Three children of a family drowned in a canal while bathing this afternoon at the Baldia village in Bhurungamari upazila of Kurigram. The deceased were identified as Shefali Akhter, daughter of Apu Miah; Sadia Akhter, daughter of Saddam Hossain and Jasmin Akhter, daughter of Zahurul Islam. All of them were cousins, our Lalmonirhat correspondent reports quoting police. The
Sweet pumpkin brings smiles on Gaibanhda farmersâ faces
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GAIBANDHA, Jan 27, 2021(BSS) – Sweet pumpkin has brought smiles on the farmersâ faces here as they are getting fair prices of their produces in the local markets, prompting the growers to cultivate it abundantly in chars and river basin areas.
Sources said the farmers of chars and the Brahmaputra and the Teesta river basin areas of Shaghata, Fulchhari, Sadar and Sundarganj upazilas generally farmed various types of crops and vegetables like chilli, onion, garlic, brinjal, balsam apple, cucumber, bottle gourd, parbol earlier.
But the farmers didnât get desired output and price, they said.