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The government has fixed an all-time record target of producing 12.81 lakh tonnes of wheat from 4.20 lakh hectares land during the current Rabi season throughout the country, officials sources said Tuesday.

The overall production of Transplanted Aman (T-Aman) rice may exceed the fixed production target by two-lakh tonnes this season in the northern region, officials and experts predicted Monday.

In the wake of adverse impact of climate change, farmers have started switching to cereals from paddy with new technology and seed in the vast barind tract.

Prospects of agro-processing enterprises is bright in the Rajshahi region as it produces surplus crops especially food-grains, fruits and vegetables, business leaders, bankers, agronomists and researchers reveal.

The hide traders have expressed satisfaction over the boosting business of sacrificial animal hides as a result of higher market price everywhere in the northern districts this year, market sources said.

Beans cultivation has become an effective means of bringing fortune for many farmers in the vast Barind tract comprising Rajshahi, Chapainawabgonj and Naogaon districts.

Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized a huge quantity of contraband Indian cloths worth Tk1 crore loaded in a human hauler (Nosimon) at Gatipara border point in Benapole town on Sunday.

Potato traders and growers have been facing an embarrassing situation with their huge unsold potato due to less market price in the district.

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) on Thursday urged the government to keep land and sea ports open during the public holidays of Eid-ul-Azha and Durga Puja.  

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Wednesday asked the two city corporations of Dhaka not to allow any illegal cattle market in the capital ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.  

105 MW Noapara power plant on verge of closure The 105 MW power plant of Quantum Power System Ltd at Noapara in Jessore industrial town is on the verge of closure, mainly due to furnace oil crisis.

Posts and Telecommunication Minister Advocate Shahara Khatun formally launched the 3.5 G network of private mobile phone operator Robi here on Sunday.  

Getting no response despite repeated calls for tender submission for the lease of the city’s makeshift cattle market for the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha, the KCC authorities have decided to run the market under its own management this time like the past…

Jute growers in Bogra, to their utter disappointment and shocks, are being denied actual prices of their produce in the local markets.

Middlemen are earning huge profit from the sale of locally produced onion at higher rate of Tk 70 to Tk 75 to the wholesalers, which the middlemen purchased from farmers at Tk 24 on an average, consumers rights group said.

A six-day Saarc Handicraft Exhibition will begin here on Sunday, aiming to strengthen mutual harmony among Saarc countries through promoting the traditional local handicraft industry and developing the cultural institutions.  

Commerce Minister Golam Mohammad Kader on Wednesday informed Parliament that the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) needs to have 20-25 percent market share for its market intervention in case of any artificial crisis.  

Farmers of the region, including the vast Barind tract, are humming with vegetable farming due to economic prospect of the crop.

Detroit – Suzuki is recalling 193,936 cars and SUVs because of a defective air bag sensor in the front passenger seat.

Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) and Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services held a workshop for 200 IT freelancers here on Saturday to bring them under DCCI’s project of creating 2,000 entrepreneurs.

Farmers have achieved a bumper Aus crop production of 75,372 tonnes clean rice in Rangpur Agriculture Region in the current season.

Private mobile phone operator Robi Axiata Limited officially received 3G license from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) on Thursday.   Executive Vice President of Robi Mahmudur Rahman officially received the license from BTRC Chairman Sunil Kanti Bose.

Experts at a workshop have stressed for adopting latest proven technologies with improved management for carp poly-culture in pond and horticulture on dyke to boost fish and vegetables production in rural areas.

Members of a taskforce in a drive seized Indian smuggled clothes worth Tk1.5 crore from the Jessore-Benapole Road under Benapole thana early Thursday.

Bangladesh’s export earnings registered 14.74 percent growth during the first two months (July-August) of the current fiscal year totaling US$ 5,037.73 million compared to $ 4,390.56 million fetched during the same period of the last fiscal (2012-13).  

The government’s procurement target of Boro paddy and rice in 10 southwestern districts in the current season is unlikely to be achieved due to higher price of the food grains at the local markets compared to the procurement rate.

Jute farmers in Kurigram are not getting fair prices for their produce in the local markets in absence of sufficient buyers.

Benapole land port is witnessing a sharp fall in the export of Bangladeshi goods to India as value of Indian rupee is gradually falling against taka.

Arum, locally known as `Latiraj Kochu’ has created a new income source for the people of Narsingdi as it is in high demand in overseas markets.

The government on Thursday published the gazette notification of the Multi-Level Marketing Activities (Control) Ordinance 2013 which has provisions for meting out harsher punishments.