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Sugar Mills going to private sector after Jute Mills
Industry Desk: After sending the public jute mills to the private sector citing losses over the years, the government is now considering privatisation of the state-owned sugar mills also.Frustrated by the huge amount of losses and accumulated debt, the government is now contemplating to hand over three state-owned sugar mills…
Read More »Largest shelter project in Kasba
All facilities under one umbrella Brahmanbaria Correspondent: Over 400 red-green houses are being constructed on 12.35 acres of land in Mankashair area of Kasba upazila of Brahmanbaria. About 300 workers are working together in this project. Each house is built on two kathas of land. In addition to houses, there…
Read More »Paddy sinking in front
of farmers in HaorBiddut P. Roy from Kishoreganj: Boro paddy in a wide area has sunk in the haor of Kishoreganj on the hill slope coming down from the upper reaches. The locals are trying their best to protect the crop protection dam. Farmers are trying to harvest raw-ripe paddy from under water…
Read More »Now potato disaster!
Zarif Mahmud: Gaibandha farmers are in dire straits as they are not getting fair price by cultivating potatoes. Far from raising the cost of production, the farmers have to count the loss of Tk 8,000 to Tk 10,000 per bigha. One liter of soybean oil has to be bought by…
Read More »Sylhet airport getting
international-standardSylhet Correspondent: State Minister for Civil Aviation and TourismM Mahbub Ali yesterday said Sylhet Osmani Airport is becoming international-standard airport as tremendous development works are progressing fast.The state minister made the remark while talking to reporters afterinspecting the construction works of a new terminal of the air station last morning.He…
Read More »Betel leaf exports don’t see light despite ban lifted
Zarif Mahmud: A six-year ban has been lifted on betel exports. Bangladesh has started exporting to Europe again from May 26 last year. On the same day, the Minister of Agriculture Abdur Razzak inaugurated the program titled ‘Export of safe and quality betel to Europe’ by exporting one ton of…
Read More »3 hill rivers excavation
cost increases 6-timesTk 22,000 cr project cost proposed to Tk 120,000 cr Mahfuz Emran: Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) is going to spend about 6 times higher money for re-excavation of three hilly rivers- Karnafuli, Sangu and Matamuhuri. The rivers have lost their navigability, somewhere they have been captured by local…
Read More »Flower farmers target 3-day
Spring Festival, Valentine Day, 21 February Staff Correspondent: It’s been two years since the loss-Corona and cyclones have caused extensive damage to flower growers. Even then they did not give up hope. Has started floriculture anew,has hoped for profit. Three marked (special) days ahead. So, the busyness of the flowers…
Read More »Kansat Mango Museum
A historical mango house C’ganj Correspondent: Mango home Chapainawabganj, the district is also called Mango Kingdom. There is a British mango orchard here. The name is ‘Rajar Mango Garden’. If any visitor wants to visit Chapainawabganj and see all kinds of mango trees together, then he has to go to…
Read More »Ex-OC Pradip, Liakat Ali sentenced to death for killing Major Sinha
Staff Correspondent: A Cox’s Bazar court has sentenced two ex-police personnel – former Teknaf OC Pradip Kumar Das and Liakat Ali – to death for the murder of Major Sinha Md Rashed Khan.Six other suspects in the case were sentenced to life in prison, while seven others were acquitted in…
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Hotels to be converted for Covid hospitals
Hospitals overwhelmed Staff Correspondent: The government is going to rent hotels for providing treatment …
