Netrakona (Bangladesh)

Type: City

Name: Netrakona (Bangladesh)

Country: Bangladesh

Latitude: 24.889999

Longitude: 90.730003

population: 79,025

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

15,000 got financial help under 'one house, one farm' in Netrakona

(BSS)- A total of 3,810 poor people of ten upazilas in the district were given Taka 2.80 crore under "one house, one farm project" of the government for purchasing milk cows, CIsheets, poultry birds, vegetable seeds and saplings for improving their socioeconomic ... [Published Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Netrakona (Bangladesh), Ashraf Ali Khan, Insurgents, Nurul Amin

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

Farmers expect bumper production of Boro paddy in Netrakona

Harvesting nearing completion. Netrakona CorrespondentBoro cultivators and crops specialists are expecting bumper production of Boro paddy during this season as harvesting of the paddy is nearing to completion with excellent yield rates in the distr ... [Published The New Nation - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Netrakona (Bangladesh), Cultivation, Irrigation, Nurul Islam

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 1 reports

Poultry farms boost Netrakona rural economy

(BSS)- Poultry farming has given a significant boost to the rural economy with more than 2,500 big,medium and small sized poultry farms.It also created job opportunities for hundreds of unemployed people in Netrakona district.Officials of the district ... [Published Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: Netrakona (Bangladesh), Agriculture, Livestock, Bangladesh, Poverty Reduction

First reported Jun 03 2013 - Updated Jun 03 2013 - 1 reports

Paddy, rice procurement drive in Gaibandha, Netrakona

Food Department began Boro paddy and rice procurement drives in Sadar Upazila of the district on Sunday amid much enthusiasm to the farmers and the millers.A simple function organized by Department of Food and upazila administration was held on the premises ... [Published The New Nation - Jun 03 2013]

Entities: Netrakona (Bangladesh), Lysergic Acid Diethylamide, Cultivation, Nurul Islam, Agriculture

First reported May 27 2013 - Updated May 27 2013 - 1 reports

Bumper Production of Boro expected in Netrakona

(BSS)- The farmers of the district are expecting bumper production of boro paddy in the current season as harvesting of the paddy is nearing to completion with excellent yield rates.District Agriculture Extension Department (DAED) officesources said a ... [Published Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha - May 27 2013]

Entities: Netrakona (Bangladesh), Cultivation, Nurul Islam

First reported May 25 2013 - Updated May 25 2013 - 1 reports

Day-long training course for journalists held in Netrakona

(BSS)-Fisheries secretary Uzzal Bikash Datta said here today that the journalists have wider opportunity to let the people know about the impact of toxicity of aqua-drugs and chemicals on aquatic ecology and productivity.Terming the journalists as the ... [Published Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha - May 25 2013]

Entities: Netrakona (Bangladesh), Masudur Rahman, Muklesur Rahman, Bangladesh, Chemical

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

8 colleges nationalised

The education ministry has nationalised eight private colleges with about nine months for the government to serve out its tenure.The ministry on Wednesday issued separate orders, effective from May 14, on the decision of nationalisation made on Tuesday, ... [Published New Age Bangladesh - May 22 2013]

Entities: Khulna, Netrakona (Bangladesh), Subodh Chandra

Quotes

During the present government, the live stock department has undertaken many programmes including training on "setting up poultry, duck and dairy farms and methods of rearing these" to encourage the entrepreneurs of these farms

Poultry farms boost Netrakona rural economy [Published Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha - Jun 11 2013]

on "Role of mass media about impact of pesticides and chemicals"

Day-long training course for journalists held in Netrakona [Published Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha - May 25 2013]