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Lawmaker, local elites and various anti-tobacco organisations across the country have vehemently condemned the order of the Ministry of Industry to the officials concerned to assist and cooperate to continue production in tobacco industries, purchase of tobacco leaf, supply and distribution of tobac...
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An influential political leader in Rajshahi was making a road through the dead riverbed of Padma defying an order of the district administration of Rajshahi. It is learnt, the same leader had started to make the road earlier by dumping sand and soil through the river bed but the district administrat...
Onion cultivation in Rajshahi may be a setback due to an acute shortage and high price of onion seeds and young-saplings of onion this year. Onion is mainly produced at Durgapur Bagmara, Puthia, Paba and Mohanpur of the district. The farmers of those areas are worried this year as they won'...
Residents of Natuarpara (Borobila) Ashrayan Project under Khajura union of Mohadevpur upazila in Naogaon are living in utter distress at the ramshackle houses facing unhealthy, nasty environment and water logging. Due to non-repair of the houses for a long time, all rooms under the project have...
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HT Imam, Political Adviser of the Prime Minister has said the image of the party is being defamed due to intruders in Awami League that is why the intruders from the party should be swept out. HT Imam was speaking as the chief guest at a workshop entitled, ' Tarunner Bhabnay Awami League...
'Boro Kuthi', the Dutch establishment which is supposed to be the ancient mostly concrete-made building of Rajshahi is being used for the purpose of various activities including functions of marriage ceremonies though the building has been declared as an archeologically important site by the...
Thousands of people are being benefitted from the call centre facilities in the district, informed Hamidul Islam, Deputy Commissioner of Rajshahi at a press conference held at his conference room on Wednesday noon. Deputy Commissioner Hamidul Islam further informed, only in Rajshahi 73, 287 cal...
The performance evaluation meeting of Rangpur and Gaibandha branches of Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) was held at the Auditorium of Rangpur Parjatan Motel on Tuesday. Mohammad Badiuzzaman, general manager of RAKUB, Rangpur division, presided over the meeting while RAKUB Chairman Muhammad...
A former Rajakar was sentenced to death by the court of International Crimes Tribunal for committing crimes against humanity during Liberation War in 1971 in Rajshahi on Tuesday.The convict was identified as Abdus Samad Musa alias Firoz Kha, 62, a Rajakar who was known as Musa Rajakar in the area, w...
A thing of beauty is a joy forever, thus said the poet. Garbera is one such thing of beauty that never fails to please the eyes of the beholder. Its delicate hues of colour and soft petals, when in full bloom, adds elegance to nature. Gerbera is a genus of plants in the Asteraceae (dai...
The traditional mud-built houses are disappearing from rural areas of Barind region due to brick-made houses. For thousands of years, people of Barind region are habituated in living in mud-built houses which are known as 'air conditioned' houses for both the poor and the rich me...
Frequent schedule mess, over loading, erroneous railway tract and organised crime on board the trains have made the journey through various routes under West Zone railway hazardous in recent days. Moreover, there are frequent untoward incidents on the trains during travelling. Recovery of dead ...
Several poultry haats and fish markets including Baneswar haat under Puthia upazila, Kantakhali haat under Kantakhali municipality and Rajabari haat under Godagari upazila are inaccessible due to the dumping of raw wastes near to those haats and markets. Due to abominable stench of those raw wa...
'Juvenile delinquency' has surpassed all previous records in Rajshahi city as well as in surrounding upazilas and is turning beyond control day to day. Steps should be taken to curb the crimes. The unpolished, non-refined, ill- political culture and support from the political leaders we...
The concept of 'Reshom Palli' undertaken couples of years ago by Bangladesh Sericulture Board to boost silk production in the country remained uncared for the absence of proper monitoring, non- allocation of fund and bureaucratic red tapism.It is learnt, silk industries or Sericulture is the...
An estimated 20 lakh (two million) metric tonnes of super fine rice are being processed in fifty automatic rice mills of northwestern region of the country. Production of the super fine rice has surpassed the local demand. As a result, a huge quantity of the rice is now being exported abroad.Accordi...
Though there was no report of any death in dengue in Rajshahi division so far, the dengue scenario in the division is apprehended to turn widespread in an epidemic form when millions of people will return to their villages and city homes from Dhaka to celebrate holy Eid-ul-Azha. However, tensio...
Rearing and breeding of Kadakhnath, or Kali Masi, a rare and exotic variety of fowl or chicken with black flesh from Madhya Pradesh of India, is gaining popularity in Rajshahi day by day.The Kadakhnath fowl is learnt to bear with potential medicinal properties. It is completely black in colour and n...
Rajshahi city protection embankment is facing a threat of erosion due to the excavation of sand from unauthorised areas of the river Padma.According to sources, Messers Amin Traders, a leasee of sand, was continuing excavation of sand from unauthosed area inside the river Padma by defying a ba...
Malta and oranges are now being cultivated on commercial basis in many villages of Rajshahi. Cultivation of the citrus fruits is gaining popularity among the farmers. Many said that cultivation of the fruits will bring a revolution in economy of the villages. Commercial cultivation of the citru...
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