Paris Saint Germain’ players celebrate with their trophies after winning the League Cup final soccer match against Monaco, in Decines, near Lyon, central France on Saturday.

3 Apr 2017, 12:00 am0

Paris Saint Germain' players celebrate with their trophies after winning the League Cup final soccer match against Monaco, in Decines, near Lyon, central France on Saturday.

Depleting groundwater poses threat to rice production-IRRI

BSS, Dhaka :Rapid depletion of groundwater in parts of Bangladesh poses serious threat to future growth in rice production, according to a study of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).The outcome of the study, published in the March issue of IRRI’s regular publication ‘Rice Today’, said the water table in certain parts of Bangladesh is dropping by four to five feet per year because of the expansion of irrigation. “The extent of groundwater use can be gauged by the exponential...

3 Apr 2015, 12:00 am