Traditional Puthi Path revives folk heritage in remote Chalan Beel village
28 August 2026
The flickering glow of traditional oil lamps illuminated a quiet village courtyard in Chalan Beel on Thursday night, as locals gathered to revive a nearly forgotten tradition of rural Bengal — Puthi Path.
28 August 2026
Pabna clinic OT shut after 12 patients contract TB
25 August 2026
The health authority in Faridpur upazila of Pabna yesterday temporarily closed the operating theatre of Al-Modina Lab and Hospital, a local private clinic, after 12 post-surgery patients contracted tuberculosis (TB) over the past few weeks.
25 August 2026
Pabna clinic OT closed after 12 post-surgery patients test positive for TB
24 August 2026
Health authorities form probe committee to investigate infections at Al-Modina Lab and Hospital in Faridpur upazila
24 August 2026
‘Poddo Beel’ loses its monsoon bloom
22 August 2026
When monsoon waters fill Chalan Beel, pink lotuses, white water lilies and water chestnuts usually blanket the vast wetlands in the region.
22 August 2026
Poor monsoon flow dims bloom: Fewer flowers disappoint visitors at Chalanbeel
21 August 2026
Altered river courses and human intervention disrupt wetland’s natural flowering, unchecked tourism adds to damage
21 August 2026
A deeper search for gas in Pabna
21 August 2026
State-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Ltd (BAPEX) has launched a fresh exploration drive at Mobarakpur in Pabna, hoping to tap commercially viable gas reserves after an earlier attempt was halted over technological limitations.
21 August 2026
BAPEX returning to Pabna’s Mobarakpur with deeper drilling in renewed hunt for gas
20 August 2026
After technological limitations halted the earlier effort, a Chinese contractor will drill beyond 6km in search of commercially viable reserves
20 August 2026
He rushed in to save others, but toxic gas claimed his life
15 August 2026
Father mourns son, Abdul Alim Sujon, lost in Sitakunda shipbreaking tragedy
15 August 2026
Frequent power cuts put small businesses under pressure
Amid the rolling blackouts, some businesses are spending more to produce the same amount of goods, while others are taking much longer to meet delivery deadlines
13 August 2026
Breastfeeding corners: A small space, a big relief
New breastfeeding corners in Pabna are easing an everyday struggle for mothers visiting public offices and health facilities
11 August 2026
A village in tears
Moyna Begum had no electricity at home when her son Mohan Pramanik was calling from Riyadh as a fire tore through the sofa factory where he worked.
11 August 2026
Milk Vita hikes prices by Tk 10 per litre
Under the new rate structure that took effect on August 1, a one-litre packet of processed milk now costs Tk 110, up 10 percent from Tk 100
9 August 2026
Ganges-Kobadak Project: Weakened Padma obstructs irrigation
Farmer Abdul Hannan has given up IRRI-Boro cultivation due to the irrigation water crisis, even though he lives just a stone’s throw from the country’s largest surface-water irrigation network, the Ganges-Kobadak (GK) Project.
7 August 2026
Tk 7.61cr water plant lies idle for 5 years
Residents of Santhia municipality in Pabna have long faced a shortage of safe drinking water, while a purification plant built at a cost of Tk 7.61 crore has remained unused for the past five years.
4 August 2026
367 Pabna primary schools show-caused over poor literacy
Headmasters attributed poor performance to acute teacher shortages and limited parental involvement
29 July 2026
Onion growers breathe easier as prices rebound
Spoilage, rainfall and dwindling stocks push wholesale prices sharply higher
27 July 2026
At Amirul’s farm, nothing goes to waste
As a student, Amirul Islam had no ambition of becoming a dairy farmer.
27 July 2026
At Amirul's farm, nothing goes to waste
A family of Pabna wish grew into a circular dairy enterprise powering homes, producing fertiliser and inspiring farmers
26 July 2026
Woman loses daughter, parents and nephew within hours
Her son and sister remain critically injured at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital
16 July 2026
Jamuna devours 78 houses in two weeks
Selina Khatun has spent the past week under the open sky after the Jamuna swallowed her only homestead.
11 July 2026
Pabna maternity hospital: A visit often ends with a prescription, and little else
Hospital has suspended surgeries, lacks essential equipment and medicines, and forces poor families to seek costly alternatives
6 July 2026
Bad weather, storage crisis turn record onion harvest into losses
Rapid spoilage from heat and rain, and a chronic shortage of storage facilities have combined to push farmers in major producing regions of Pabna and Faridpur deep into losses this season, following record yields.
2 July 2026
Ishwardi litchi farmers reap record harvest but lower returns
Heatwave damage and abundant supply after Eid reduce quality and growers' earnings
2 June 2026
Solar boom on Padma chars
The Padma river has been retreating for decades, gradually exposing vast stretches of char land that were later brought under cultivation by local farmers for crops such as bananas and vegetables.
2 June 2026
Solar boom on Padma char lands brings power
As two major solar parks reshape Pabna’s riverine landscape, farmers say rising land values come at cost of farmland
1 June 2026
A Tk 120 crore bet on Natore’s rawhide market
Wholesalers are handling larger volumes this Eid, but profits will depend on whether tanneries honour promised rates
30 May 2026
Small breach on submersible road disrupts harvest transport
A 20-30 foot breach in a 4-kilometre submersible road in Pabna’s Bhangura upazila has disrupted communication and crop transportation for farmers in at least a dozen villages
30 May 2026
Eid cattle sales rise in north, mid-sized cows lead
Sacrificial animal sales are running ahead of last year’s pace in Pabna and Sirajganj, with medium-sized cows, weighing three to six maunds, clearing fastest.
22 May 2026