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Akhtaruzzaman, Chumki face tough battle in Gazipur-5 seat

Vigorous election campaign is going on in Gazipur-5 constituency. Former parliamentarian, former student leader independent candidate freedom fighter Akhtaruzzaman and current member of parliament Awami League nominated candidate Meher Afroz Chumki are in the main contestents in this seat....

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Guidebook sellers plan teachers’ discussion flouting govt regulation

The Ministry of Education has drafted the Education Act by banning the publication of note-guide books and allowing the publication of auxiliary books on a conditional basis. However, multiple publication agencies are violating the very same regulation and continuing to publish guidebook every year....

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Two sweeter varieties of papaya developed

Researcher Professor Nasrin Akhter Ivy of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agriculture University (BSMRAU) in Gazipur has developed two varieties of sweet Papaya recently. One of the Papayas is red in colour and the other is yellow.Professor Nasrin Akhter Ivy informed she conducted research for las...

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Veg prices go beyond control in Gazipur

Vendors and shop owners in Gazipur have increased the prices of vegetables and good items during the lockdown. Astonished and flabbergasted buyers in Gazipur have no options but to buy food items in higher prices. Same scenarios were observed at Kaliakair, Shafipur, Fulbaria area of the district on ...

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Health rules ignored in Sreepur amid voters’ huge presence

The presiding officers had been given instructions to abide by the health rules in municipal elections.However, due to the large turnout of voters in the centers, it is not possible to accept the social distance at Sreepur municipality elections in GazipurThe municipal elections were held in a festi...

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BSMRAU develops highest yielding soybean variety in South Asia

The Department of Agronomy of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU), Gazipur has developed a new high yielding soybean variety namely BU soybean-2, that yielded the highest in South Asia. The Department has a collection of more than 200 soybean genotypes from Asian ...

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‘Risk to overweigh if factories reopen now’

Samsunahar, Superintendent of Police (SP) of Gazipur. Has said, “Some proprietors of Gazipur factories have not yet paid salary to their workers. It will be unwise to reopen the factories violating health rules. If factories reopen now, it will increase and heighten health risk.” Sh...

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2000 meters illegal gas lines cut off in Gazipur

A team of Titas gas transmission and distribution company limited Gazipur regional office  cut off more than 2000 meters of illegal gas lines  from  500 residential houses  at  Monipur Taltoli  area of Gazipur  sader upazila  on Sunday. Titas gas authority wit...

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Gazipur farmers happy over gourd farming

Cultivation of gourd is changing the fate of farmers in Gazipur. They are happy to get a good price from it.Raihan Mia, 40, one of the gourd cultivators of Purba Dagari village of Gazipur sadar upazila said that he cultivated gourd on two bighas of land and received about one lakh taka by selling hi...