Amid the skyrocketing prices of daily essentials, including vegetables, in kitchen markets across the country, growers in Manikganj district are worried about counting huge losses due to low production of chili caused by extreme drought. The chilies of Harirampur and Shibalaya upazilas in the district are known for chili production. In
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Sale of govt trees before auction held in Manikganj
The auction committee has convened a meeting for the sale of government trees. An employee of the UNO office was accused of cutting and selling trees before the meeting was held. Eighteen Mahogany and Jamgach were cut and sold from the pond bank of Manikganj's Ghior Upazila Parishad square last Monday
Honey over Tk. 5.77 crore collected in Manikganj
The commercial honey collectors have collected 1, 65, 000 kilograms (KGs) of honey during the current season from all the seven upazilas of the district, officials of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said here today. The DAE office sources said a total of 120 honey collectors set up more than 10,000 bee boxes
Commercial honey collectors passing busy time in Manikganj
BSS, MANIKGANJ Commercial honey collectors are passing their busy time to collect honey from the blooming flowers of mustard in the district as the season is going to end soon. The honey collectors are rushing from one yellow mustard field to another with their bee boxes in all the seven upazilas of
Woman held with Yaba pills in Manikganj
An operational team of Narcotics Control Department (DNC) in a drive arrested an alleged drug peddler along with 2,002 pieces of Yaba pills from Harirampur upazila of Manikganj district on Wednesday. The arrested woman was identified as Monira Akter, 20, wife of Shamim Mia, a resident of Jhitka Maddhapara area under
2,500 farmers get incentive for Aush cultivation in Manikganj
A total of 2,500 small and marginal farmers get seed and fertilizer as incentives for boosting the production of Aush paddy in the district during the current season. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources said the government has distributed seeds for cultivating one bigha of land and necessary fertilizers including
Man detained for ‘killing wife, daughters in Manikganj
At least 25 people were injured in a clash between two rival groups at Gangadhardi village in Faridpur's Bhanga upazila yesterday. Several houses and shops were vandalized and looted during the clash. The injured were admitted to Faridpur Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical College hospital and Bhanga Upazila Health Complex. According to locals, there
Teacher, schoolgirl crushed under pickup van in Manikganj
Two including a teacher and aschoolgirl were killed and five others injured when a pick-up van rammed intoa school in Shivalaya upazila of the district this morning. The deceased were identified as Fatema Akter, a teacher of the AbdulAlim Memorial School School and wife of Awlad Hossain of village Bhakla and
Solar power plant in Manikganj starts commercial operation
A 35MW solar power plant in Manikganj has gone into commercial operation supplying electricity to the national grid. “The plant has been supplying electricity to the national grid since it started its commercial operation in March this year,” said Imran Chowdhury, country head of the Sungrow Power Supply Company Ltd, which