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Dragon fruit farming kindles hope in Bandarban

Experimental dragon fruit farming has brought smiles on the faces of grassroots farmers in hilly areas in Bandarban district.The fruit cultivation is expanding fast across the district as it is more profitable. Now the peasants of the area have shown more interest to grow the fruit on a large scale....

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Cashew nut farming gaining popularity in Bandarban

Cashew nut cultivation is increasing rapidly in 7 upazilas in Bandarban district. Bandarban's soil and climate is suitable for cashew nut cultivation, yield is available within three years of planting, ease of marketing, good price. Due to this reason, the Jhum farmers are leaning towards the cu...

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Ethnic minority children get free textbooks in their mother tongues

Free textbooks are distributed to primary and secondary students throughout the country on January 1 every year. Hilly areas are no exception. However, in addition to the national curriculum, the Department of Primary Education has been distributing books in its own mother tongue to students from pr...

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Road construction complete, Bandarban now connected to National highway

Bandarban National Highway (N-108) from Keranihat, the only access road to Bandarban district town, has been completed ahead of schedule.Bandarban, a green land of natural beauty, in recent times, the immense beauty of this tourist area has attracted a lot of local and foreign tourists. Earlier this...

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Bandarban buzzed with travellers

There are no rooms available in hotels-motel-resorts in Bandarban for four consecutive days holiday. All are fully booked till October 10.From Friday (October 7) morning, people can be seen visiting the tourist spots of Shail Prapat, Nilgiri, Chimbuk, Nilachal, Meghla and other spots. All hotel-mote...

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Bandarban municipality passes 38 yrs without dumping station

Bandarban Municipality has not been able to establish a permanent dumping station for municipal waste management even in the last 38 years. Public suffering is increasing day by day due to open dumping of waste. Recently, on the surface, it was seen that there are piles of garbage scattered on both ...

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Pumpkin farming gains popularity in Bandarban

Pumpkin is very popular as a vegetable in the country. It is also known that there is considerable demand in various food hotels. In Bandarban district, sweet pumpkin is grown as an additional crop along with paddy in Jhum cultivation on the hill slopes, but lately only sweet pumpkin is being grown ...

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37 years’ operation not enough for Bandarban school to be nationalised?

Young students are being taught in a dilapidated building, which looks like an abandoned house from a distance, the national flag is fluttering in front of the school and classes are being taught in dilapidated rooms. Due to the non-nationalization of the school even after 37 years of establishment,...

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Cashew nut farming becomes popular in Bandarban

Small and big cashew nut orchards can be seen along the road in Thanchi upazila, 80 km away from the district town of Bandarban. The locals say these as nuts, some say these are cashew nuts.  Red, yellow ripe cashew nuts can be seen hanging in brunches of trees. Most of the farmers in Thanchi u...

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Acute water crisis in Bandarban, biodiversity threatened

Chei ma canal flows between Menron mro neighborhood and Leng pung mro neighborhood of ward No 7 in remote area of Ruma Upazila of Bandarban. During the monsoon season, floods swept away livestock, pigs, chickens, and in the dry season there seen a severe water crisis. Biodiversity is under threat du...

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Another tribal language on the verge of extinction

With the death of six peoples of an ethnic minority their Language, history, culture, heritage of an ethnic minority will be extinct.  Bangladesh has over forty tribes with some exceptions, around three million tribal people speak their own language. Renghmith cha is one of tribal language whic...

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Stone extracting, deforestation go unabated in Bandarban

Trees from the remote area of Bandarban are being felled by a large number. Stone extraction from creeks of the district is going on in full swing. Local Administration is yet to take any major action.At first glance, it seems that huge development work is going on. Because huge roads have been buil...

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Boga Lake, Keokradong bustling with tourists

Thousands of tourists were seen going from Boga Lake to Keokradong (3235 feet or 968 meters). In each group, 6 to 15 people have started climbing Keokradong in groups. Some groups were seen summiting Keokradong peak and some groups were seen returning to Ruma upazila. Tourists along Keokradong Road ...