Ahmed Humayun Kabir Topu

The Chalan Beel was once no less than a natural wonder -- a vast expanse of water where fishermen thrived, kingfishers and egrets hunted, and life moved with the rhythms of ebb and tide.

The weeks before Eid-ul-Fitr, the country’s largest religious festival, are traditionally a ripe time for the clothing business. However, loom producers are facing a marked decline in sales this year, owing mainly to two factors -- little presence of foreign buyers and a lack of local wholesale trade.

The sugarcane crushing operations for the 2025-26 season at the state-owned North Bengal Sugar Mills in Lalpur, Natore, ended on Tuesday -- two weeks ahead of schedule -- due to a shortage of sugarcane.

With the main harvesting season for onions beginning in early March, prices of the popular bulb have fallen over the past week amid increased availability of early-harvested onions and imports, according to traders and farmers.

A vibrant sunflower field at an agricultural farm in Tebunia of Pabna, operated by the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC), has drawn a surge of visitors.

While the BNP secured a significant victory nationwide in the 13th parliamentary election, the party faced challenges in its traditional strongholds in Pabna district.

Ahead of the upcoming 13th National Parliamentary Election, the five constituencies in Pabna district are witnessing intense contests between the candidates of the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami.

Farzana Sharmin Putul is taking a personal approach to campaigning in Natore-1 ahead of the February 12 parliamentary election, presenting herself to voters not as a traditional political figure but as someone they can relate to and confide in.

The cost of the Rooppur nuclear power plant is set to rise by Tk 25,593 crore, pushing the total outlay to Tk 138,685 crore and extending the completion deadline to 2028.

Not all crops require flood irrigation, and using it on wheat, corn, onions, garlic, sugarcane, and other winter crops causes water wastage and may even harm the crop itself. To address this, the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) is testing a centre-pivot irrigation system to deliver water precisely to maintain optimal soil moisture.

Not all crops require flood irrigation, and using it on wheat, corn, onions, garlic, sugarcane, and other winter crops causes water wastage and may even harm the crop itself. To address this, the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) is testing a centre-pivot irrigation system to deliver water precisely to maintain optimal soil moisture.

The state-owned Ishwardi Silk Seed Farm, located along the Pabna–Ishwardi road, has largely fallen into abandonment due to years of neglect and lack of initiative.

Severe cold and dense fog, with no sunlight, have been disrupting lives and livelihoods in Pabna and adjoining areas.

Dense fog and severe cold disrupt daily life, commute, and farming

1,200 saplings of 250 rare species planted across 30-acre campus

Mothurapur village, under Chatmohar upazila of Pabna, has transformed over the past two decades from a poverty-stricken settlement into a bustling hub for dairy cow trading.

Pabna district administration has issued a circular to lease out different portions of rivers across the district, naming them as enclosed waterbodies, for fish farming.

Price hikes drive up production costs, dampen early cultivation

Rampant encroachment and indiscriminate pollution have long been choking the Boral River in the Chalan Beel area of Pabna’s Chatmohar upazila by restricting its natural flow.

Tucked away on the banks of the Jamuna in Pabna’s Bera upazila, the remote village of Haturia holds on to a remarkable past.