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Mothurapur dairy cow trading hub

Mothurapur: From a quiet village to a dairy cow trading hub

Mothurapur village, under Chatmohar upazila of Pabna, has transformed over the past two decades from a poverty-stricken settlement into a bustling hub for dairy cow trading.
27 November 2025, 18:00 PM
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District admin moves to lease out parts of rivers again

Pabna district administration has issued a circular to lease out different portions of rivers across the district, naming them as enclosed waterbodies, for fish farming.
1 November 2025, 18:00 PM
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Onion farmers forced to buy fertiliser above govt rates

Price hikes drive up production costs, dampen early cultivation
28 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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Encroachment, pollution choking the Boral

Rampant encroachment and indiscriminate pollution have long been choking the Boral River in the Chalan Beel area of Pabna’s Chatmohar upazila by restricting its natural flow.
19 October 2025, 19:44 PM
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Echoes of grandeur linger in Haturia’s fading palaces

Tucked away on the banks of the Jamuna in Pabna’s Bera upazila, the remote village of Haturia holds on to a remarkable past.
10 October 2025, 19:09 PM
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Emergency care eludes mental health patients

Mental health in Bangladesh remains a topic many find difficult to discuss even in 2025, entangled in social stigma and widespread misconceptions.
9 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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Illegal township sprouts on railway land

An illegal township has sprouted on around 150 acres of railway land previously leased out for agriculture and fish farming in Bhangura upazila of Pabna.
1 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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How duck farming reshaped Chalan Beel’s economy

When monsoon waters from surrounding rivers pour into Chalan Beel, the vast wetland once famed as the “House of Fish” comes alive. For generations, fishing in the wet season and field farming in the dry season sustained its people. In recent decades, thousands of ducks have joined the ecosystem, gliding across the waters in their flocks, lifting people out of poverty and reshaping the economy.
25 September 2025, 18:00 PM
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Online entity in Tk 15cr fraud case

A fraudulence case involving Tk 15 crore has been filed against four persons of a Rajbari business which had been sealed off and fined Tk 2 lakh earlier this month for selling substandard products.
16 November 2021, 18:00 PM
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A metaphor of asymmetrical development

At a first glance, you may not believe that it’s a government primary school.
10 November 2021, 18:00 PM
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A tale of rapid socio-economic change

Md Moslem Uddin, a resident of Rooppur village in Pabna’s Ishwardi upazila, lost his job at the Pakshey Paper Mill about one decade ago and has seen considerable financial hardship ever since.
28 October 2021, 18:00 PM
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Dragon fruit grower turns house into an orchard

Md Kamruzzaman, a government employee in Sirajganj, came across a dragon fruit orchard during an official tour to Natore a few years ago.
17 October 2021, 18:00 PM
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Pabna Mental Hospital: Resources fall short for rehabilitation

Russel Hossain has been afflicted with mental health issues for a long time. The Dhulauri village native -- under Chatmohar upazila -- was admitted to Pabna Mental Hospital several times, to be released upon temporary recovery and admitted back again.
9 October 2021, 18:00 PM
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Dairy farming gets costlier

Milk production has turned costlier in the past few months due to soaring prices of animal feed, leaving dairy farmers with little hope of securing expected profits.
21 September 2021, 18:00 PM
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Pabna’s sugarcane farmers decry closure of nearby mill

Afsar Ali, a marginal farmer based in the catchment area of Pabna Sugar Mill in Ishwardi upazila, grew sugarcane on three bighas of land last year with an aim to sell the crops at the nearby processing plant.
19 September 2021, 18:00 PM
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Dairy cooperatives failing Milk Vita

A third of dairy cooperatives still active under Milk Vita are selling most of the milk collected from farmer members in the open market for higher rates instead of supplying it to the state-run organisation.
12 September 2021, 18:00 PM
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Railway getting popular among importers

Bangladesh Railway, which operates and maintains all railways in the country, registered remarkable earnings in the last couple of years as the comparatively cheaper and hassle-free mode of transport is gaining popularity among local importers.
25 August 2021, 18:00 PM
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Pabna’s hosiery industry needs support to survive

Pabna is known as a hosiery manufacturing hub that supplies a range of garment items, such as inner wear, legwear and socks, all over Bangladesh.
16 August 2021, 18:00 PM
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Poor Eid sales disappoint cattle traders

Md Sirajul Islam had brought nine cows from his hometown in Sirajganj’s Shahjadpur upazila to Kaliabazar in Dhaka in hopes of selling them at the cattle market a week ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.
27 July 2021, 18:00 PM
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Schoolboy builds low-cost oxygen concentrator

Watching his father die without oxygen support while suffering from a cardiac condition last year, young Taher Mahmud Tarif resolved to build a device to prevent any more such tragic deaths.
25 July 2021, 18:00 PM
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40pc of Rooppur Nuke Power Plant project completed

Even though the Covid-19 pandemic is showing no sign of stopping, there has been remarkable progress in the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project, with nearly 40 percent of its construction work being completed.
25 July 2021, 18:00 PM

Farmers in a remote village selling cattle online

For decades, traditional haats had been the main place for Bangladesh’s farmers and traders for selling bulls ahead of Eid-ul-Ahza, one of the biggest festivals for Muslims when demand for sacrificial animals surges.
19 July 2021, 18:00 PM
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Death of Boral, destruction of Chalan Beel

A long line of buildings are marked with a red cross at Bonorupa housing society in Bonpara municipality area in Natore’s Boraigram upazila.
19 July 2021, 18:00 PM
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150 cattle traders in Pabna village thrive in online markets

Over 150 cattle traders and farmers of Haropara village, in Pabna’s Bhangura upazila, are trading sacrificial animals on online markets -- setting an example and inspiring fellow traders.
19 July 2021, 09:35 AM
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Cattle train receives lukewarm response

A “cattle train” service rolled out by Bangladesh Railway seems to have fallen flat as just a single locomotive carrying 200 sacrificial animals for Eid-ul-Azha began its journey to Dhaka on Saturday.
18 July 2021, 18:00 PM
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Covid hospital in Pabna full to brim

Sohrab Bishwas (70) came to Pabna General Hospital all the way from Kismat Protappur village under the Sadar upazila on Wednesday. He came in with respiratory problems, along with other symptoms of coronavirus. Doctors suggested he get admitted to the hospital immediately.
11 July 2021, 18:00 PM
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Cattle traders in a blue funk as Covid rages on

The worsening Covid-19 situation has generated apprehensions among cattle farmers of Sirajganj and Pabna, two of the biggest cattle rearing hubs of the country.
3 July 2021, 18:00 PM
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Bringing smile to two young faces

Two students of Supto Sikha Protibondhi Vidhyalaya, a school for children with special needs, have become a source of pride for Bera upazila as well as Pabna because their paintings earned a place in the prime minister’s Eid greeting cards.
2 July 2021, 18:00 PM

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