All fishing boats and trawlers in the northern Bay of Bengal and the deep sea were instructed to return to the coast and avoid venturing into the deep sea until further notice. The low-pressure area over the southwestern Bay of Bengal has intensified into a well-marked low-pressure area and is likely to develop further into a cyclonic storm, said a notice by the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today (23 May). Yesterday, the BMD forecast a low-pressure system forming over the bay intensifying into "Cyclone Remal". Mostofa Kamal Palash, a PhD researcher in meteorology and climate, said, "Cyclone Remal centre will likely make direct landfall over the Barishal division, with its left side over the Khulna division and right side over the Chattogram division. Read More...
Beef fattening activities have become vibrant everywhere across the country especially rural areas people look for lucrative profits ahead of the upcoming Eid-Ul-Azha. This type of beef fattening has been contributing a lot towards improving living and livelihood conditions of the grassroots population through enriching animal resources for the last couple of decades. The business has brightened the prospects of exporting beef to different areas within the country after meeting the local demands. Moreover, the boosted native cattle production has significantly lessened the dependence on cattle imported from the neighboring country. Read More...
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. Read More...