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Water scarcity hampers jute processing in Chuadanga

Farmers in Chuadanga are in dire straits as the harvesting of jute has come to a standstill, thanks to the lack of proper facilities for decomposing jute plants, including a water crisis. Farmers said if the ongoing water crisis continues, they will have to count huge loss this year as qua...

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Chuadanga markets sees huge sales ahead of Eid

At the last moment, Eid markets have seen huge influx of people in Chuadanga. And a few days later, the religious festival of Muslims is the holy Eid-ul-Fitr. Eid means festival of joy. After a long month of fasting, this Eid is surrounded by special joyous festivals.New clothes and shoes for young ...

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Carew & Co earns record profit in 22-23 fiscal year

Darshana’s Carew & Co has earned a profit of Tk 100 crore in the financial year 2022/23 by producing and marketing only sugarcane sugar, molasses, biofertilizers, hand sanitizers and high quality domestic and foreign spirit liquors, officials said.However, the sugarcane growers of the area...

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Betel leaf farming shrinking fast in Chuadanga

Eating betel leaf is common in almost every house in Bangladesh. Some people eat betel leaves as a habit, or as a hobby. Betel leaf was once considered an integral part of life in this country. Especially when guests or relatives came to the house, they were first entertained with betel leaves. Ther...

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Traditional bull cart race still delights Chuadanga people

Aman season is over. The village fields is now empty after harvesting the paddy. There are many bullock carts running together. The area is covered with dust due to the impact of cow's hoof. It was a competition that was told by the decoration of the cows pulled in front of the cart. Thousands o...

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Border points of Chuadanga haven for gold smuggling

Various border points of Darshana, Damurhuda and Maheshpur upazilas along with Goeshpur, Medinipur, Benipur and Hariharnagar borders of Jibannagar upazila of Chuadanga are being used as safe routes for gold smuggling. For a long time, at least 20 influential syndicates in the area have been smugglin...

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Jibannagar farmers getting more interested in veg seed cultivation

Fate of many farmers in Jibannagar upazila of Chuadanga district has changed by vegetable seed production. Production of vegetable seed has changed the picture of rural economy. At one time their farming was limited to Boro and Aman cultivation as well as some conventional vegetable cultivation. But...

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Record low sugarcane production in Chuadanga, Tk 70 cr loss projected

Chuadanga’s famous Darshana Carew & Co has threshed the lowest amount of sugarcane this season. Not only in the case of sugarcane threshing, but also the rate of sugar extraction and production was the lowest in all cases. The current threshing season ended on February 12 at half past one ...

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Most government residences in Chuadanga are uninhabitable

Most of the government houses in Chuadanga have become uninhabitable for a long going negligence in maintenance. As a result, government officials and employees are living in the buildings taking risks of their lives.It is learned that due to non-declaration of abandonment, government officials are ...

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Chuadanga weaving industry on the verge of extinction

The once famous and traditional handloom weaving industry of Ershadpur village in Alamdanga municipal area of Chuadanga district is on the verge of extinction due to lack of necessary patronage and capital, lack of proper policies, increase in prices of yarn and raw materials from time to time. ...

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Jibannagar cattle farmers worried about price of sacrificial animals

Marginal farmers who rear sacrificial cattle in Jibannagar upazila of Chuadanga are extremely worried about selling the cows at Korbani Hats this year due to the corona virus epidemic. Cattle dealers who buy the cattle from the farmers are also not being seen for the lockdown.Especially the farmers ...

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Bean becomes boon for growers

‘Rupvan’, ‘Rani’, these are actually the names of early varieties of beans. In the current season, along with ‘Rupvan’ and ‘Rani', ‘biscuit’, ‘auto', ‘Ipsa’ 1, 2 and ‘Bari' 1, 2 and 4 verities of beans have bee...