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The farmers of six upazilas in Jhenaidah are saving around Tk 84 crore in the current transplanting Aus (T Aus) season due to the rainfall for the last seven days. The farmers and the officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) in Jhenaidah Khamarbari said it will help the farme...
Country’s largest central fish hatchery in Baluhar area in Kotchandpur upazila of Jhenaidah has been playing significant role for research and internship of the students of fisheries department of various universities and colleges alongside the regular extension activities. The fish prawn...
Steel made bridge on river Kumar at Garaganj point in Shailkupa upazila of Jhenaidah has become risky for traffic movement as the structure has been damaged due to lack of maintenance.A number of platforms of the bridge have been damaged while nuts and bolts have got broken in places.Thousands of pe...
Jhenaidah farmers faced significant financial setbacks this Eid ul-Azha, with 47% of cattle returned unsold from the market. Farmers and farm owners had prepared over 3.15 lakh cattle for sale, but low demand shattered their hopes.A number of farm owners and individual farmers who were rearing the c...
A total of 319,131 sacrificial animals were prepared for the Eid-Ul-Azha this year. The demand of the sacrificial animals in the district this year is 189,740.The farmers have started preparing to sale the animals in different parts of the country, specially, at Gabtali in Dhaka, Cumilla, Sylhet and...
Local dates can play a vital role to meet national demand of the fruit partially. It may also help save huge amount of money spent for importing the foreign dates every year. Now, about 950 to 1,000 tons of local date palm is produced in six upazilas of Jhenaidah. The massive amount of dates is...
Jute farming decreased in Jhenaidah as the farmers could not make enough profit for last few years. On the other hand, they are leaning towards sesame, chili, vegetables and some other crops cultivation, said the farmers.Jute farmer Mamun Sheikh of Sekhra village under Shailkupa upazila in Jhen...
Age is no barrier to Asaduzzaman's boundless energy in the rural landscapes of Jhenaidah. At seventy, his vigour defies the passing of time.Despite conventional expectations that people, especially those above 60, would embrace a life of leisure, Asaduzzaman, aged 71, remains a determined figure...
The people of Jhenaidah have been witnessing least yield of mango in the current season in all six Upazilas. Severe drought and unfavorable hot spell and alternative bearing of the fruits was mainly liable for the situation, said the farmers and the officials of the Department of Agricultural Extens...
Prolonged drought and heatwave affected the jackfruit production in Jhenaidah. The change in climate impacts the production of the seasonal fruit, said the officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) in Jhenaidah.Farmer Alauddin Sheikh of Kalicharanpur village in Jhenaidah Sadar...
Chairman, vice chairman and woman vice chairman elected from Kaliganj upazila parishad (UZ) polls belong to same village, Arpara. The people of the upazila had chosen them as their favourite representatives in the sixth UZ polls held on May 8. Shibli Noman of Dargapara area elected UZ chai...
When the prolonged severe drought and hot spell was prevailing for last couple of weeks, about 40 milimetre rainfall had brought relief for the farmers as well as common people of the district as the land in each and every area regained normalcy having moisture in the soil. It will ensure proper ger...
A man who was once leading an subhuman life with his family members for want of money is now leading a dignified life in Jhenaidah district town. A little initiative of Jhenaidah Deputy Commissioner (DC) SM Rafiqul Isam had made the dramatic change. The couple -- Saiful Islam and Manwara Khatun...
Excessive heat has been hampering the crop production, especially vegetables for last few weeks in Jhenaidah. As a result, the price of all varieties of the vegetables is hiked in the market.Jamal Uddin, a government employee in Jhenaidah kitchen market said that he purchased one kilogram of br...
The farmers in Jhenaidah are being reluctant to cultivate jute as they could not be benefitted from the crop once known as the “Golden Fibre” of the country in the recent years. About 25 percent of land was reduced from the jute farming in the current season which was covered by mai...
BINA 25, a paddy variety developed by Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA), is showing a ray of hope for the farmers in Jhenaidah district. Aromatic in flavour, fine in quality, short duration, excessive bearing of paddy sheaves, better price and additional straw from the plants a...
Bangladesh Rice Research Institute has recently invented a new variety of paddy- BRRI-100, also known as ‘Bangabandhu Paddy (Dhaan)’. It gained huge popularity among the farmers in Jhenaidah as they were getting better production from the crop.There are so many reasons behind the popular...
Over 500 fishermen lost their ancestral job access when the Ministry of Land had given lease of one of the largest baors Joydia Baor in Jhenaidah without considering the livelihood of the fishermen and their family members, environment and biodiversity. It the fishermen community people in the...
At least 32 persons were killed and over a hundred injured, some of them critically in road mishaps in six upazilas of Jhenaidah in the last three months. Both BRTA, Highway Police, Traffic police and human rights activists have blamed the unskilled and unauthorised motor bikers, three wheelers, rec...
The prices of palatable and tasty seasonal fruit watermelon have fallen remarkably due to huge supply of mature fruits and unofficial sporadically boycott by some of the people in last two weeks. Both wholesale and retailers and consumers have expressed their satisfaction over the price fall. Furthe...
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