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
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
Onion farmers forced to buy fertiliser above govt rates
Price hikes drive up production costs, dampen early cultivation
28 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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
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
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
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
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
Weavers miss out on duty-free import
A duty-free facility meant for weavers has allegedly been misused to import about Tk 400 crore worth of raw materials.
22 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Devouring Jamuna: Despair is all they feel
After the Jamuna river eroded the banks on which his ancestral home stood in Shahzadpur upazila’s Koizuri village a few years ago, Md Shawkat Ali shifted his residence further inland into Koizuri union.
15 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Fishermen of Gohala river being driven out by influentials
A group of fishermen who have been fishing in the waterbody of Gohala river at Shahzadpur upazila in Sirajganj for generations has alleged that they are not able to fish in the river as a section of non-professional fishermen backed by the influential quarter is fishing there ousting them.
15 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Peanut brings smile to char farmers in Pabna, Sirajganj
Md Aiyub Khan, a farmer of Kollanpur char in Pabna’s Bera upazila, cultivated 10 bighas of land to produce 100 maunds of peanut, the only crop that can be grown on sandbanks.
12 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Brimming Padma draws visitors in Pabna, residents of low-lying areas worried
The increasing water level in the mighty river Padma due to the rainy season is drawing curious visitors in Pabna while residents of the low-lying areas are increasingly worried about an early flood.
5 June 2021, 08:30 AM
Cyclone threatens Chalanbeel farmers
Farmer Kazem Pramanik of Pabna’s Chatmohar, who cultivated two bighas of Boro paddy last year, could not harvest most of the crops as they were damaged by cyclone Amphan and early floods.
24 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Litchi might be costlier this year
Abdus Salam bought three litchi orchards with 150 trees in his area this year at a cost of Tk 2.5 lakh, expecting to have a harvest of around 3.5 lakh to 4 lakh fruits.
22 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Demra massacre: How far is the state recognition of the martyrs?
It was May 14 in 1971, when residents of Demra village and traders of Demrahaat (one of the leading rural markets during that time) were closing their daily works in the evening, suddenly Pakistani occupation troops cordoned off Demra and adjoining villages Rupshi and Baushgari in Pabna and started firing on unarmed villagers.
16 May 2021, 18:00 PM
Demra massacre in Pabna: Victim families want recognition of martyrs
It was the evening of May 14, 1971. Residents of Demra village were busy completing their daily works and traders of Demra haat (rural market) were closing their shops. Suddenly, Pakistani occupation forces cordoned off Demra village and opened fire on unarmed people.
14 May 2021, 11:14 AM
As night falls, volunteers in Pabna rush to provide sehri for people on the streets
As night falls, volunteers of Tohura Aziz Foundation, a volunteer organisation in Pabna rush with packets of food to make sure those in need and those who will be fasting during this month of Ramadan can get their ‘Sehri’.
27 April 2021, 14:32 PM
Weavers in a bind as Covid continues rampage
Rahmat Ali, a leading producer and trader of handmade garment items in Sirajganj’s Shahzadpur upazila, made around 2,000 pieces of clothing for Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest sales season of the year.
26 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Garlic farmers not getting fair prices
The production of garlic, one of the most essential seasonings, is increasing every year with farmers of Chalan Beel in the northern Natore and Pabna districts this year accounting for around half of that grown in the country.
13 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Dallas Murder Suicide: Grieving family in disbelief
Grieving family members yesterday sought further investigation into the deaths of six of their relatives in Texas after police in the US state said two brothers killed their parents, grandmother and sister before dying by suicide.
6 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Lockdown makes things worse for Pabna milk producers
The ongoing countrywide lockdown has made things worse for the milk producers in Pabna and Sirajganj, who have already been suffering from poor sales due to a slump in local consumption.
6 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Falling prices of onion irk Pabna farmers
Farmers in Pabna have been left disappointed by the current price of onions as they spent excessively to cultivate the bulbs with hopes of making bumper profits this year.
23 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Dr Marzia, an epitome of no compromise on profession during pandemic
At the onset of Covid-19 pandemic in early March last year, many professionals got a chance to discharge their duties from home but the frontline fighters especially the medical professionals did not step backward.
10 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Mosque bears horrific memories of 1971
Soon after the crackdown by the Pakistan army on the unarmed people of Bangladesh on the black night of March 25 in 1971, the occupation forces started raiding at different places across the country.
2 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Nagarbari river port: Project delayed for 1yr, cost exceeds Tk 40cr
The government’s initiative to establish one of the biggest river ports in northern region at Nagarbari in Pabna’s Bera upazila has delayed for one year while the project cost has already exceeded Tk 40 crore.
16 February 2021, 18:00 PM
A look at Salanga movement
It was January 27, 1922. Several thousand people including peasants, traders and buyers from different northern districts came to 'Salanga Haat', one of the biggest rural markets in the northern region at that time, for shopping for the whole week.
16 February 2021, 09:00 AM
Ishwardi EPZ yet to reach potential
A couple of decades ago, incomes of the people of Ishwardi upazila of Pabna and adjoining areas were mostly dependent onNorth Bengal Paper Mill and Alhaj Textile Mills.
4 February 2021, 18:00 PM