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Farmer Card: Genuine Farmers Must Not Be Left Out
The government's farmer card is a promising initiative, but its success will depend on transparent implementation that reaches genuine farmers, a columnist writes.
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Is It Bad to Add Salt at the Start When Cooking Dal?
A little salt at the start does little harm to masoor dal, but tougher lentils cook faster if salt is added once they are soft.
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Rain Disrupts Paddy Threshing, Farmers Fear Early Flood
Two days of rough weather and rain have disrupted boro harvesting and threshing in Moulvibazar, raising fears of waterlogging and an early flood.
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Saline Water Let in at Night Damages 10,000 Bighas of Farmland
Locals say miscreants opened the Kalki sluice gate at night, letting saline water from the Kapotaksha river into about 10,000 bighas of paddy in eight villages of Assasuni.
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Let the Days of the Golden Fibre Return
A student writer welcomes the government's plan to reopen closed jute mills in Narsingdi and Palash through leases under a public-private partnership model.
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Early Flood Warning Leaves Sunamganj's Boro Farmers Worried
An early flood warning over forecast very heavy rain in Cherrapunji and Meghalaya has left thousands of boro farmers in Sunamganj's haors anxious about bringing in their crop.
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Fearing Floods, Haor Farmers Cut Half-Ripe Paddy in Netrokona
A flash-flood forecast has spread fear among Netrokona's haor farmers, who are rushing to cut half-ripe boro paddy despite diesel and labour shortages.
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Litchi Fruitlets Drop in Severe Drought, Ishwardi Growers Worried
Severe drought and heat in Ishwardi, Pabna, are shedding young litchi fruit after a record bloom, raising fears of a crop failure.
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Krishnachura Adorns Nature in Moulvibazar
In mid-Baishakh, blood-red krishnachura and jarul flowers have brightened Moulvibazar's towns, villages and haor areas.
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Brick Kiln Smoke Blamed for Ruining Paddy on 40 Bighas in Kurigram
Farmers in Rajibpur, Kurigram, allege that toxic smoke from a brick kiln ruined paddy on about 40 bighas, affecting at least 45 farmers.
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'Perilla' Could Ease Edible Oil Demand and Even Be Exported
Perilla, a new oilseed crop adapted for Bangladesh by Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, could help meet edible oil demand and earn foreign currency.
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Loudspeaker Announcements Urge Quick Paddy Harvest in Haors Over Flood Fears
Fearing an early flood as upstream rain raises Netrokona's rivers, the Water Development Board is urging haor farmers by loudspeaker to cut ripe paddy fast.
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New 'Oppression' of Haor Farmers: A Maund of Paddy Counted at 45 kg
Netrokona's haor farmers, already hit by rain damage and low prices, say traders are taking 42 to 45 kg of paddy for each 40 kg maund.