Mango starts appearing in Rajshahi markets

Juicy and delicious fruit Mango has started appearing in the markets of Rajshahi city and its adjacent areas as its harvesting began since Sunday morning, abiding by the instruction of local administration. Like the previous years, some of the indigenous varieties have appeared in the markets as farmers and traders have started

3 of family die as tractor hits bikes in Rajshahi

Akter Hossain from Niamatpur upazila in Naogaon was taking his wife and four-year-old daughter to Rajshahi for their treatment yesterday. But fate had something else altogether in store for them as they fell victim to a fatal road accident on their way through Rajshahi-Naogaon highway. Akter, a deed writer, perished along with

Mother, daughter among 4 killed in Rajshahi road crash

A day after a horrific road accident in Goplaganj that left nine people including three couples dead, four people including a woman and her daughter, were killed in another road crash on Rajshahi-Naogaon highway in Paba upazila on Sunday. One of the deceased was identified as Abdul Mannan, 48 of Manda

14.53 lakh bales of jute likely to be produced in Rajshahi

Over 14.53 lakh bales of jute are expected to be produced from 2.22 lakh hectares of land in all eight districts in Rajshahi division during the current season. Target has been set to produce 5.60 lakh bales of jute from 48,827 hectares of land in Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj, Naogaon and Natore districts

Over 92,000 litres of edible oil seized in Rajshahi, 5 held

Police have seized 92,616 litres of edible oil illegally stored in four warehouses in Rajshahi. On a tip-off, a team of cops raided the four warehouses in the Baneshor Bazar area of Rajshahi’s Puthia upazila on Tuesday afternoon and made the seizure. During the drive, the law enforcers also arrested the owners

Uploading images on FB showing arms: BCL leader held in Rajshahi

A local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League, who’s images holding firearms went viral on social networking site Facebook, was held from Rajshahi on Monday, said Rab. The arrestee is Abu Bakar Siddique alias Ratul, son of Mostafa Kamal of Sujanagar upazila in Pabna district. He is the vice-president of Manikhat union

6.76 lakh tonnes Aush rice production likely in Rajshahi

Over 6.76 lakh tonnes of Aush rice is expected to be produced from 2.23 lakh hectares of land in the division during the current season. Target has been set to produce 5.38 lakh tonnes of rice from 1.71 lakh hectares of land in Rajshahi, Naogaon, Chapainawabganj and Natore districts under Rajshahi

Safe vegetable farming becomes boon for many Rajshahi people

Belly Begum, 35, has become economically solvent through farming of safe vegetables as its demand is increasing gradually everywhere in the society. A resident of Dighipara village under Paba Upazila in the district, Begum is earning cash money through selling varieties of vegetables, including red amaranth, spinach, bottle gourd and Indian