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Rows of palm trees beautify in Naogaon village paths

Rows and rows of palm trees are spreading beauty on both sides of a 3 km long road at a village of Mahadevpur in Naogaon.  About 5,000 palm trees stretched over the 3 km road have become a sight to behold. Nature-loving people are coming from far and wide to enjoy the fresh air and the beauty o...

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Debottar property being devoured by pond

The debottar (endowed/­deity) property of 200-yr old Sheetol Mata Temple is being eroded into a pond-water due to re-excavation of the pond without making any protection guide.The incident has created a huge anger among the people of Gosaipur under Tetulia union of Manda upazila in Naogaon distr...

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Biodiversity of Altadighi National Park threatened alarmingly

Fifty six kilometers north of Nagaon district town and 19 kilometre west of Joypurhat sadar, the remote, isolated National Park Alta Dighi is situated beside the Indian frontier.  The park is characterised by its solitary environment with  the deep, dark-wood. Any one will be scared and fr...

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Locals suffer for dilapidated condition of Abadpukur-Adamdighi road

The only main road leading to Abadpukur via Adamdighi in Raninagar of Naogaon district is currently in a dilapidated condition. Large potholes have been created across the entire section of the road due to not being repaired for years. Regular accidents are taking place on the road amid the dar...

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Naogaon farmers revolutionise mango farming in Barind area

Naogaon, a district bordering the Barind, is known as the food hub of the northern region. Although the district is famous for its paddy and rice production, Naogaon district has been on the list of the best mango producing districts in the country for the last few years. The delicious mango of...

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Bumper mango yield likely in Naogaon

Mango orchards have been established on more than 1,075 hectares of land in Barendra district Naogaon this year as compared to last year. According to the local Department of Agricultural Extention, the yield has also been bumper.Shamsul Wadud, Deputy Director of the district agricultural extension ...

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Exotic Rock Melon has bright prospects in Naogaon region

A young entrepreneur named Hosne Mahfuz Shibli has set a shining example by cultivating the famous Saudi and Thai fruit Rock melon in Goala Atanipara field of Sapahar upazila, known as the Barind area of Naogaon. He has got promising results by cultivating the fruit experimentally for the first...

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Rice price skyrockets in Naogaon

Being famous for the paddy source of northern region, Naogaon district currently is facing a huge price hike in the market. Price of the imported rice is currently disturbing the price balance in the district, people complained.Indian LC Katari rice is currently being sold at Tk 62 per kg when coupl...

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Naogaon farmers demand change in culvert construction site

Local Administration under Bhimpur union under Mohadevpur upazila has stopped the construction of culvert over a water-logged crop field. Earlier, several hundred farmers of Abadppukur, Kashibari, Narchi, Masharpur and Kumuria villages under sadar upazila   submitted an application to Depu...

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Exotic Monkey Jack fruit gains popularity

Monkey jack is a common fruit in the villages and rural areas of Bangladesh. Also known as Dewa, scientifically it is known as Artocarpus lacucha. Most of the people know this sour-sweet fruit as it was a popular fruit variant of rural areas of the country.A rare scene of tree full of monkey jack fr...

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Sunflower brings smiles to Naogaon farmers

Sunflower cultivation has got momentum in Naogaon. Farmers of the area are expecting a good profit from sunflower cultivation this season. The sunflower fields are similar to a large yellow veil on the ground. Thousands of sunflower offer a charming environment to the people as well as the envi...

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Mixed fruit orchard ushers in new hope in Sapahar farmers

Bordering Sapahar upazila of Naogaon has already gained a reputation across the country as an agriculturally dependent area. In continuation of this, several people of the area have got success by creating mixed fruit orchards taking lease of other's land. One of them is Sakhawat Habib, a y...

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Proper steps needed to keep alive Naogaon pottery industry

The ancient most, traditional pottery industry is facing extinction in Naogaon. The decrease in demand for pottery goods, excessive price of colour and paint and cheap price of plastic and Aluminium goods are the reasons behind such situation of a gradual decline in need of the pottery. As a re...

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Hope for homeless

As a gift of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, 1,056 homeless, destitute families of 11 upazilas of Naogaon district are getting semi-pucca houses on the occasion of the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. These houses are being offered under Ashrayan-2 Projec...

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Atrai river now filled with chirping of guest birds

Pran o Prokriti Sangathan, an organisation working on life and nature at Mahadevpur upazila in Naogaon, has started to work to save the migratory birds start to arrive at Madhubon area of Atrai river this year. The area of the river is now filled with the chirping and twittering of varieties of...

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Ataikula massacre site of 52 martyrs lacks care

Although 48 years of independence have passed, the mass grave of 52 martyrs commemorating the memory of Liberation War in Ataikula village of Naogaon's Raninagar is left carelessly. Although 5 long years have passed, the instructions given by the Prime Minister to preserve the mass grave, h...

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‘Indian Silverbill’ bird being extinct

The name of the bird is ‘Indian Silverbill', locally known as ‘Deshi Chadi Thot’. The scientific name of the bird is ‘Lonchura malabarica' and they are also known as 'Chhota Munia'. These birds are very much alike sparrow, so many people mistake them as s...

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Gourd farming on bamboo trellis gets popular in Naogaon

In addition to paddy cultivation in Naogaon, farmers have now started cultivating gourd on loft as well as using bamboo shelf method with varieties of vegetables. Due to the easy method and good quality of the trees, the gourd cultivation is now becoming very popular among the farmers due to th...

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Naogaon farmers happy with early bean farming

New early varieties of beans have started appearing in Naogaon market. Farmers are benefiting by getting good price of early variety beans. The cultivation of this bean is known to the farmers as Bhadra bean (bean of Bhadra month).According to the farmers, a part of the profit goes to the control of...

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Papaya cultivation facing setback for rain

The Papaya cultivation in Naogaon district is badly hampered due to incessant rainfall for several days and accumulation of water in the field. Due to waterlogging, the Papiya plants are turning yellow and dying away. It is learnt, many farmers of the Naogaon, specially of Raninagar upazila, th...