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Both AL, BNP busy lobbying to get party tickets

Potential candidates of the two big parties in Meherpur-2 Gangni constituency have already started public relations and exchange of views centring the parliamentary elections. In the last election, there was infighting between the two parties. Even so, the Awami League went to the national elections...

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AL in election campaign, BNP in agitation

Like elsewhere in the country, potential candidates have already started seeking party nomination in Meherpur district to contest the upcoming parliamentary election.Candidates, hopeful of obtaining party tickets, have started campagning in the respective areas to motivate voters and get opinions in...

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Lumpy disease takes a pandemic form in Meherpur

Lumpy skin disease has taken a pandemic form in Meherpur district, killing scores of cattlehead and worrying the local farmers.Lumpy skin disease (LSD), a viral cattle-disease, has affected 285 villages in Meherpur and killed 560 heads of cattle, according to government data. However, upon inquiry i...

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370 tons of imported rice missing from Meherpur warehouse ?

370 tons of imported rice worth Tk 10 crore has allegedly been disappeared from the Meherpur government food warehouse. The warehouse official and Meherpur Deputy Commissioner however denied the allegation and claimed that the quantity of rice in the warehouse remain okay but imported rice was ...

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370 tons of imported rice missing from Meherpur warehouse ?

Fazlul Haque, Meherpur370 tons of imported rice worth Tk 10 crore has allegedly been disappeared from the Meherpur government food warehouse. The warehouse official and Meherpur Deputy Commissioner however denied the allegation and claimed that the quantity of rice in the warehouse remain okay ...

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Tk 7.5cr bridge without approach roads remains useless for 2 years

A bridge, built without a connecting road, has become a persistent source of distress for the residents of Gangni of Meherpur. The bridge built at a cost of seven and a half Crore is not providing any benefit to the people as there is no connecting road. Before the construction of the bridge, t...

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‘Random use of chemical fertiliser spoils soil fertility’

Fertility of agricultural land in Meherpur is under dire threat as the farmers are increasingly using Chemical fertilizers including salt with potassium sulfate, hoping higher yield.Due to the increase in salinity, the crop production capacity of the soil is decreasing day by day. As a result, arabl...

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BAU chicken farming becomes boon in Meherpur

More than 50 BAU Chickens farm have been established in Sadar Upazila with the support of local Daridra Bimochon Shangstha  (DBS) funded by Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) in Meherpur. Already, many have changed their economic status and become self-reliant by rearing these BAU chick...