Pollinator safety training held

Entomology Department of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU) in partnership with Syngenta Bangladesh Ltd yesterday began a two-day training programme on pollinator safety for commercial bee keepers in SAU conference hall in the capital.

Forty three commercial bee keepers from Gazipur, Tangail and Manikganj participated in the event, said a press release yesterday.

SAU Vice Chancellor Prof Kamal Uddin Ahmed, Director (Plant Protection Wing) of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) Amitava Das, and Syngenta Bangladesh Managing Director Sazzadul Hassan spoke among others.