A 3-day agricultural fair has been inaugurated at Kumarkhali in Kushtia.  The fair is organized by Kumarkhali Upazila Agriculture Officer’s office under the funding of the Kandal Crop Development (1st Revised) scheme for the financial year 2023-24.  Heroic Freedom fighter Abdur Rauf, Member of National Parliament of 78 Kushtia-4 (Khoksa-Kumarkhali) Constituency, was the chief guest at the function organized at the Upazila Parishad ground at 10:30 am on Friday.

Under the chairmanship of Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) SM Mikhail Islam, Upazila Parishad Chairman Abdul Mannan Khan, Vice Chairman Russell Hossain and farmers, journalists and members of various unions were present.

Upazila Agriculture Extension Officer Md. Raisul Islam delivered the welcome speech by Upazila Agriculture Officer, agriculturist Debashish Kumar Das.

In the 3-day long agricultural fair, 13 stalls of different types of vegetable-crop exhibition plots, nursery plants, various vegetables and fruits produced in the upazila have been placed. After the opening ceremony on the first day, the guests distributed incentive seeds and fertilizers among the farmers. The fair will continue till Sunday.