Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has taken up a plan to prepare seed bed to produce healthy seedlings for Boro farming in all the seven upazilas of the district during the current Boro season.DAE office sources said over 1, 21,258 hectares of land would be brought under Boro paddy cultivation this year with a production target of at least 4,90,000 tonnes of paddy .To cultivate the paddy in the field, the seedbed will be prepared on 6,000 hectares of land...
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School Cricket in the district began on Saturday at Shah Abdul Hamid Stadium in the town.District Sports Association (DSA) organized the tournament under the management of Bangladesh Cricket Board.Deputy Commissioner and also president of DSA M Ehsan-e-Elahi inaugurated the tournament as the chief guest.General secretary of DSA Advocate Shah Masud Jahangir Kabir Milan, secretary of District Umpire Association Waziur Rahman Raphel and others members of the DSA were present on the occasion.Speaking at the function, DC Ehsan-e-Elahi said the cricket...
Drought like situation has been prevailing in all the seven upazilas in the district for a couple of days last affecting the cultivation of high value crop T-Aman paddy during the current season.According to sources the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) set a target to bring a total of 1, 21, 259 hectares of land under T-Aman paddy cultivation this year with the production target of 3, 13, 475 tonnes of rice.The T-Aman paddy cultivation was seriously hampered as the...
Seasonal traders are doing brisk business in the district ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr through setting up makeshifts shops on the footpaths...
Agriculture experts urged the farmers to cultivate Pariza Paddy, an indigenous variety, on high and medium high land to get additional crop during the off-season.Experts said after the harvesting of early variety of Boro paddy in late April the land remains vacant for about three months till starting of T-Aman paddy cultivation on the same land at the end of July.They gave this opinion while addressing an opinion exchange meeting entitled “Importance of Pariza Paddy cultivation in Aus Season in...
Speakers at a function stressed the need for ensuring marketing facilities for the char farmers to help them get fair prices against their produces.“The char farmers produce different crops in the char land by working hard, but they do not get fair prices against their crops for want of marketing facilities causing they can not recoup the production cost”, they said.They made the comments while addressing an opinion exchange meeting with the char farmers at Baruarbazar under Sreepur union of...
National School Cricket Competition ended at Shah Abdul Hamid Stadium in the town on Saturday with a call to popularize the cricket to the students.District Sports Association (DSA) arranged the competition with the management of Bangladesh Cricket Control Board.A total of eight schools of the district took part in the tournament that started on January 17.On the final match, Gaibandha Police Lines High School (GPLHS) defeated Gaibandha Government Technical High School (GGTHS) by 32 runs.After the match, superintendent of police...
Velakopa Government Primary School emerged boys group champions in the Bangabandhu Gold Cup Primary School Tournament beating Baropaika Government Primary School by 3-2 goals in tie breaker in the final held at Shah Abdul Hamid Stadium on Monday.In the day’s another girls group final, Molongbazar Government Primary School champions in the Bangabandhu, Bangamata Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib Gold Cup tournament beating Gholpur Government Primary School by a solitary goal in final held at the same venue....
An extensive plan has taken to cultivate T-Aman paddy in all the seven upazilas of the district during the current season.Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources said a total of 1, 21,259 hectares of land would be brought under T-Aman paddy cultivation this year with the production target of 3,13,475 tonnes of rice.Of the total, 1,04,445 hectares of land would be cultivated HYV (high yield variety) with an output target of 2,84,080 tonnes of rice, 1,005 hectares hybrid with...
River bank protection work along the Brahmaputra River at Singria area under Fulchhari upazila in the district started on Wednesday amid much enthusiasm.Deputy Speaker of the Jatiya Sangshad Advocate Fazley Rabbi Miah formally inaugurated the work by dumping geo textile sand bags at the vulnerable site as chief guest.Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) is implementing the work under its emergency programme, official said.Speaking on the occasion, Deputy Speaker Advocate Fazley Rabbi Miah said the present government led by Prime Minister...
Water level in all the major rivers except the Ghagot flowing through the district rose sharply in last 24 four hours till Tuesday morning due to on rush of hilly waters from the upstream inundating the char areas.Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) office sources said here the water level in the Brahmaputra rose by 2 cm, the Teesta 33 cm, the Karatoa 3 cm while the Ghagot decreased by 5 cm during the period.Though the water level in the three...
A total of 4,080-bigha of land in the district have been brought under the cultivation of Pariza paddy, an indigenous variety, during the current season.RDRS Bangladesh, a reputed non-government organization, motivated the farmers to farm the paddy under its core programme funded by Church of Sweden.The objective of the Pariza paddy farming was to help the farmers get additional crop during the off-season in a bid to earn economical profit side by side with achieving the country’s food security.To create...
