School students try hand at farming
In Ishwardi upazila these days, the farm workers out in the field might look a little young. In a programme run with the cooperation of local farmers, 84 educational institutions are sending students into the sunshine, even at the weekend, to gain practical farming knowledge.
15 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Breaking a taboo
Last month, Ranjita Roy, an eighth grader of Chatmohar Pilot Girls' High School, faced an unavoidable challenge during her half-yearly examinations. Her period began while in the exam hall and she did not have the option to go home and get a sanitary pad.
11 August 2018, 18:00 PM
8 electrocuted to death
Eight people were killed and three others critically injured after they were electrocuted by a live wire of the Power Development Board (PDB) at Kadai village in Sirajganj Sadar upazila yesterday noon.
31 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Rooppur Power Plant: PM to inaugurate construction of second reactor building today
The construction of the second reactor unit of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant starts today.
13 July 2018, 18:00 PM
Sugar as salary!
Failing to pay employees' salaries and wages because of cash crunch, the authorities of Pabna Sugar Mills gave them sugar against their last three-month dues.
13 June 2018, 18:00 PM
No cheer for weavers
A couple of years ago, Badsha Miah, a handloom retailer of Ataikula Haat, used to sell cloth worth Tk 8000 to Tk 10000 everyday from the first Ramadan until Eid, but he is disappointed this year due to poor sale of Tk 4000 to Tk 5000 a day ahead of the festival.
7 June 2018, 18:00 PM
Selfless man left helpless
Brojo Gopal Saha, a septuagenarian in Pabna who dedicated his life and his earnings to sports and social welfare, lies lonely and helpless on a bed at the Pabna General Hospital.
6 June 2018, 18:00 PM
First freight train from India ends trial run
A trial run of the first freight train on the Bangladesh-India route ended at the west end of Bangabandhu Multipurpose Bridge in Sirajganj yesterday around 1:30am.
5 April 2018, 18:00 PM
Boys of indomitable will
Sixteen visually impaired students are appearing in the ongoing HSC examination in the district, thanks to the initiative of Manob Kollan Trust, a humanitarian organisation.
4 April 2018, 18:00 PM
“Amar Bondhu Rashed” inspires schoolchildren in Pabna
“Amar Bondhu Rashed”, the Morshedul Islam-directed adolescent film set during the Liberation War, was screened at various educational institutes in Pabna over the last month, as part of Independence Day observances in the district.
31 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Sharing the feelings of speech impaired poeple
Twenty-one people who can speak kept silent yesterday along with 21 speech disabled people to feel the struggle of those who
21 February 2018, 18:00 PM
National Anthem competition held in Pabna
An exceptional competition of singing the National Anthem among the students was held at the Ishwardi upazila nirbahi office in Pabna
14 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Late onion planting worries farmers
Farmers in the district are worried over fall in onion production due to late planting of seeds this year, but at the
29 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Suchitra Sen recalled in her hometown
Suchitra Sen, screen legend of Bangla film was recalled at her ancestral hometown in Pabna on Wednesday, marking her fourth death
17 January 2018, 18:00 PM
30 cargo vessels stranded
Movement of cargo vessels at Baghabari port has been seriously hampered for 10 days due to poor navigability in the Jamuna river.
15 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Two-day Lalon festival ends in Pabna
A two-day Lalon festival concluded in Pabna on Tuesday, highlighting Lalon's philosophy. The Lalon Swaran Parishad, Pabna organised
10 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Remembered, rarely
When the nation is observing Martyred Intellectuals Day today with due respect and solemnity, there is hardly any programme commemorating martyred intellectual Dr Fazle Rabbi at his home district of Pabna.
13 December 2017, 18:00 PM
Memories of a massacre
It was the morning of August 20, 1971, when 25 to 30 Pakistan army men accompanied by their local collaborators entered the predominantly Hindu Laxmipur village of Pabna's Atghoria.
7 December 2017, 18:00 PM
Another step closer to N-power plant
Bangladesh will take a big step towards becoming a nuclear power-generating country today.
29 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Jute market blocks Pabna highway twice a week
A highway is supposed to be a major road for convenient transport between towns. But the Pabna to Rajshahi highway transforms twice a week into a congested mess at Tebunia Bazar, when an overflowing traditional jute market occupies part of the roadway. For
26 October 2017, 18:00 PM