Mar 05, 2010 – 138 houses gutted in Panchagarh – Daily Star

At least 138 houses were gutted in separate fire incidents in Panchagarh Friday afternoon. A fire that broke out around 4:45pm gutted about 130 houses in Bashbari village under the district headquarters. Fire fighters and locals said the fire originated from a short circuit at the house owned by Moksed Ali. On information, two fire […]

Mar 03, 2010 – Boosting tea-orange farming ushers in new economic era in two northern districts – By Mamun Islam – BSS [same news in Independent]

Massive steps have been taken for boosting the expanding small-scale tea and orange farming sectors that has already got a stronger footing bringing fortunes to hundreds in sub-Himalayan Panchagarh and Thakurgaon districts. The government has taken a Taka 100-crore special package program for boosting the growing small-scale tea and also enhanced the ongoing five-year term […]

Mar 02, 2010 – Nepal, Bangladesh trade talk by March-end – Himalayan Times

The commerce secretaries of Bangladesh and Nepal will hold a two-day meeting in Dhaka on March 30 to facilitate bilateral trade and establish connectivity between the two countries under a proposed transit deal. The meeting will focus on further integration in sub-regional perspectives and mutual recognition of each other’s testing and standardisation certificates, according to […]