Jamuna erosion worsens as dyke damaged in Sirajganj
The overflowing Jamuna has flooded its protection embankment at Baligugri point of Sirajganj Sadar upazila, further worsening the
27 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Rooppur gets site clearance today
The Bangladesh Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority (Baera) is set to issue a site licence today to the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (Baec) to run the Rooppur nuclear power plant.
20 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Circle observes 35th anniversary
Pabna Drama Circle, a leading theatre organisation of Pabna observed its 35th founding anniversary through discussion and Iftar Mahfil on Monday. Leading cultural and social activists joined the programme held at the Pabna Chamber of Commerce and Industries (PCCI) auditorium.
15 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Monitoring lapses real concern
Cattle farmer Aksed Ali of Koira Soratola in Ullapara was worried when one of his cows fell sick and died almost immediately. After his second cow became sick, he slaughtered it and sold the meat to a local butcher at a cheap rate.
9 June 2016, 18:00 PM
4 missing in Pabna
Four people, including three of a family, have been missing for the last ten days since May 10 in Pabna as plainclothes men
19 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Fish farming in cages fetch big success for Pabna man
When Hafizur Rahman began putting boxes made of iron rods and nets in the Boral river near his village named Ratanpur in Pabna five years back, villagers took him as a joke. What was he doing? Rahman assured them that it was nothing crazy.
18 May 2016, 06:35 AM
Justice brings solace to martyrs' families
The execution of war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami has brought some solace to the family members of the victims, freedom fighters
11 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Three-day festival begins today in Shahzadpur Kaccharibari
The Shahzadpur Kaccharibari wears a festive look today, Baishakh 25, the birth anniversary of Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore. A three-day programme including a discussion and cultural events are the high points of the 155th birth festival of Tagore at the Kaccharibari, official sources said.
7 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Pabna people hail upholding of Nizami's death penalty
The Supreme Court's final verdict that upheld the death penalty for Jamaat-e-Islami chief Motiur Rahman Nizami for crimes against
5 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Illegal houses sprout on govt land in Pabna
At least 170 new houses have popped up on both sides of the Bonpara-Dashuria highway in Muladuli of Ishwardi upazila on Roads and Highways Department land.
30 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Homebound on retirement, man meets tragic end
He got off the train just to get a paan. All his career he must have done it hundreds of times, but this would be his last.
28 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Suchitra Sen recalled in her hometown
Suchitra Sen, screen legend of Bangla filmdom was recalled at her ancestral hometown in Pabna on April 6 marking her 85th birth
7 April 2016, 18:00 PM
A little care making big difference
She has almost all the skills of a dancer. When she performs in a group on stage, she can hardly be distinguished from others. She
1 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Kids still attend classes in bldg abandoned 3 yrs ago
“When we sit in the classroom we feel scared the ceiling may fall on our heads, but we still attend classes every day despite the threat," said Md Riad Hossain, a Class V student of Bera BB Government Primary School in Bera municipality.
23 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Worried families urge prompt steps for rescue
Family members of two Brac officials, who were abducted in war-torn Afghanistan on Thursday, have demanded that the government
19 March 2016, 18:00 PM
30 fertiliser-laden vessels stranded in Jamuna
Around 50 cargo vessels loaded with chemical fertilisers have remained stranded for days at different places of the Jamuna River leading
17 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Save Boral, save Chalanbeel
An appeal with the signature of one lakh people living in Chalanbeel area was submitted to the prime minister
14 March 2016, 18:00 PM
A nearly forgotten chapter of Language Movement
It was on February 29 in 1948 when the people of Pabna observed hartal for upholding the dignity of our mother language, four years
28 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Pabna school still named after ex-Pak premier
The name of a Pabna school, named after the then Pakistani premier and built in 1952 right before the historic Language Movement,
19 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Schoolgirl caned as family too poor to buy uniform
Ranjina Khatun Rojoni, a Class VI student of Ramnagar Government Primary School in Chatmohar upazila of Pabna district, was
8 February 2016, 18:00 PM