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A mobile court conducting eviction drive at New Market area in the city yesterday.

30 May 2015, 12:00 am0

Bt brinjal turns out to be ‘upset case’ for farmers

UNB, Dhaka :The cultivation of genetically engineered Bt Brinjal in the country’s several districts has cost the farmers their fortunes again this year as the plants have either died out prematurely or fruited very insignificantly compared to the locally available varieties.This UNB correspondent visited 12 Bt Brinjal fields in Manikganj, Narsingdi and Comilla districts over the last one month and hardly found any living or properly fruiting plant on those fields.BARI Bt Brinjal 2 (Bt-Nayantara) and BARI Bt Brinjal 3...

22 Mar 2015, 12:00 am