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67,000 tonne maize production target set for Chandpur

Chandpur is one of the major riverine agricultural places of the country. The rivers Meghna, Padma, Dhanagoda and Dakatia flow through the district, and a large number of crops are produces in the river basin.About 15% of the country’s food grains are produced at Chandpur as it has one of the ...

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Strawberries being cultivated in abandoned brick field

Strawberries are being cultivated in the sandy soil of an abandoned brickyard in Chandpur. Ozark Beauty variant strawberries have been grown extensively by making pockets on about 2% of the land experimentally.These strawberries are grown in a completely organic way.A local entrepreneur Helal Uddin ...

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New buildings for 7 colleges, 24 high schools being erected in Chandpur

In the current 2021-22 Fiscal Year (FY), 7 four-storey college buildings and 24 secondary school buildings are being constructed all over Chandpur district at a cost of Tk 374 million.Chandpur District Education Engineering Department (EED), Chandpur is implementing this project informed Swapan Kuma...

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Bumper maize production target set for Chandpur this season

Maize production target taken in Chandpur this season is 66 thousand metric tonnes. Chandpur is one of the major riverain agricultural region of the country. The rivers Padma, Meghna, Dhanagoda and Dakatia flow through the district and produce a large crop in the river basin for agricultural product...

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WDB takes step to prevent river erosion

The Water Development Board has approved an allocation  of Tk. 1.38 crore to prevent the Chandpur Emergency Erosion to protect the Ibrahimpur Union of Chandpur Sadar and Ishanbala Bazar of Haimchar and the adjoining areas on the right bank of the Meghna River in Chandpur.Of this, tk. 83 lakh ha...

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704 tonnes of rice allocated for Chandpur

Under the VGF program for flood and extremely poor and other helpless families in Chandpur on the occasion of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha, 704.180 metric tons of rice has been allocated against  70,418 VGF cards in 8 upazilas of Chandpur district. The information was received from the Chandpu...

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Ten-bed ICU to be set up with World Bank help in Chandpur

From now on, the people of Chandpur district will not have to wait for 24 hours to get the results of the sample test for the detection of Covid-19 or Coronavirus. People will get the result of the day. Within 12 hours, the samplers will be sure that they are infected with corona. And that is p...

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RHD implements 10 projects in Chandpur

Roads and Highways Department ((RHD) implemented five major projects and five other projects at a cost of Taka 220.55 crore during the period from June 2019 till June 2020 in Chandpur, said a source of RHD. According to the source, for the Gauripur-Kachua-Hajiganj road improvement project, &nbs...

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Newly-built cyclone centre washed away in Chandpur

The erosion of Padma-Meghna in Rajrajeshwar Union of Chandpur Sadar Upazila has started again. In the last 10/12 days, severe river erosion has occurred due to the strong current of flood waters coming down from the north.Throughout the day on Friday, the severity of the erosion spread more widely i...

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Chandpur city protection dam ruptures

Puranbazar Harisava area of Chandpur city protection dam is at risk due to erosion of Pramatta Meghna. Cracks have appeared in a few places. The Water Development Board (WDB) has started throwing sandbags to avoid the risk.The proposed Tk 430 crore project for the renovation of the city protection d...

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Hilsa to be more delicious for decrease in water pollution

Experts said that this year’s Hilsa will be more delicious as the pollution in the river has been reduced due to the closure of traffic for several months in the Corona situation. Besides, it has been reported that Hilsa is being caught more this time due to the increase in river water caused ...

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Central oxygen plant to be set up at Chandpur Sadar Hospital

A central oxygen (high flow oxygen) plant is underway to be set up in Chandpur General Hospital with a capacity of 250 beds. A seven-member team of contractor Spectra Interna­tional Limited started the work from Monday morning, July 6.Earlier on Sunday afternoon, the technical team and officials...

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Banks receive remittance Tk 630cr till June in Chandpur

Chandpur bank received remittances of Tk. 630 crore till June. Chandpur is one of the most commercial, agricultural and fish producing areas of the country. The communication system is also much improved. Four banks of Chandpur have earned foreign remittances of Tk. 630.98 crore and earned Tk. 57.66...

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Hilsa catching resumes tomorrow after ban

The season of catching Hilsha fish starts from July this year since the ban of catching the fish ends on June 30. Already large-sized Hilsha fish have started to enter the markets. According to the calendar of the Department of Fisheries, the catching of the Hilsha fish will continue for the ne...

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Proposal for declaring 6 municipalities, a union of Chandpur ‘red zone’

Six municipalities and one union in Chandpur district have been proposed to be included in the red zone for strict lockdown. The proposal has already been sent to Dhaka from the district health department. The proposal is now awaiting the final decision of the Ministry of Health and the top echelons...

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Chandpur farmers busy in threshing paddy

Almost all paddy from the fields of various upazilas of Chandpur being harvested, farmers of the district are now busy of threshing the paddy-grain from the plants. Being panicky with the approaching cyclone 'Amphan' , farmers of riverine upazilas and char areas of Chandpur are engaged hasti...

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Jute cultivation goes on in full swing

With seed sowing process of jute nearing completion in Chandpur, cultivation of the crop is going on in full swing.Chandpur has set a target of producing 37,400 bales of jute this year. This district has a long history of producing agricultural products. Surrounded by the Meghna, Padma, Dakatiya and...

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Heavy rain hits soybean crop

While rains would normally cheer the agricultural heartland, the monsoon was erratic and has left soyabean crops damaged this year in Haimchar upazila of Chandpur district.During this Covid-19 pandemic, extensive rainfall has brought more misery to farmers, after soybean crops suffered rain damage. ...

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Govt to buy 27,000 tonnes of rice, paddy from Chandpur

The government has decided to purchase 27,000 metric tonnes of paddy and rice from Chandpur this Boro season, an Official in charge of the Chandpur District Food Controller’s Office said on Wednesday.“The government will procure 8,357 metric tonnes of paddy, 7,495 metric tonnes of parboi...

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Hilsa production likely to increase

Hilsa production has increased by more than two and a half fold in the last 15 years due to various efforts of the government including imposing ban on catching brood hilsa and jatka (hilsa fry). Now in the current 2019-2020 fiscal year, the production of hilsa in the country is estimated to be...