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Headteacher Suspended After Pupils Planted Branches Instead of Saplings
An acting headteacher in Kaukhali upazila has been suspended for having pupils plant tree branches instead of saplings during a government tree-planting programme.
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Government to Import Fertiliser Worth Tk 903 Crore From Saudi Arabia and Morocco
The government will import 110,000 tonnes of urea, DAP and TSP fertiliser from Saudi Arabia and Morocco for about Tk 902.74 crore.
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Government to Buy Rice From Vietnam at Tk 51.50 a Kg
The government will import 100,000 tonnes of non-basmati parboiled rice from Vietnam on a government-to-government basis at Tk 51.50 a kg.
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Government to Buy Sugar, Soybean Oil and Lentils Worth Tk 519 Crore
The cabinet committee on government purchase has approved buying sugar, refined soybean oil and lentils worth Tk 519.38 crore.
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Relief Rice Finally Reaches Kurigram Flood Victims
Distribution of 30 tonnes of GR rice allocated for flood and river-erosion victims in Nageshwari, Kurigram, has finally begun, weeks after the floods receded.
CropsUSDA leans on existing farm records for its August crop forecast
NASS has closed the Agricultural Yield Survey behind the August Crop Production report, and says it made greater use of acreage already filed with the Farm Service Agency to cut what it asks of growers.
CropsUSDA asks American growers to help build county crop estimates
NASS has begun its County Agricultural Production Survey, the questionnaire behind the only official yearly crop estimates the United States publishes at county level.
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Company Accused of Selling Pesticides Under Forged Registrations
General Agro Chemical Limited is accused of marketing more than half a dozen pesticides for about a decade under forged registrations, which its managing director denies.
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Hilsa Production Is Falling and the Fish Are Getting Smaller
While Bangladesh's fish output and exports grow, fishers and scientists say hilsa production is falling and the average fish is getting smaller.
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Government Fertiliser Found in Thakurgaon Shops, but Officials Never Came to Check
Reporters in Thakurgaon found hundreds of sacks of government fertiliser in open-market shops and alerted officials, who did not come even after a four-hour wait.
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BLRI's Avian Influenza and Goatpox Vaccines to Be Produced Commercially
Avian influenza and goatpox vaccines developed by the Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute (BLRI) have been handed over for commercial production and delivery to farmers.
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Deal Signed to Reopen Three Closed State Jute Mills, 11,600 Jobs Expected
The government has leased three long-closed state-owned jute mills to Pran-RFL Group and Hamko Group to restart them under private management.
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Pran-RFL to Invest Tk 750 Crore in Two Leased State Jute Mills
Pran-RFL Group will invest Tk 750 crore in two closed state-owned jute mills in Khulna and Sirajganj that it has leased for 30 years.