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No leniency for buying paddy and hoarding it illegally: food minister
Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder told corporate firms to stop competing to buy paddy and warned there would be no leniency for illegal stocks beyond their capacity.
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Mirsarai's Muslim Uddin succeeds with jujube farming
Md Muslim Uddin of Mirsarai in Chattogram has succeeded with jujube farming in his very first year, selling chemical-free Ball Sundari fruit daily from his orchard.
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Honey collection from mustard fields in full swing in Ishwardi
Beekeepers from various districts are collecting honey from bee boxes set beside mustard fields across Ishwardi, which also boosts mustard yields.
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High fertiliser and labour costs leave Noakhali farmers at a loss
Boro planting is in full swing in remote parts of Noakhali, but farmers are struggling with abnormal rises in the prices of fertiliser, labour and other inputs.
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Chapainawabganj takes another step towards export-quality mango production
An exporter has leased a 40-bigha mango orchard in Chapainawabganj before flowering begins, aiming to grow safe, chemical-free mangoes for export.
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Bumper yield of hybrid tomatoes in Rajbari
Tomato growers in Rajbari have harvested a bumper hybrid crop and expect profits if current prices hold, though they complain of high costs and little official support.
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Migratory birds of Burungi Beel
Thousands of migratory birds have flocked to Burungi Beel amid the crop fields of Nepaltali union in Bogura's Gabtali upazila.
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Black gram succeeds in Kishoreganj haor
BARI's on-farm research division in Kishoreganj has grown a yellow mosaic-resistant black gram variety without tillage in the haor, harvestable in 80-85 days.
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Vegetable seedling villages sell Tk 15 crore a season
Abdulpur and Bagdanga villages in Jashore Sadar produce about 12 crore vegetable seedlings in an eight-month season and sell them for about Tk 15 crore.
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Harun Gazi succeeds in growing mustard on saline land
Harun Gazi of Paikgachha in Khulna has grown mustard without tillage on 80 bighas of a saline fish enclosure after draining it and harvesting the fish.
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Middlemen in Farm Produce Will Be Destroyed: Agriculture Minister
Agriculture Minister Dr Md Abdus Shahid warned that middlemen in the farm produce trade will be destroyed to bring prices under control.
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Alongside His Studies, Monjurul Succeeds With Squash
Monjurul Ahsan, a college student and vegetable grower in Sharsha, Jashore, has made a profit from squash, a crop new to the area, with help from the agriculture department.
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Farmers' Worries Grow With Intense Cold and Fog
Intense cold and dense fog are damaging boro seedbeds and winter crops across Bangladesh, raising farmers' fears for boro and potato production.