Boro Transplanting in Full Swing in Dinajpur as Cold Eases
Farmers in southern Dinajpur have started transplanting boro seedlings as temperatures rise, about a week later than usual after a harsh spell of cold and fog.
Farmers in southern Dinajpur have started transplanting boro seedlings as temperatures rise, about a week later than usual after a harsh spell of cold and fog.
A Hakimpur farmer says someone destroyed his Boro seedbeds, raised for 40 bighas of land, by applying pesticide at night over a past enmity.
Intensifying cold and dense fog in Dinajpur are damaging Iri-Boro seedbeds, and farmers are covering seedbeds and potato fields to protect them.
A venomous Russell's viper found in a mustard field in Biral upazila, Dinajpur, has been rescued and handed over to the Rajshahi Snake Rescue Team.
Early varieties of aman paddy have started reaching markets in Dinajpur, and farmers are happy with both the yield and the prices.
A monkey has been roaming the villages and town of Birganj upazila in Dinajpur for about a month, and local people have grown used to it and feed it.
Eight fawns have been born to the spotted deer at the Ramsagar National Park mini zoo in Dinajpur, raising the herd to 62.
Sparrows roosting in the trees of Dinajpur railway station draw crowds every afternoon, and station workers keep them safe.