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A total of 25000 small and marginal farmers in three upazilas of the district will get seeds and fertilizers free of cost as agriculture incentive under the incentive and rehabilitation programme for cultivating Boro in the Robi season.To increase the interest of farmers in Boro cultivation, the amo...
The cultivation of spices is increasing at Rajshahi as it yields more profit than other crops.Sources informed, excepting mango, traditionally farmers of the Rajshahi region used to cultivate paddy, wheat, potato, maize and green vegetables on their lands. But, because of the price hike of spices, t...
The newly-appointed Superintendent of Police (SP) for Narail Md. Mehedi Hasan on Saturday sought cooperation of media workers to eliminate drugs in implementing the zero tolerance policy against drugs.The SP made the call in a views-exchange meeting with local journalists from the print, electr...
The newly-appointed Superintendent of Police (SP) for Narail Md. Mehedi Hasan on Saturday sought cooperation of media workers to eliminate drugs in implementing the zero tolerance policy against drugs.The SP made the call in a views-sharing meeting with local journalists from the print, electronic a...
In protest against the fresh two-day (48-hour) countrywide blockade called by BNP-Jamaat, Rajshahi Metropolitan Awami League and its front organisations held a peace and development rally in Rajshahi on Monday morning. AL-led organisations took out a peace procession from Court station premises...
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The two convicted killers of Rajshahi University Prof S Taher Ahmed are likely to be executed at 10:01pm today, Rajshahi jail authorities said on Wednesday.Both the death-sentenced accuses Dr Mia Mohiuddin and Jahangir Alam will be hanged at the same gallows of Rajshahi Central Jail at the same time...
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The gallows of the Rajshahi Central Jail has been fully prepared to execute two death-row convicts in Rajshahi University Professor Dr S Taher Ahmed murder case as the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court rejected a leave to appeal petition on Tuesday morning.The Rajshahi jail authorities were ta...
An 18-month old children drowned at North Dumuria village of Naragati thana under Kalia upazila in Narail on Friday morning.The deceased was identified as Nabil Molla,son of Anisur Rahman Molla of North Dumuria village under the upazila. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Naragati thana Sukanto Saha co...
An activist of Awami Jubo League was beaten to death in an attack by rivals while returning home from the Khulna Divisional Rally of 'Tarunya Jayayatra' in Mohsin Chowrasta area in Peroli village under Kalia upazila of the district on Thursday night.The deceased was identified as Azad Sheikh...
A youth hacked to death near Harupara bridge of Char Majardiar by local drug peddler gang on Tuesday in Rajshahi.The deceased was identified as Abu Sayed, 30, son of Amir Hossain Chowkidar of village Majardiar Madhyapara under Damkura police station there.According to sources, Abu Sayed had been in ...
Rubber dam, an ever-largest in the country and the tenth in the south Asian countries, is being constructed on the Mahananda river in Chapainawabganj district.After the completion of the project, 8,000 hectares of land on both sides of the river will get irrigation facilities which will also help to...
The Mango Special Train, which has been running from Chapainawabganj via Rajshahi to Dhaka carrying mangoes of farmers and traders, is incurring huge loss. The train started its maiden journey in 2020 and so far it has counted a loss of nearly Tk 1.6 million( 16 lakh). Aiming to decrease the lo...
Sarker Shariful Islam, Regional Correspondent and Copy Editor of Bangladesh Post, former Principal of Premtali Degree College, Rajshahi, has been awarded the Mahatma Gandhi International Peace Award-2023 for his special contribution to the field of education.He bagged the award at a function organis...
The mercy petitions submitted to President Mohammed Shahabuddin praying for life by the death-sentenced accused Mia Mohammad Mohiuddin and Jahangir Alam in RU Professor S Taher murder case have been rejected, informed Rajshahi Central jail authorities.Abdul Jalil, Senior Jail Superintendent of Rajsh...
All of the three mayoral candidates contested in the Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) elections have lost their deposits as they failed to bag even one-eighth votes of the total votes cast. These three mayoral candidates contested against the Mayor-elect AHM Khairuzzaman Liton.According to the rule o...
Like elsewhere in the country, blacksmiths in Rajshahi district are busy making sharp tools for slaughtering sacrificial animals and preparing their flesh, with the Eid-ul-Azha approaching.Though most of the blacksmiths and knife sharpeners of Rajshahi district remained almost jobless during other m...
Cultivation of fish in floating cages at the river Padma is getting popular among Pisciculturists of Charghat upazila under Rajshahi district. These fish cultivators are producing fish commercially in a controlled environment by setting up cages in the flowing water of the river. A group o...
A three-day-long Agricultural Technology Fair aiming to introduce the farmers to sophisticated agro-technology starts at the Helipad Field of Natore on Thursday.Shafiqul Islam Shimul, Member of Parliament of Natore-2 ( Natore Sadar-Naldanga) constituency was present there as the chief guest while Sa...
As the locally bred cattle heads are now available in Rajshahi, cattle rearers in Rajshahi district have been meeting the demand for sacrificial cattle heads reared locally for the people of the district for the last five-year. Every year for the last couple of years, now cattle heads reared lo...
National vitamin ‘A’ plus campaign to held in three upazilas of Narail district on Sunday (18 June).A total of 93,500 children of 6 months to 59 months age group will be feed vitamin A plus capsule in Sadar,Lohagora and Kalia upazilas of the district.In the occasion,a press briefin...
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