NARSINGDI: About 1, 50,000 tonnes of summer vegetables produced in the district during the current summer season due to good climate condition, reports BSS. Deputy Director of Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) Lotafat Hossain said if the favorable climate condition is prevailed in the couple…

PANCHAGARH: Cultivation of lemon is becoming popular among the farmers in all five upazilas of the district as it has proved more profitable recently, reports BSS. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources said a total of 250 bighas of land have been brought under lemon cultivation this…

CHUADANGA: The cultivation of ropa aus paddy of the current season in all the four upazilas of the district are now near completion, reports BSS. During this season, the District Agriculture Extension Department (DAE) has fixed up a target to bring 28,100 hectors of land under ropa aus paddy cultivation…

RANGPUR: The government completed distribution of 8,337 tonnes rice under Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) Programme among 4.16 lakh poor and distressed families in all eight upazilas and three pourasabhas in the district, reports BSS. Earlier, the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief allocated…

Chapainawabganj: Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized one pistol, two magazines and four rounds of bullet from Kironganj border area in Shibganj upazila on Saturday, reports UNB. Lieutenant Colonel SM Abul Ehsan, commanding officer of Chapainawabganj BGB Battalion-9, said tipped off, a team…

BAGERHAT: Police in a drive arrested two drug peddlers and recovered a foreign-made revolver, three round of bullets, 1,000 pieces of yaba tablets, ganja and fake notes from Debaria area under Kachua upazila of the district yesterday morning, reports BSS. The arrested are Naimuzzaman, 36, of the same…

HABIGANJ: A truck driver was killed and three others were injured in a road accident at Sadarghat Natunbazar on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway under Nabiganj upazila of the district yesterday morning, reports BSS. The deceased was Azizul Islam, son of Abdul Kuddus of Companiganj upazila in Noakhali district.…

Jhenaidah: A mobile court here on Saturday sentenced a young man to six months’ imprisonment for his involvement in drug peddling, reports UNB. The convict was identified as Nikhil Sarker,28, son of late Nirmal Sarker of Bhandaria Para in Shailakupa upazila. Tariqul Islam, officer-in-charge of…

Police in a drive arrested an alleged drug peddler with 310 pieces of Yaba pills yesterday.      The arrestee is identified as Alamgir Hossain, 34, son of Shamsul Haque of village Jamsedpur under Dhanbari upazila of Tangail district. OC of Dhanbari Police Station Mojibor Rahman said…