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Ahmed Humayun Kabir Topu

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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The Salanga Massacre of 1922: History needs to be preserved

It was January 27, 1922. Several thousand people including peasants, traders and buyers from different northern districts came to ‘Salanga Haat’, then one of the biggest rural markets in the northern region for shopping for the whole week,
28 January 2021, 18:00 PM
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Time for honey harvest

Anyone visiting the countryside will notice a certain change in the scenery: the croplands look like yellow and green canvases.
7 January 2021, 18:00 PM
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25 years of Ganga Water-sharing Treaty: Bangladesh-India joint water measurement to start tomorrow

The measurement of water level at different points of Padma River is going to kick off tomorrow (Saturday), jointly by Bangladesh and India under the Ganga Water-sharing Treaty-1996, according to the Ministry of Water Resources.
1 January 2021, 10:44 AM
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Pabna General Hospital: Covid-19 treatment facilities scanty

The second wave of Covid 19 hits the country but there is no progress in dealing with coronavirus patients at the hospital in the district.
27 December 2020, 18:00 PM
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Two state-sugar mills begin cane crushing

Two of the nine state-run sugar mills that are still operational began crushing sugarcane on December 11.
13 December 2020, 18:00 PM
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Sugarcane: now a headache for farmers

Hamidul Haq, a sugarcane grower in Basantapur village of Rangpur’s Badarganj upazila, is fearing huge losses this year as the government has shut down six state-run sugar mills out of 15 just before the harvesting season.
13 December 2020, 18:00 PM
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Turning a lofty idea into reality

Entrepreneur sets up apple orchard on a Sirajganj shoal after bringing saplings from India’s Himachal Pradesh.
4 December 2020, 18:00 PM
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Onion Production: Seed crisis deals setback

After earning handsome profits last year, onion farmer Kawsar Mollah from Mothpara village in Pabna’s Sujanagar upazila targeted cultivating onions on 10 bighas of land this year.
3 December 2020, 18:00 PM
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4 ‘militants’ held in Sirajganj raid

Introducing themselves as students, four youths rented an under-construction building in Sirajganj’s Shahjadpur nearly three weeks ago.
20 November 2020, 18:00 PM
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Two years into building, nursing institute not opened

Two years into construction of a nursing institute in the district town, it is yet to become operational, thanks to the negligence of the authorities concerned.
18 November 2020, 18:00 PM
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Masters degree at 72

A 72-year-old retired teacher from Pabna proved that it is never too late to learn and achieve as he passed his Masters examinations with the best score in his batch.
12 November 2020, 13:54 PM
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Male members of 29 families in hiding for 7 months

As many as 29 families of a small ethnic community, known as Mundas in Ullapara upazila of Sirajganj, have been living in miserable conditions as the male members of the community have been in hiding for the past seven months to evade arrest in a murder case.
3 November 2020, 18:00 PM
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Local fish aplenty in Chalanbeel

Azim Uddin from Handial village has been catching fish at Chalanbeel in the village, under Chatmohar upazila of Pabna, over the last one decade.
26 October 2020, 18:00 PM
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Tears of Chalan Beel farmers

Johurul Islam was in happy mood when he started harvesting paddy in April, but the early flooding of the year made the happy mood turn to darkness.
20 October 2020, 18:00 PM
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Pabna Mental Hospital: Service seekers at the mercy of brokers

Family members of patients with mental illnesses seeking treatment at Pabna Mental Hospital are being harassed by brokers outside who demand money to get them an appointment with a doctor inside or lure them to privately run so-called mental health clinics.
9 October 2020, 18:00 PM
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New onion variety ushers in hope

When the country was coping with the soaring price of onion because of Indian export ban earlier this month, vegetables farmer Shahinur Rahman was seeing bumper production of a new variety of local onion he planted two months ago.
25 September 2020, 18:00 PM
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Floodwaters receded, but marks of wrath all over

Lal Banu Begum and her family decided to come home after the floodwaters started to recede, but only to find their house, made of corrugated iron sheets, in utter despair.
12 September 2020, 18:00 PM
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Covid-19 in Pabna: Poor testing, facilities result fewer cases

Five months after Covid-19 cases first emerged in Pabna, the district health authorities say it is much better placed than other districts in terms of number of cases.
22 August 2020, 18:00 PM
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As floods wreak havoc, Chalanbeel gets draped in beauty

The flood has brought along destruction in its wake. But for Chalanbeel, the flood has brought along a semblance of destructive beauty.
19 August 2020, 15:49 PM
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‘Cattle train’ plan draws a blank

A government move to transport cattle to Dhaka and other big cities by train ahead of Eid-ul-Azha has so far failed to draw any response from farmers and traders.
22 July 2020, 18:00 PM

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