The government will provide Tk40.04 crore as incentive for raising the area and cultivation of aman crop this year.
Under the package of incentives, 5.66 lakh of small and marginal farmers in 61 districts will get necessary seed and fertiliser for cultivating the transplant aman, according to an official release issued on Wednesday.
Every farmer will get 5 kgs of high yielding variety (HYV) T-aman seed, each 10 kgs of Di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) and Muriate of Potash (MoP) fertilizer free of cost for cultivating aman paddy on one bigha of land.
The government will provide Tk40.04 crore as incentive for raising the area and cultivation of aman crop this year.
Under the package of incentives, 5.66 lakh of small and marginal farmers in 61 districts will get necessary seed and fertiliser for cultivating the transplant aman, according to an official release issued on Wednesday.
Every farmer will get 5 kgs of high yielding variety (HYV) T-aman seed, each 10 kgs of Di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) and Muriate of Potash (MoP) fertilizer free of cost for cultivating aman paddy on one bigha of land.
Anwarul Azim Anar, the lawmaker from Jhenaidah-4 constituency, was found dead on Wednesday in a hotel in Kolkata of West Bengal, eight days after he had gone missing from there.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of MP Anwarul Azim, also president of Jhenaidah Kaliganj upazila unit Awami League.
She prayed for the eternal salvation of the departed soul and expressed sympathy to the bereaved family members.
Anar went to India for medical treatment on May 11. He maintained contact with his family members till May 14. Since then his phone remained switched off.
MP Anar wife and daughters went to the DB office in Dhaka on Sunday (May 19).
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was declared dead on Monday after rescue teams found his crashed helicopter in a fog-shrouded western mountain region, sparking mourning in the Islamic republic.
“The servant of the Iranian nation, Ayatollah Ebrahim Raisi has achieved the highest level of martyrdom while serving the people,” state TV declared, showing pictures of Raisi as a voice recited the Koran.
The ultraconservative Raisi, 63, had been in office since 2021, during a time that has seen Iran rocked by mass protests, economic crisis deepened by US sanctions, and armed exchanges with arch enemy Israel.