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A three-day event, titled Jatiyo Nazrul Sammelan was inaugurated at the premises of Nawabganj Government College in Chapainawabganj town, recently. Nazrul Institute and Ministry for Cultural Affairs jointly organised the programme with the help of the local district administration.

Once jobless, Abul Kashem now earns Tk 4 lakh a year by selling vermicompost fertiliser prepared at his village Mayapukur in Chapainawabganj Sadar upazila. The 34-year-old is now the inspiration for many jobless youths in his locality. He is the only person from the area who is involved in making vermicompost and becomes successful.

Life had offered Munjer Alam Manik, who used to work at a multinational company, almost all modern amenities in the crowded metropolis of Dhaka. Yet a thought nagged him all the time. “What are we eating,” he would mull frequently about the pervasiveness of adulterated and contaminated food in the capital’s grocery shops and markets.

Cattle farmers belonging to Ghosh community in the district are rearing cattle using traditional method that their ancestors followed as cattle can be reared easily, there is less risk of disease, it does not require much expenditure and the milk can be sold at good profit.

Many women in the mango capital of the country have improved their livelihood, earning money from dried slices of green mango,

Markets in the district famous for high quality tasty varieties of mangoes now see abundance of the popular summer fruit, especially