March 13, 2009 – Strawberry eyes Tk 10cr a year – The Daily Star
Strawberry growers and traders in Bangladesh are expecting Tk 10 crore in annual turnover, as they go into its first-ever commercial cultivation this year. Rajshahi University teacher Dr Manzur Hossain, who developed the fruit nearly a decade ago, expects nearly 25 tonnes of output from about 8.5 acres of land in 45 districts until April. […]
March 09, 2009 – Woman killed in Boda – Jaijaidin
March 07, 2009 – BSF kills 1 in Tetulia – Daily Star
One Bangladeshi cattle trader was killed when Indian Security Force (BSF) opened fire on a group of traders at Kirtanpara under Tetulia upazila in Panchagarh early yesterday. The deceased was Shamu, 40, son of late Tamizuddin of Joyganj under Tetulia upazila of the district. Around 1:00am BSF personnel of Madanbari camp shot at least six […]
March 07, 2009 – Bangladeshi killed by BSF – The New Nation
Border Security Force (BSF) of India shot dead a Bangladeshi cattle trader on Kirtanpara border under Bhutipukuri border under Tetulia upazila in the district in the early hours of Friday. The victim was identified as Shamu, 40, son of late Tamizuddin of Joyganjoth village under Tetulia upazila. BDR sources said BSF personnel of Modanbari camp […]
March 07, 2009 – Lawyers abandoned the court – Prothom Alo
March 07, 2009 – Railway development – Railway Gazette
Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina has asked the Ministry of Planning to study conversion of BR’s Dinajpur – Panchagarh line to dual gauge, facilitating direct services from Dhaka to the northwest of the country. The National Economic Council has already approved a Tk2·5bn upgrading programme for the metre-gauge route.
February 28, 2009 – Prothom Alo
February 20, 2009 – Ekushe Book Fair in Panchagarh
An 11-day Ekushey Book Fair has begun on the premises of the town hall in 20-Feb-2009. District administration and district council jointly organized the fair with assistance of Greemenphone. Deputy commissioner of Panchagarh Mohammad Munir Hossain inaugurated the program. A total of 30 stalls have been set up in the fair. Discussion and cultural functions […]
February 19, 2009 – Panchagarh-Dinajpur rail line in bad shape – The New Nation
The condition of Panchagarh-Dinajpur Rail line is in bade shape in absence of reconstruction and day by day the line is being inoperative. Since there was no reform work in the line during the past three decades, the line is seeing train accidents and derailment in every month. As the meter-gauge rail-line has become risky, […]
February 14, 2009 – Irrigation problem hits Boro farming in Panchagarh – The Daily Star
Prospect of Irri-Boro cultivation in Boda and Debiganj upazilas in Panchagarh district has become bleak as large areas of land cannot be irrigated due to shortage of electricity supply. With drastic fall in electricity supply in the district, power-run tube-wells, both deep and shallow, can lift only a little water. Cracks developed on Boro fields […]