Boro rice cultivation begins in Rangpur region
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RANGPUR, Dec 19, 2020 (BSS) – Farmers of Rangpur agriculture region have begun transplantation of Boro rice seedlings in all five districts to make the farming of crops successful during the current Rabi season.
Officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) said the government is assisting farmers to make the intensive Boro rice farming programme successful and recoup the huge crop losses incurred during the recent floods.
Meanwhile, farmers have already transplanted Boro rice seedlings on 600 hectares of land as the process will get full momentum by the end of January in the region.
The farmers have already prepared Boro rice seedbeds on 21,890 hectares of land against the fixed target of crops on 22,895 hectares of land across the region.
BPC is not alone.
Twenty state-owned enterprises, out of a total of 52 covered in the review, saw a decrease in net profit in the last fiscal year. Four turned unprofitable.
The SoEs made a total profit of Tk 7,519.31 crore, which was Tk 10,677.23 crore in the FY19, down 29.57 per cent year-on-year. This is the lowest profit since the FY16.
Thirteen SoEs, including those in the power sector, made positive growth in their profit on the back of an increase in the price of electricity and related services.
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