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HEADLINE

● 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

Rajshahi militants hoodwinking cops

Rafiqul Hasan Firoz

RAJSHAHI, May 14: The local militants of Rajshahi region are hoodwinking the law enforcement agencies by not staying in the same place for long time and involving themselves in different type of professions.However, the local police authorities are highly concerned

Rubber dam brings fortune to farmers at Puthia

Rafiqul Hasan Firoz

RAJSHAHI, May 13: The construction of a rubber dam by Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA), in the Baronai River at Shilmaria union under Puthia upazila in Rajshahi district, has brought about radical change to the agriculture sector of the region.Therefore,

Bumper mango production likely at Tanore

Rafiqul Hasan Firoz

RAJSHAHI, Apr 29: The farmers of Tanore upazila here are expecting a bumper mango production amid favourable climatic condition this year. They are happy over witnessing all the trees at their orchards full of mango pawns. Now they are passing

Mindless sand lifting triggers erosion in Rajshahi

Rafiqul Hasan Firoz

RAJSHAHI, Apr 28: Illegal sand lifting and earth cutting from Padma River in different areas of Godagari upazila has triggered erosion, threatening more than 500 nearby houses including three educational institutions.Local people said some influential people are allegedly lifting sand

Boro paddy on 3,000 hectare likely to go under water at Tanore

Rafiqul Hasan Firoz

RAJSHAHI, Apr 25: The farmers of Tanore upazila are bracing for a disaster as water level at the Shib river is threatening standing crops due to incessant rainfall for the last several days.Around 3,000 hectare of land is expected to

Raudha's murder pre-planned, says her father

Rafiqul Hasan Firoz

RAJSHAHI, Apr 23: The Maldivian model and Rajshahi Islami Bank Medical College student Raudha's murder was pre-planned, says her father.Raudha's father Mohammad Atif said this to the media at a news conference in Rajshahi Press Club on Sunday. He said

27 Bagha farmers start cage fish farming in Padma River

Rafiqul Hasan Firoz

RAJSHAHI, Apr 2: Fish farming in floating cages in the Padma River has been popular in different upazilas of the district for the last couples of years due to quick profit and easy cultivation process. This year, two months back,

Illegal pond digging on arable lands continues at Baghmara

Rafiqul Hasan Firoz

RAJSHAHI, Mar 27: Illegal pond digging on arable lands has been going on unabated in different areas of Baghmara upazila in the district for a long time. It is alleged that a section of local influential persons here are digging

Bumper production of onion seed likely at Baghmara

Rafiqul Hasan Firoz

RAJSHAHI, Mar 25: The cultivation of onion seed has brought bright prospect for the farmers in Godagari upazila here as they have achieved a good profit by selling their produce during the last several years. So they are more interested

Farmers eye optimum litchi yield at Durgapur

Rafiqul Hasan Firoz

RAJSHAHI, Mar 20: Farmers here are expecting a bumper production of litchi as most of the trees have sprouted massively by dint of a suitable climatic condition at different areas of Durgapur upazila in the district. Now they are passing