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New shrimp farming system to boost yields    

A growing number of shrimp farmers and processors are giving up traditional farming practices and turning to improved aquaculture to boost yields and exports. Acreage of shrimp under a modern farming technology -- semi-intensive shrimp farming -- rose to 1,100 hectares this year from 800 hectares a year ago. MDG : Bangladesh Shrimp industryThe improved farming practices were seen only on 10 hectares of land in 2002, said Prafulla Kumar Sarker, district fisheries officer of Khulna, a hub for shrimp farming and pioneer in modern practices, report...

Girl Summit: Bangladesh committed to end child marriage    

Bangladesh will renew its firm commitment to eliminating child marriage at the first-ever Girl Summit in London on July 22, foreign office sources said Saturday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will lead the Bangladesh delegation at the summit being hosted jointly by British government and UNICEF. She is due to leave for London on Monday morning, reports UNB. The sources said Hasina will attend the High-Level session of the Summit on Tuesday and interact with First Lady Chantal Compaore of Burkina Faso, a West African Country and Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan. girl summit

Jan 5 polls were ‘undeniably flawed’: Bernicat

US ambassador-designate to Bangladesh said she would work hard to support efforts to promote accountability and strengthen human rights and democracy in Bangladesh saying parliamentary elections of January 5 were ‘undeniably flawed’, reports UNB. Marcia_Bernicat‘Bangladesh’s main political parties urgently need to engage in constructive dialogue that leads to a more representative government. If confirmed, I’ll work hard to support efforts to promote accountability and strengthen human rights and democracy in Bangladesh,’ she sai...

Bangladesh concerned over India’s river linking project

Worried over India’s ambitious river interlinking project, Bangladesh has asked its water resource ministry to get a “clear picture” of New Delhi’s initiative. bd-indiaA parliamentary committee in Bangladesh has decided to seek details of a renewed initiative for river linking in neighbouring India as allocation of fund afresh for the purpose visibly worried Dhaka. “We have come to know from media that the new government of India allocated Rs 100 crore in budget to bring pace in the river interlinking project which will harm us,” chairman of parliamen...

Rice production up 2.7pc from last year

Bangladesh has produced around 34.449 million tons of rice, basis milled, in FY 2013-14 (July - June), up about 2.7% from around 33.833 million tons produced in FY 2012-13, according to provisional official estimates from the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), report local sources. According to the DAE data, Bangladesh produced around 19.1 million tons of rice from Boro (January - May), up about 2% from around 18.778 million tons produced last year. pariza rice panicleThe Asian nation produced around 2.32 millio...

Govt releases Tk 8.75b subsidy on RMG exports

Following a request of readymade garment (RMG) exporters for disbursement of cash subsidy by July 10 to enable them to pay the workers’ salary ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, the Government of Bangladesh has released an amount of Tk8.75 billion, most of which is for the garment and jute sectors, reports Dhaka Tribune. The amount disbursed by the Ministry of Finance against exports made during the fourth quarter of 2014 includes Tk7.34 billion for RMG and Tk1.37 billion for jute and jute goods. rmgThe disbursement of the five percent cash subsidy was made in acc...
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