KISHOREGANJ : The jewellery workshops in Kishoreganj use high amount of acids without following environment guidelines.

Farmers protest throwing paddy on road

FARMERS threw sacks of paddy on roads in Rangpur city on Tuesday protesting the government indifference to buy seasonal Boro and wheat directly from them under the food grains procurement drive. In fact the government procurement drive aims at offering price support to farmers at Tk 23, Tk 32 and Tk 20 for per kg of paddy, rice and wheat during this season. Government believes it will cover production cost. But a slow and skewed official procurement drive with a...

2 Jun 2016, 12:00 am