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Bumper production of winter vegetables expected in northern region
http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=4&id=72361&date=2009-11-21 Bumper production of winter vegetables expected in northern region RAJSHAHI, Bangladesh, Nov 21 (BSS)- Bumper production of the winter vegetables is being expected everywhe...
Dev of salinity tolerant rice at final stage
http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2009/11/21/news0141.htm Dev of salinity tolerant rice at final stage BSS, Dhaka A newly invented variety of salinity- tolerant rice will be placed before the National Seed Board to get nod from the authorities for tak...
Bangladesh to grow GM rice by 2012
http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2009/11/19/news0976.htm Bangladesh to grow GM rice by 2012 BSS, Dhaka Bangladesh will grow genetically modified (GM) rice variety known as golden rice by 2012. The rice variety, rich in vitamin ‘A’, will h...
Hybrid vegetables take hold
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=113544 Hybrid vegetables take hold Sohel Parvez Bangladesh is slowly coming out of a seasonal barrier in vegetables production mainly, helped by consistent growth in sales and cultivation of...
German company to invest US$ 4.5m at Adamjee EPZ
http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2009/11/09/news0034.htm German company to invest US$ 4.5m at Adamjee EPZ Business Report German Company M/S Cancun Food Produces Limited is going to set up a High Tech Food Processing Industry in the Adamjee Export Pr...
Faster growing variety of HYV rice
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=111710 Editorial Faster growing variety of HYV rice Hats off to scientists behind the development THE agricultural scientists of the country have made a major breakthrough in developing two o...
Bangladesh could reap rewards from UK curry industry
http://www.newagebd.com/2009/oct/26/busi.html#2 Bangladesh could reap rewards from UK curry industry Bdnews24.com . Dhaka Bangladesh could reap rich rewards by becoming a supplier for the UK’s curry industry, worth £4 billion a year and mostly ru...
Pran goes into Tk 2.60b expansion to ramp up beverage production
http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2009/10/25/82470.html Pran goes into Tk 2.60b expansion to ramp up beverage production FHM Humayan Kabir Leading conglomerate Pran-RFL Group is investing Tk 2.60 billion in new beverage and packaging facilities t...
New variety of paddy BINA-7 developed: 10 lakh tonnes more Aman can be grown in Monga-hit dists
http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2009/10/20/news0235.htm New variety of paddy BINA-7 developed: 10 lakh tonnes more Aman can be grown in Monga-hit dists Md Antaz Miah, a farmer of Dimla village in Rangpur seen with the fast-growing BINA-7 paddy in hi...
Solar-powered irrigation pump launched
http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2009/10/18/news0992.htm Solar-powered irrigation pump launched Staff Reporter First ever solar-powered irrigation pump launched yesterday at Kaishar Char in Savar that will save 760MW of electricity and 800m litter of...
Rahimafrooz plans to take solar pumps countrywide
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=110181 Rahimafrooz plans to take solar pumps countrywide Kawsar Khan, back from Savar Rahimafrooz Renewable Energy Limited demonstrated a solar-powered irrigation pump to government officials...
Flood-tolerant varieties of Aman crop this year likely
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=106800 Flood-tolerant varieties of Aman crop this year likely It can produce 60 lakh tonnes additional paddy Bss, Rangpur Large-scale farming of flash-flood tolerant varieties of Aman crop ca...
Biggest ever bank credit for agri sector
http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2009/09/19/news0709.htm Biggest ever bank credit for agri sector BSS, Dhaka As the government has given special attention to agriculture sector in this year’s budget, banks have come up with the biggest ever cre...
Local refiners find niche in world sugar market
http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2009/09/17/79237.html Local refiners find niche in world sugar market Jasim Uddin Haroon Bangladesh is going to add just another item to its export basket as the country’s private sector sugar refiners ha...
Submergence tolerant rice-BR-11-sub-1 to be released this year
http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=8&id=57742&date=2009-09-10&PHPSESSID=a8cf4edf7d92d67648aa064b2e400dde Submergence tolerant rice-BR-11-sub-1 to be released this year DHAKA, Bangladesh, Sept 10 (BSS)- The first ever submergence t...
Scientists unveil solar water pumps
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=104705 Scientists unveil solar water pumps Star Business Report Dhaka University scientists have developed a solar pump by using locally available technologies to help bring more land under i...
New BRRI hybrid dhan-3 to be released very soon
http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2009/09/07/news0761.htm New BRRI hybrid dhan-3 to be released very soon BSS, Dhaka The newly innovated hybrid Boro paddy- BRRI Hybrid Dhan-3-with shorter lifetime and lower production cost is expected to release very ...
