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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

Tanore farmers eye bumper litchi production

Rafiqul Hasan Firoz

RAJSHAHI, Mar 10: Growers here are expecting a bumper production of litchi as most of the trees have sprouted massively by dint of a suitable climatic condition in Tanore upazila.While visiting some of the litchi-producing areas recently, this correspondent found

Pea fetches profit for Baghmara farmers

Rafiqul Hasan Firoz

RAJSHAHI, Mar 9: The farmers in Baghmara upazila here have become self-reliant as they got much profit through pea cultivation over the last several years. They are showing more interest in its cultivation after getting repeated bumper production with fair

Tanore takes initiative to save birds

Rafiqul Hasan Firoz

RAJSHAHI, Feb 24: To protect different species of local birds, Tanore upazila (UZ) authority has taken an exceptional initiative. The trees on the upazila parishad premises are now filled up with earthen pots, so that the birds can easily make

Insecticide damages 300 bigha potato land in Rajshahi

Rafiqul Hasan Firoz

RAJSHAHI, Feb 9: At least 300-bigha potato lands across the district have been damaged after using 'Newjam' insecticide of Blessing Agrovet Ltd. Now, the farmers have incurred loss more than Tk 2 crore.The affected farmers of Mohonpur, Paba and Tanore

Bagha farmers expect bumper wheat, lentil production

Rafiqul Hasan Firoz

RAJSHAHI, Feb 6: The farmers of Bagha upazila in the district are expecting bumper yield of wheat and lentil this year. They have cultivated more land than that of the previous year after getting abundant output of the crops last

Bagha farmers expect bumper wheat, lentil production

Rafiqul Hasan Firoz

Rajshahi: The farmers of Bagha upazila in the district are expecting bumper yield of wheat and lentil this year.They have cultivated more land than that of the previous year after getting abundant output of the crops last year.If the weather

Tomato farmers at Bagha becomes self-reliant

Rafiqul Hasan Firoz

RAJSHAHI, Jan 4: Many farmers of Bagha upazila living on the Padma riverbank have become self-reliant in tomato cultivation in recent years. Now they are passing busy times in collecting and selling tomato in local markets. They have also achieved

Ethnic woman workers face wage disparity at Tanore

Rafiqul Hasan Firoz

RAJSHAI, Feb 3: Although the female agricultural workers, especially who come from ethnic community groups, are performing their job in farming fields at the same level their male counterparts do, still they are facing wage disparity in the Rajshahi region,

Intercropping of garlic with guava gets impetus at Godagari

Rafiqul Hasan Firoz

RAJSHAHI, Jan 31: Garlic intercropping with guava has been gaining momentum in the region as the growers in general are getting interested towards the farming.Among them, a farmer named Rafiqul Islam of Gaurangobari village under Matikata union of Godagari upazila,

Strawberry farmers become self-reliant in Rajshahi

Rafiqul Hasan Firoz

RAJSHAHI, Jan 27: Many farmers have become self-reliant through strawberry farming as its commercial farming has started gaining popularity in the region during the last couple of yearsMore than 250 farmers have started strawberry cultivation commercially this year. Strawberry, a