Six members of a robbery gang were arrested on charge of snatching away Tk 85 lakh from a businessman posing as detectives in Dhaka’s Keraniganj upazila on November 13.
Tangail is known for producing copious amounts of lemon, including the seedless, elachi and Colombo varieties.
The district s Delduar upazila is the main hub for lemon growers and orchards in the area.
As per data from the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) office in Tangail, lemon was cultivated on 2,157 hectares of land in the district this season.
Delduar upazila was the most heavily cultivated as 800 hectares of land was used while it was 615 hectares in Mirzapur, 130 hectares in Sakhipur and 71 hectares in Madhupur.
The district grew around 42,287 tonnes of lemon in total this year with each hectare producing about 20 tonnes of the fruit.
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