Mango flowers have been spreading a sweet aroma in every corner of Chapainawabganj, and the trees are covered with yellowish blossoms as far as the eye can see.
Farmers are increasingly growing pumpkins in mango orchards in the Bholahat upazila of Chapainawabganj as an inter-crop and are making good profit by selling the produce, a move that would allow them to make the most of the land.
Businesspeople at the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation’s (BSCIC) industrial estate in Nayagola, Chapainawabganj, have long been suffering in the absence of a proper drainage system for interior roads.
Over 50 people have been detected with arsenicosis in the last two months in Betbaria village of Chapainawabganj Sadar upazila.
Rural basket makers in Chapainawabganj are spending busy hours as the baskets are now in high demand for packaging mangoes of the district, one of the largest producers of quality mangoes in the country.
The traditional pewter and brass metalwork industry in Chapainawabganj has been struggling to bear the burden of increased production costs for the past four months now, according to industry insiders.
Bir Shreshtha Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir sacrificed his life for the freedom of his motherland.
Life for weavers and workers of handloom silk clothing in Chapainawabganj has taken a rough turn as sales of these dearer garments dipped due to the pandemic.
Amid the coronavirus scare, a lack of buyers due to inadequate measures for marketing and transportation leaves mango growers worried.
Pasturers rearing cattle for milk in Chapainawabganj are facing hardship as the demand for their product plunged following the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
Aiming to improve children’s performance, a school in Chapainawabganj has been encouraging mothers to attend classes with their children.
Mehman is a term commonly used for guests who come to visit a home. But at Chapainawabganj Adhunik Sadar Hospital, patients and their attendants get treated as ‘Mehman’ by a local voluntary group.
When children of her age usually look for any excuse to skip school if there is a little rain or the neighbourhood street is swamped with rainwater, seventh grader Taslima Khatun swims across not one, but two canals to get to her school every day.
Tikoil village, popularly known as “Alpona Gram”, in Chapainawabganj has got another feather in the cap with installation of solar street lights.
Four-year old Tasfia Jahan Munira’s countenance is just like any other child. Only when someone looks at her body, the disease, afflicting the little girl in Chapainawabganj’s Nachole upazila’s Godown para, jars the mind.
A visitor bird and seen often during summer, the Jacobin Cuckoo has made yet another appearance in Bangladesh during it’s mating season.
The rain that the weakened cyclonic storm Fani brought yesterday has made the mango farmers of Rajshahi region happy, considering prospect of a good yield.
