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How to Look After Pet Birds in Winter
A pet bird keeper sets out how to protect cage and colony birds from cold, draughts and disease during winter.
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The "Logo" Method of Rice Planting Raises Yields
The "logo" method, which leaves an empty row after every 10 rows of rice, cuts pest attacks, eases care and can raise yields by 4 to 5 maunds a bigha, says the Agriculture Information Service.
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Miscreants' Pesticide Destroys Seedbeds for 40 Bighas in Hakimpur
A Hakimpur farmer says someone destroyed his Boro seedbeds, raised for 40 bighas of land, by applying pesticide at night over a past enmity.
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Higher Fuel Prices Raise Boro Costs, Farmers Uneasy in Kamalganj
Kamalganj farmers are planting Boro despite the cold, but rising fuel costs and poor irrigation are weighing on them.
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Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Joins UNESCO eDNA Research Mission
Researchers from Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University collected environmental DNA in the Sundarbans as part of a UNESCO study of 25 marine World Heritage sites.
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Steps Coming to Keep Broiler Chicken Affordable: Agriculture Minister
Agriculture Minister Dr Md Abdur Razzaque said positive decisions would be taken, after talks with the prime minister, to support the poultry sector and keep broiler chicken affordable.
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Poor Roads Make Life Hard on Jamalpur's Chars
Farmers on Jamalpur's river chars grow valuable crops but say broken roads and difficult river crossings deny them fair prices and quick access to hospitals.
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Wild Elephants Rampage on Kurigram Border, Villagers in Fear
Wild elephants crossing from India at night have trampled crops, shallow pumps and homes in border villages of Kurigram's Rowmari and Rajibpur upazilas.
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Why Prune the Branches of Fruit Trees?
Pruning branches from planting until fruiting is one of the main tasks of fruit tree management, done according to variety, age and growth habit.
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Fog and Cold Wave Damaging Boro Seedbeds in Naogaon
Dense fog and a cold wave are damaging irri-boro seedbeds in Naogaon, though officials say there are enough seedbeds to meet the target.
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Bumper Aman Yield Brings Smiles to Jhalakathi Farmers
Farmers in Jhalakathi say they have not seen an aman harvest this good in 10 years, and prices in the market are satisfying too.
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Floating Vegetable Farming Changes Farmers' Fortunes
More than 50 farmers in Kalkini, Madaripur, are growing vegetables on floating beds on waterlogged land, and others in the district are taking an interest.
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How to Care for Boro Seedbeds in a Cold Wave
With a cold wave sweeping the country, the agriculture ministry and the Agricultural Information Service (AIS) have advised farmers how to protect boro seedbeds.