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New harvest, imported onions fail to cool down overheated market
Although the kitchen markets in the capital have seen the huge supply of both the imported and newly-harvested onions in the last few days, the prices of the cooking ingredient is still too high.
Dhaka to have its presence during Rohingya case hearing at Hague
Bangladesh will make its presence felt through various engagements among the international community during the three-day hearing at The Hague as top UN court is set to hear Myanmar genocide case beginning on December 10, says an official.
Light of education hardly reaches Kurigram char
Lack of an educational institution and connectivity with the mainland have forced an estimated 200 schoolchildren in Amtala Char of Chilmari Upazila to quit studies.
Unheard tales of trapped Bangladeshis in Algeria
When they left the country for Algeria a few months back with dreams of changing their fate, they all were ecstatic. Now they feel trapped and are living in inhuman conditions in the North African country.
Two British-era rail bridges being used with great risk
Train movement over two rail bridges built during British rule on Dhaka-Ishwardi route in Ullapara upazila here have become extremely risky due to cracks in its girder and rust in iron plates.
3 years gone, Chilmari River Port yet to start operation
Although three years have elapsed since the formal inauguration of Chilmari River Port, it is yet to see any activities, causing frustration to local people.
Bumper vegetable yield in Cumilla; farmers smiling
Farmers in different upazilas of the district are eying a bumper production of winter vegetables and fair prices this season, thanks to the favourable weather condition.
According to Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), farmers cultivated various high-yielding verities of winter vegetables on 12, 920 hectares of land with the production target of 2.79 lakh metric tonnes -- 21.6 metric tonnes per hectares.
They have cultivated a wide verity of vegetables like potato, radish, brinjal, tomato, carrot, cabbage, cauliflower, gourd, and bean.
A hazard to life: 30 brick kilns in just one village
Thirty brick kilns that were set up in Bagbaria village in sadar upazila occupying the Modhumati River and defying the government ban have become a serious threat to the everyday life of the villagers as well as the environment.
Khulna shrimp farmers opt for crab farming to recoup losses
The shrimp farmers here who counted repeated losses due to virus attacks in farms and natural disasters are now showing greater interest in crab cultivation as it has proved to be more profitable than shrimp and its demand in the international market is on the rise.
BNP plans to hit streets ahead of election anniversary
BNP is likely to come up with simultaneous action programmes across the country from December 5 in its efforts to mount pressure on the government to release its chairperson Khaleda Zia and register its protest against the 11th parliamentary election on its first anniversary.