Families forced to return home with patients untreated as contractor change stalls services
Indecision over bidder selection threatens food supply, authorities expect resolution within 1-2 days
Jamuna river erosion has taken a devastating turn over the past month in Chowhali, Shahzadpur, and Sadar upazilas of Sirajganj, devouring at least 100 homes, two primary schools, several hundred acres of cropland, and portions of riverbank protection infrastructure.
The 11km Bandherhaat-Rakhalgachhi road in Pabna has long been in a sorry state, causing sufferings to locals
More than 130 kilometres out of total 240-km road network in Pabna Municipality are in a dilapidated condition due to lack of repairs and maintenance for prolonged period
On Saturday, residents of the two villages began the work to turn the earthen road to a brick road
The decline in production has caused significant losses for litchi farmers and traders
Cattle traders and farmers who rear livestock in anticipation of Eid-ul-Azha are disappointed over this year’s sales so far, as demand is low with barely a week to go before the festival.
Farmers formed a human chain and demonstrated on the Pabna-Sujanagar road, protesting the falling prices of early-variety onions, as they fear they may not recover the production costs of the edible bulb this season.
The growers dumped onion on Pabna-Sujanagar road demanding a fair price
A farmer of Sirajganj’s Kamarkhand area, Mahabub Hossain Polash, has initiated experimental cultivation of cumin for the first time in the district
Even the freedom fighters who were just returning home after nine months of the war could not enter the district as the Pakistani occupying army in Pabna had put up barricades at all the entry points
Farmers are getting higher prices for Aman season paddy this year than the previous year, amidst apprehensions of a fall in yields for heavy rainfall and recurrent floods in the eastern regions.
Nagarbari port, one of the largest riverports in Bangladesh, is mainly used to facilitate the transport of imported fertiliser and coal from Chattogram to 16 northern districts of the country.
Chalan Beel is the biggest source of freshwater fish varieties in the country's northern region
Instead of conventional windows, ample balconies outside the classrooms allow natural light and fresh air to flow freely.
The 18-kilometre Chatmohar-Mannannagar road, which serves as an important shortcut for vehicles commuting between Dhaka and Pabna through Chalan Beel area, is in a battered condition and needs urgent renovation.
Onion production costs have practically doubled this year thanks to the higher price of Kondo onion bulbs, which are planted in October and harvested in mid-November, according to farmers in major producing districts of Bangladesh.
