Barishal Correspondent : In Patuakhali, in the name of canal renovation, more than half a hundred trees belonging to individuals have been cut down. Local residents are shocked by such activities of the project managers. They also expressed their anger at the cutting of trees. The owner of the affected tree complained that the matter was brought to the notice of the concerned officials of LGED including the divisional forest officer, but they also did not take any action due...
Ishwardi (Pabna) Correspondent : Sheikh Russel gold medalist young scientist Taher Mahmood Tarif (21) lost his life in a road...
Mirzapur (Tangail) Correspondent : Mirzapur Upazila Secondary Education Officer Nazrul Islam was selected as the best secondary education officer in...
Sr. Staff Reporter, Rangpur : A workshop on the participation of public and private agencies was held in the city’s family planning office auditorium in Rangpur on Tuesday. Divisional Family Planning Director Dewan Morshed Kamal presided over the workshop while Divisional Commissioner Md. Zakir Hossain was chief guest. Additional Divisional Commissioner Abu Zafar, Additional District Magistrate Shahnaz Parveen, Deputy Director of Family Planning Dr. Sheikh Md. Saidul Islam spoke as special guests. Nilphamari District Family Planning Deputy Director Mozammel Haque,...
National Desk : A day-long skill development training programme for agricultural entrepreneurs hailing from 8 upazilas of Patuakhali district was held at Shishu Academy Auditorium (Patuakhali) on Monday. The training program was organized under the agricultural support scheme of United Commercial Bank (UCB) PLC, titled ‘Bhoroshar Notun Janala’. ATM Tahmiduzzaman, Additional Managing Director and Company Secretary of United Commercial Bank (UCB) PLC, was present at the event as Chief Guest, along with Special Guest Rezaul Karim Siddique, popular presenter of...
Bagerhat Correspondent : Some 10 persons including owner and 4 young women were arrested from a residential hotel named Lakefuji, adjacent to Bagerhat Bus-terminal in Bagerhat district town by the police on the charge of unsocial activities in it on Thursday at noon, according to a report leant from Bagerhat Sadar Model PS. is learnt from the police that acting on secret information that unsocial activities have been committing in the residential hotel Lakefuji for a long and on the...
Sylhet Bureau : The direct Hajj flight this year from Sylhet is starting on May 22. On that day at 3:30 pm, a flight of Biman carrying 419 pilgrims will leave Osmani International Airport for Madinah. Biman Bangladesh Air Lines District Manager Shahnewaz Majumdar confirmed the matter. President of Hajj Agencies of Bangladesh (HUB) Sylhet Chapter and owner of Latif Travels, Zahirul Kabir Chowdhury Shiru said, considering the sufferings of pilgrims in Sylhet, we had directly demanded Hajj flights from...
Sr. Staff Reporter, Kishoreganj : The government started the procurement of Boro paddy and rice across the country on Tuesday. Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder, MP inaugurated the procurement through video platform from the Secretariat. Food Minister said that, the government aims to procure 70 per cent of Boro paddy within June, though Boro procurement activities will continue through August 31. The government will procure at least 17 lakh tonnes of paddy and rice. Besides, stern action will be taken...
National Desk : ACI Fertilizer Research Center organised a Field Day on Tuesday at Jhikargacha in Jashore. ACI Fertilizer used 500 kg BRRI developed bio-organic fertilizer per hectare in rice cultivation where no TSP or DAP fertilizers were used. Also 30 per cent less nitrogen (Urea) has been used. By doing this, the yield of rice production has increased 80 KG per Bigha in the trial plot which is higher than other plot where recommended percentage of chemical fertilizer used....