1,370 farmers receive free seeds, chemical fertilizer in Bajitpur

Free seeds and chemical fertilizers have been distributed among 1,370 small and marginal farmers under the Agricultural Incentive Programme during the Rabi season in 2024-25 fiscal in Bajitpur upazila of Kishoreganj. According to the upazila agriculture office, 1,370 farmers from 11 unions of Bajitpur upazila and Bajitpur municipality area have been

Plastics could acidify the ocean, study says

The trillions of pieces of plastic currently roving through the global ocean are known to be an assault on life. Turtles get tangled up in discarded plastic fishing nets. Whales open their mouths to eat and unwittingly fill their stomachs with shopping bags. Filter-feeding fish and other organisms gobble up

Taka 52,500 fined for mixing chemical with shrimp in Khulna

A mobile team has fined Taka 52,500 to five dishonest traders in Rupsha Upazila here on charges of mixing chemical (jelly) in the shrimp yesterday, RAB officials said here Tuesday . Acting on a secret information, a special team of the RAB-6 led by executive magistrate and assistant commissioner of the