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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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Train derails in Sirajganj, catches fire

Three days after the tragic rail accident in Brahmanbaria, a Rangpur-bound passenger train derailed in Ullapara of Sirajganj yesterday noon.
14 November 2019, 18:00 PM
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Bera Municipality in Pabna: Mayor running illegal ‘river port’

A municipality mayor has established what appears to be a small port on the Hurasagor river at Brishalikha in Pabna’s Bera upazila.
4 November 2019, 18:00 PM
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Current nets harm fish stock in open waterbody

Rampant use of closely knitted mesh nets, popularly known as current nets, poses threat to fish stock in Gaznar Beel in Pabna’s Sujanagar upazila.
21 October 2019, 18:00 PM
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‘Better mental health to prevent suicide’

While World Mental Health Day is being observed with the main theme “suicide prevention”, the menace of taking own life remains a major concern in the country as well as around the world.
9 October 2019, 18:00 PM
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‘Poncho-Kobir Gaan’ staged in Pabna

Gonoshilpi, the leading cultural organisation of Pabna, staged a musical show paying tribute to five leading composers of Bangla (known as the Poncho-Kobi) at the Bonomali institute in Pabna recently.
6 October 2019, 18:00 PM
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OC arranged it ‘to cover up the crime’

A police officer in Pabna allegedly arranged a marriage between a gang-rape victim and one of the alleged rapists in an attempt to cover up the crime, the woman’s family members and rights activists in the district said.
11 September 2019, 18:00 PM
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Death anniversary of Promoth Chowdhury observed in Pabna

A discussion, marking the 73rd death anniversary of renowned Bengali writer, Promoth Chowdhury, was held in Pabna on Monday. The speakers demanded the establishment of a museum at Haripur, in honour of the writer. Promoth Chowdhury was the pride of Pabna. His
3 September 2019, 18:00 PM
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Professor Zia Hyder’s 11th death anniversary today

The 11th death anniversary of Professor Zia Hyder, an icon of modern theater in Bangladesh, will be observed today at his ancestral hometown in Pabna today. Two schools, both named Zia Hyder Progoti Biddaloy, were built there in his honour.
1 September 2019, 18:00 PM
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Post-flood rehabilitation a far cry

The flood waters of Pachil village in Sirajganj’s Shahzadpur upazila have started to recede. But that does not matter to Ahed Ali. The furious Jamuna has devoured his home, even the land on which his humble abode stood.
18 August 2019, 18:00 PM
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Ichamati dying

River grabbing, untreated human waste, heavy metals and indiscriminately dumped toxic chemicals are some of the words now one can use to describe the once famous Ichamati River of Pabna.
16 August 2019, 05:08 AM
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Villagers make artistic high structure for Eid congregation

People of Narashinghapara, Shukolhaat and Shuklai villages of Boropangashi union in Ullapara upazila of Sirajganj offered the Eid-ul-Azha prayer on a large artistic concrete platform, built through their own initiative for using as eidgah, at Shuklai village on Sunday.
14 August 2019, 18:00 PM
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Holidaymakers face huge tailbacks on battered roads

When highways are swamped with heavy traffic ahead of Eid, the authorities usually start repairing those.
10 August 2019, 18:00 PM
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Joy of Eid washed away in flood

Eid no longer means joy for the residents of five upazilas in Sirajganj, as they have lost everything in the recent flood.
10 August 2019, 12:45 PM
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Farmers bear the brunt of milk scare

Alhaz Hossain, a dairy farmer from Pabna’s Chatmohar, yesterday brought 30 litters of milk at the Pran Chilling Center (a unit of Pran Group for milk collection) at Sharatnagar Bazar in Bhangura, but to no avail.
29 July 2019, 18:00 PM
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Rajanikanta Sen’s 154th birth anniv today

While locals observe the 154th birth anniversary of legendary poet, lyricist and singer Rajanikanta Sen, his ancestral house at Bhangabari village in Sirajganj’s Belkuchi upazila lies in utter neglect.
25 July 2019, 18:00 PM
Pasteurised milk adulteration

Harmful Substances in Milk: Producers in a fix

Milk producers find themselves in a tight spot as the processing companies have slashed purchase due to a slump in demand over health concerns, say farmers and processors.
19 July 2019, 18:00 PM
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Tragedy in Pabna: Railway builds temporary gate

The railway built a temporary gate yesterday at the level crossing of Sirajganj where 11 people of a bridal party were killed in a train-microbus crash the day before.
16 July 2019, 18:00 PM
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10 killed as train hits microbus

A newly-married couple and at least eight others of the bridal party were killed when a Dhaka-bound train rammed their microbus at an unmanned level crossing in Sirajganj’s Ullapara upazila yesterday evening.
15 July 2019, 18:00 PM
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Tanter sari losing out to cheap import

Many traditional sari weavers are switching to other professions as handloom owners in Sirajganj -- renowned for its affordable handwoven saris, known as ‘tanter sari’ -- are being forced to put a significant number of handlooms out of operation.
18 June 2019, 18:00 PM
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Apparel waste fetching foreign currency

Abdul Momin used to work at a garment factory in Dhaka a couple of years ago. Now he runs a small factory at his Banglabazar village home and produces T-shirts that are exported to a neighbouring country. Starting with Tk 10,000, his factory is now valued at Tk 5 lakh.
16 May 2019, 18:00 PM

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