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Aush rice cultivation gets momentum in Rangpur region 164 RANGPUR, April 26, 2021 (BSS) – Cultivation of Aush rice as an additional crop during the off-season between Boro rice harvest and Aman rice seedling transplantation gets full momentum now in Rangpur agriculture region. Officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) said cultivation of less irrigation water consuming and short duration Aush rice is expanding following various pragmatic steps taken by the government during the last eight years. The steps include distribution of intensives in terms of high yielding varieti...

Boro rice harvest begins in Rangpur agriculture region 199 RANGPUR, April 24, 2021 (BSS) – After exceeding the fixed farming target, farmers have started harvesting of Boro rice with a hope to achieve its bumper production this season in the agriculture region. Officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) said farmers are getting an excellent yield rate of Boro rice at this initial stage of harvesting as the process will get full momentum from mid-May next in all five districts of the region. Earlier, the DAE had fixed a target of producing 21.54 lakh tonnes of clean Boro ric...

Flights to Middle East: Sky-high airfare adds to migrant workers’ woes Airfare to different Middle Eastern countries has increased manifold in the last few months, putting an additional burden on migrant workers returning to their workplaces. A year ago, a ticket to Saudi Arabia cost between Tk 20,000 and Tk 25,000 in most cases. But nowadays, a ticket to the same destination would cost Tk 90,000-95,000, recruiting association leaders said. In some cases, expatriate workers end up paying Tk 1.10 lakh or more for a Biman or Saudi Arabian Airlines ticket, M Tipu Sultan, president of Recrui...

  Staff Correspondent,  bdnews24.com Published: 15 Apr 2021 06:46 PM BdST Updated: 15 Apr 2021 06:46 PM BdST The banks in Dhaka were almost deserted on Thursday with most businesses shut amid a coronavirus lockdown with stricter rules and a ban on public movement. "); } The stock market indices rose on the first day of trading amid the new lockdown that began on Wednesday, a public holiday on the occasion of Pahela Baishakh. The government has allowed banking from 10am to 1pm during the lockdown. Trading on the stock market is continuing from 10am to 12:30pm. At least one branch of a bank...

Record 24.86 lakh tonnes potato produced in Rangpur region 134 RANGPUR, April 7, 2021 (BSS) – Braving the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, farmers produced an all-time record 24.86 lakh tonnes of potato in all five districts of Rangpur agriculture region during the current Rabi season. Officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) said a target of producing over 23.67 lakh tonnes of potato was fixed from 93,350 hectares of land for the region this season. “However, farmers finally cultivated potatoes on 97,315 hectares of land exceeding the fixed farming target by 3,965 hect...