National

Storage facilities needed to prevent tomato farming loss

Tomato farming in Godagari upazila of Rajshahi district has turned a profitable business since the farmers are getting a satisfactory price of the crop. From the starting of the tomato farming season this year, farmers of Rajshahi have so far earned more than Taka 200 crore. However, due to lac...

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Rajshahi poor shivering from cold

The condition of the poor section of people living at the slums and shanties of Rajshahi city has turned miserable due to dip in mercury in the recent days. Even, the sales in the various markets of the city has been dropped and the movement of people remained restricted within nearby areas due...

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Northern region bears huge tourism potential

While tourism is a booming industry in many countries, Bangladesh is lagging behind to harvest the profit from the industry despite having a vast potential to attract millions of tourists in the country round the year.Though the recent Coronavirus pandemic has thwarted the tourism industries around ...

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FSP may benefit Barind farmers a lot

Farmers of Barind region of Rajshahi are being benefitted by adopting Farming System Project adopted by Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute. The system is also working to preserve nature and the environment.Years ago, BARI Field Research Section trained and assisted 24 farmers of Eidgahpara, B...

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Coloured mango, Falsa of Rajshahi get NSB recognition

Two fruits, coloured mango and the 'Falsa,' got registration from the authorities of National Seed Board. The coloured mango was carried from Saudia Arabia while the 'Falsa' is an indigenous fruit of Rajshahi. According to sources, after conducting research with these two fruits...

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Borhan’s snake farm now considered as exceptional initiative

The snake farm in Naohata of Paba upazila in Rajshahi is an exceptional farm in the country. The farm is, in fact, a Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre for snakes- to be precisely the name of the farm is Cobra Friends Club.Soon after its establishment in December-2009, the owner of the farm Borhan Bis...

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Twins conjoined at abdomen born

Conjoined twins with a single Belly (intestine) but without any Anus was born through Cesarean operation at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital early morning on Monday. One of the twins is male and another is female. They have separate hands, legs, bodies and heads but have only one belly joined ...

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Abundant supply of winter veg pushes prices down

In the wholesale Green-grocer market in Rajshahi at Shaheb Bazaar there was no room for traders to sit and sell vegetables. As a result, many of them have occupied the footpath in front of Rajshahi Collegiate School to sell their products. “The school is now closed for Corona pandemic, ot...

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Two night guards vying for Mayoral posts in Rajshahi

They can somehow sign their names and never crossed the secondary level of education but both of them are vying for Mayoral posts of two different Municipalities. One is contesting for the Mayoral post of Mundumala Municipality under Tanore upazila and another is for Bhabaniganj Municipality un...

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Instruments worth crores of taka lying unused at Rajshahi NHF

Valuable instruments procured through government grants worth crores of Taka packed in boxes and cartons remain unused for years at National Heart Foundation in Rajshahi. Shortages of accommodation, expertise and staff have been blamed for leaving of those instruments unused for years. It is le...

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Patient with fractured backbone waiting for serial at RMCH for seven days

A patient on the bed of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital has been suffering from a piercing spasm of pain by falling from a cocoanut tree for over a week. The doctors at the hospital said, he needs an immediate operation but no operation has so far been conducted. The injured person has been i...

City

Covid-19 overshadows Santal’s Xmas fest

It is 8:30am on December 24, Thursday at Damkurahat of Paba upazila. As amny as 16 people men and women belonged to the ethnic minority community Santal on a shallow-engine driven three-wheeler, locally known as tempoo. They were all Christian. All of them are day-labourers and going to Rajshahi cit...

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Cigarette, tobacco processing plant at Ishwardi EPZ

Asian Tobacco (Pvt) Ltd signed an agreement with Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) on December 23 to establish a modern cigarette and tobacco processing plant in Ishwardi Export Processing Zone with an investment of $2(two) million. Various anti-tobacco and human rights organ...

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NESCO posts Tk 6.51cr net profit in FY20

Northern Electricity Supply Company Limited (NESCO) earned a profit of Tk 6.51 crore in 2019-20 fiscal.The figure of profit was disclosed in the 15th Annual General Meeting of NESCO organised virtually on Saturday. The meeting further disclosed that NESCO will provide 100% cash dividend to BPDB...

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Off-grid Solar home system for Hatibandha char villages

Aiming at 100 per cent coverage of electric supply on the occasion of the Birth Centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Northern Electricity Supply Company Limited (NESCO) inaugurated the off-grid Solar Home Systems at the char villages of Haibandha upazila of Lalmonirha...

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Shabash Bangladesh: A matchless sculpture depicting Liberation War

'Shabash Bangladesh', an exclusively designed, lively and vivid sculpture depicting two sterns, brave Freedom Fighters with rifles in their hands is certainly a perfect epitome of our Movement of Freedom struggle. To free this country from the clutches of the Pakistani marauding, occupa...

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RCC’s SC meet on marginal group’s livelihood improvement held

A meeting of City Steering Committee under Rajshahi City Corporation was held at Sarit Dutta Gupta Conference room of Nagar Bhaban on Tuesday noon aiming at the improvement of livelihood of the marginal group of people living under RCC. The meeting organised under the Improvement of Livelihood ...

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Rebels may cause AL’s defeat in Katakhali municipality polls

The first phase of elections of Kanatakhali Municipality adjacent of Rajshahi city is going to be held soon.Both Awami League and the BNP have declared the names of their mayoral candidates and the nomination papers for the expectant candidates have been submitted on Tuesday. The candidates are Abba...

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Success story of a post-graduate fisherman in Rajshahi village

He completed his Post Graduation in History from Rajshahi Government College in 2018 but not hankering for a job, he has been self-employed and has been working as a Fisherman in his village and surroundings. He helps the pond owners to release fish-fry, to catch fish and taking care of the ponds in...

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Government allocates fund to preserve Shamuk Khol nests

A 'House Rent' for the birds!The sentence sounds weird but the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has set a unique example by allocating Tk 3.13 lakh as a compensation for the owners of the mango orchards of Khordo Bausa village for the preservation of nests and breeding plac...