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Target
of Seed-Production
December
10, 2000
Rangpur,
Dec 9 (UNB) – Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC)
has set a target of producing 475 metric tons of improved variety Aman
seeds in Rangpur zone this year.
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Destruction
of environment
October
9, 2000
Rangpur,
Oct 8 (UNB) - Trees are being felled indiscriminately by an organized gang
from the Gopalpur forest range under Mithapukur upazila since long in
collaboration with some dishonest forest officials.
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Development
schemes
September
6, 2000
Rangpur,
Sept 5 (UNB) – Some 718 schemes were implemented in the district under
Rural Infrastructure Maintenance Programme (RIMP) during the last fiscal.
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BRDB
Loan to co-operatives
August
23, 2000
Rangpur,
Aug 23 (UNB) – Bangladesh Rural Development Board (BRDB) has disbursed
loan amounting to Tk 1.81 crore among the members of its cooperatives in two
upazilas of the district.
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Five
districts brought under Cotton-Farming
June
19, 2000
Rangpur
(UNB) – Some 1,800 hectares of land in five districts of greater
Rangpur have been brought under cotton farming this season.
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Cop
and rickshaw puller Killed
June
14, 2000
Rangpur,
June 13 (UNB) – Two people, one of them a policeman, was killed in a
traffic mishap in front of Mithapukur Police Station on Rangpur-Bogra
highway on Saturday.
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Dairy
Farm owners faces problems
June
9, 2000
Rangpur,
June 8 (UNB) – The dairy farm owners in the district have been
facing problems to run their business for want of vaccines and doctors
as well as high price of fodder.
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Arsenic
contamination in tube-well waters
May
25, 2000
Rangpur,
May 24 (UNB) – Arsenic, a deadly poison, has been detected in tube-well
waters at four villages in Kandi union of Pirgacha upazila of the district.
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BADC
produced high yielding seeds of wheets
May
24, 2000
Rangpur,
May 23 (UNB) – BADC growers in Mithapukur, Pirgacha and Sadar upazilas
produced 900 mts of high yielding variety of wheat seed worth about Tk 1.8
crore this year
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Boro
production hampered by hailstorms
May
15,, 2000
Rangpur,
May 14 (UNB) – The boro output in greater Rangpur and Dinajpur zones is
unlikely to achieve the target this season due to extensive crop damage
caused by hailstorms.
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Dacoits
looted goods worth about Tk three lakh
April
30, 2000
Rangpur,
Apr 29 (UNB) – Dacoits looted goods worth about Tk three lakh in a daring
dacoity at a house at Kamal Kachna in the town on Tuesday night.
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Procession demanding execution of Bangabandhu murder
case
April
25, 2000
Rangpur,
Apr 24 (UNB) – Pro-Awami League Krishak League brought out a huge
procession here Sunday demanding immediate execution of the verdict of
Bangabandhu murder case.
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Expanded
Program of Immunization
April
19, 2000
Rangpur,
Apr 18 (UNB) - Some 75,235 expecting mothers and 2,79,899 children
were immunized under the Expanded Program of Immunization (EPI) in
eight thanas and one municipality of the district last year.
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Construction
of embankment along Teesta
April
11, 2000
Rangpur,
Apr 10 (UNB) – Construction of an embankment along the Teesta river
at a cost of about Tk 4 crore is going on full swing to check the
river erosion.
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TB
patients rising in the district
April
11, 2000
Rangpur,
Apr 10 (UNB) – The number of tuberculosis (TB) patients is rising in
the district due to what the experts said malnutrition and pollution.
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Life term imprisonment for killing father
April
11, 2000
Rangpur,
Apr 10 (UNB) – Construction of an embankment along the Teesta river
at a cost of about Tk 4 crore is going on full swing to check the
river erosion.
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