New mechanised irrigation promises less water, labour
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.
19 January 2026, 00:00 AM
19 January 2026, 00:00 AM
New mechanised irrigation promises to save water, labour
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.
18 January 2026, 22:31 PM
18 January 2026, 22:31 PM
Ishwardi silk seed farm: Once-profitable, now left to crumble
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.
17 January 2026, 03:08 AM
17 January 2026, 03:08 AM
Severe cold paralyses daily life in Pabna
Severe cold and dense fog, with no sunlight, have been disrupting lives and livelihoods in Pabna and adjoining areas.
5 January 2026, 18:00 PM
5 January 2026, 18:00 PM
Pabna's Ishwardi records season's lowest temperature so far at 8.4°C
Dense fog and severe cold disrupt daily life, commute, and farming
5 January 2026, 13:38 PM
5 January 2026, 13:38 PM
A green campus takes shape at PUST
1,200 saplings of 250 rare species planted across 30-acre campus
17 December 2025, 10:05 AM
17 December 2025, 10:05 AM
Dairy Cow Farming / Mothurapur: From a quiet village to a dairy cow trading hub
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.
27 November 2025, 18:00 PM
27 November 2025, 18:00 PM
District admin moves to lease out parts of rivers again
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.
1 November 2025, 18:00 PM
1 November 2025, 18:00 PM
BIWTA to seek 2-year extension for Nagarbari river port
After missing the deadline for a second time about eight months ago, the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) will seek a two-year extension for constructing a river port in Bera upazila of Pabna.
4 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Torture of IU Student: Ensure security so students can pursue dreams
“The cruelty broke my heart but not my dreams,” said Phulpori Khatun, the Islamic University student who was tortured allegedly by two BCL leaders on February 12.
20 February 2023, 18:00 PM
Women entrepreneurs pushing forward economic growth in Pabna
Keya Islam, who lives in Radhanagar village under Pabna sadar upazila, had started her hand embroidery business about a decade ago in order to help provide for her family.
3 February 2023, 03:30 AM
Even in winter, there’s erosion
“I have never seen such erosion in winter,” said Md Abdul Karim, a resident of Binanai village in Sirajganj’s Chowhali upazila, who currently lives under the open sky amid the cold winter.
27 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Ferry service limps due to poor facilities
Although ferry services on Najirganj-Dhawapara route, connecting Pabna and Rajbari districts through the mighty Padma river, kicked-off on January 1, it failed to attract travellers and bring any fruitful result for lack of necessary facilities.ccc
26 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Cold taking a toll on children
Childhood pneumonia cases and deaths have increased around the country amidst the ongoing cold wave. Pabna and Barishal are no exceptions.
9 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Nurunnahar: the one who defied all odds
Nurunnahar Begum of Boktarpur village in Pabna’s Ishwardi upazila left home for love in 1994, to marry Md Rabiul Islam of the same locality. Rabiul didn’t have any source of income at that time, so her family didn’t approve of the wedding.
7 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Vegetable cultivation shows promise in Pabna
Vegetable cultivation is gaining popularity in Pabna as growing profits have spurred local farmers to expand their activities over the past few years, according to the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) in the district.
4 January 2023, 03:00 AM
Want to save a river? Brace for slew of cases
In March 2021, Water Development Board started dredging 5.67 kilometres of Ichhamati river to increase its navigability, under a project worth Tk 5.46 crore. Besides, it simultaneously kicked off an eviction drive, under a Tk 2.69-project, to free the riverbank.
26 December 2022, 18:00 PM
Early season onions bring no joy for farmers
Farmers in Pabna, the biggest onion producing region in Bangladesh, have started harvesting a quick growing variety of the bulb called Kondo, but are being left disappointed by the poor prices currently on offer in local markets.
21 December 2022, 03:00 AM
Navigability crisis silencing Baghabari river port
Operations at the Baghabari river port in Shahzadpur upazila of Sirajganj, one of the most important river ports in Bangladesh for ensuring a supply of fertiliser and fuel to 16 northern districts, has been limping on due to a massive navigability crisis.
19 December 2022, 03:00 AM
Samabaya bank probe finds farmers at fault for loan default
A three-member probe committee of Bangladesh Samabaya Bank Limited has found allegations of bank loan default against over thirty farmers in Pabna to be true.
15 December 2022, 14:52 PM
A light put out by forces of darkness
It was a conscious decision for Dr Mohammad Fazle Rabbee, to return to his motherland from the UK where he had gone for higher studies.
15 December 2022, 01:40 AM
Sirajganj backwater turns into blanket-making hub
Taravanu Begum, a middle-aged woman in Paikartoli village in Sirajganj’s Kazipur upazila, lost her homestead to river erosion and was compelled to take shelter at the flood protection embankment area a few years ago.
8 December 2022, 03:00 AM
We got less than what we borrowed
Several farmers, accused of defaulting on loans in Pabna, have said they became victims of fraudulent activities when they took the loans from Bangladesh Samabaya Bank.
6 December 2022, 01:20 AM
Living amidst piles of garbage
Due to absence of government-designated dumping stations, tonnes of household, industrial and medical wastes are being dumped under the open sky on a daily basis in Pabna town, posing a serious threat to public health.
1 December 2022, 18:00 PM
Pabna BSCIC Industrial Estate: Heavy industries settling in after food processors
Starting off in 1962, the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation’s (BSCIC) industrial estate in Pabna had initially drawn small investors, taking shape as one of the district’s biggest food processing hubs.
1 December 2022, 05:10 AM
Held for ‘loan default’: Some farmers’ families ‘repaid’ all money
Family members of at least two of the 12 farmers, who were arrested Friday on loan default charges in Pabna, claimed they had repaid the money on time.
26 November 2022, 18:00 PM
Single hybrid farm changes face of Ishwardi upazila
Agriculture is a key sector of Bangladesh’s economy but most people never dream of becoming a farmer as even those with the slightest education hope to make a living through other professions of more repute.
25 November 2022, 03:00 AM
Once a morgue, now a diabetes centre
An abandoned one-storey building of the health department on Abdul Hamid road in Pabna was mostly used to keep dead bodies. But it all changed in 1984 when a few youths came together and turned the ghostly establishment into a facility to treat diabetes patients.
13 November 2022, 18:00 PM