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ডাক সাঁকারী : জমির “সাধ” ভক্ষণের কৃষি পার্বণ

– পার্থ চট্টোপাধ্যায় বাংলার চাষিদের কাছে জমি হলেন “মা”। “মেয়ে”। মেয়ের কন্যা ধান। ধানে যখন দুধ আসে তখন তারও “সাধ ভক্ষণ” দেওয়া হয় আজকের দিনটিতে। এই উৎসবকে বলে “ডাক সাকরাণ”। দুটি বা একগুচ্ছ ধানের গাছের কাছে কলার ফাতনা দিয়ে পাঁকাটির তিনটি কাঠিকে যুক্ত করে কচু পাতার ওপর দেওয়া হয় ফল…



Gede Money Exchangers Threat To Stop Maitree Express Over Visa Suspension

Gede, Oct. 13: The suspension of the issue of tourist visas for over the last two years to the Bangladeshi Nationals who like to make walk-in access to India through the Darshana-Gede check post has put a few thousand people in Gede in a survival crisis. Employees of money exchanging…


BSF Rescued Exotic Birds From The Clutches Of Smugglers

Krishnanagar, Oct. 11: A patrolling team of Border Security Force (BSF) attached to the 82-Battalion rescued nine exotic birds while being smuggled to India from Bangladesh through a porous point of the Indo-Bangladesh border in Nadia’s Hridaypur on Monday night. The rescued birds include 4 Toucans, 4 Black Cactus wrens, and…



Meagre Hike In Mid-Day Meal Head Cost Angers Teachers

Kolkata, Oct. 09: A  hike of 9.6% in the material cost of the mid-day meal for students up to class VIII, announced by the centre on Friday, which in real term amounts to less than Rupee 1, has angered many teachers in the state who implement the scheme at ground…



Couple Killed In Accident On Krishnanagar-Karimpur Road

Karimpur, Oct. 08: A young couple riding a motorcycle along with their three-year son was killed as they suffered fatal head injuries due to hitting a roadside tree while trying to avert a head-on collision with a lorry that was desperately trying to overtake another one on Krishnnaangar-Karimpur state highway…


Trinamul Supporters Heckled BJP MLA Mukutmani Adhikari

Dhantala, Oct. 8: BJP’s Ranaghat south MLA Mukutmani Adhikari was allegedly heckled and his car was vandalized by a group of suspected Trinamul supporters in Nadia’s Dattapulia on Friday evening while he was trying to pass through along the other side of the road that was crowded due to ongoing…


Army Jawan From Nadia Killed In Explosion During Artillery Training

Palashipara, Oct. 07: A telephone call from U.P’s Jhansi changed the mood of Nadia’s Hanspukuria Refugee Para overnight. A pall of gloom has descended in this nondescriptive village on Thursday night ever since the news of local youth Sukanta Mandal’s death was conveyed by the Indian Army to the family….