Quinoa being farmed for the first time in Bangladesh
Photo: S Dilip Roy
Although it appears granular like Chinese
kaun, the crop in question is Quinoa, a South American crop. After five long years of research at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, this new crop was cultivated in five plots across Bangladesh for the first time this year.
There were two plots in Lalmonirhat, one in Kurigram and two in Patuakhali. The three plots in Lalmonirhat and Kurigram measure about a total of 70 decimal. All plots produced the expected yield.
Israil Hossain, a farmer from Chinipara village in Lalmonirhat Sadar Upazila, told The Daily Star that he did not about the quinoa crop. He cultivated quinoa on 25 decimal of land on the advice of Iqbal Hasan, an agronomist of a private company. It cost Tk 13,000 to cultivate quinoa and I got 70 kg yield from 25 decimal land, he said.
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107-year-old Delhi man gets Covid vaccine shot
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Mon, Mar 15 2021 21:12 IST |
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107-year-old man becomes oldest person in India to receive Covid vaccine.. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, March 15 : A 107-year-old man became the oldest person to receive the Covid-19 vaccine after receiving his first shot on Monday.
The man, Kewal Krishan, was inoculated in a private hospital under the supervision of his cardiologist Dr Ashok Seth, Chairman, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, Delhi.
The man lives in South Delhi and had undergone a major heart surgery two years ago. As per the hospital, he is the oldest patient in the world to have undergone stenting to the artery of the left side of the brain.
PM Modi s mother receives first jab of COVID Vaccine
A 107-year-old man became the oldest person to receive the Covid-19 vaccine after receiving his first shot on Monday.
The man, Kewal Krishan, was inoculated in a private hospital under the supervision of his cardiologist Dr Ashok Seth, Chairman, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, Delhi.
The man lives in South Delhi and had undergone major heart surgery two years ago. As per the hospital, he is the oldest patient in the world to have undergone stenting to the artery of the left side of the brain.
The surgery was done to prevent Krishan from a major brain stroke, Dr Seth said.