electricity lines of 400 deep tube-wells in Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) area.Following the conflict between BMDA and PBS, the farmers of these areas

Blast disease attacks Boro fields at Tanore

Rafiqul Hasan Firoz

RAJSHAHI, May 21: Boro paddy fields on vast tracts at Tanore upazila here have come under attack by the 'Sheath Blight' and 'Blast' diseases.The farmers have expressed their anxiety saying that they couldn't check the attack by using any kind