Azibor Rahman

Twenty-year-old Tanjim Tabassum Orthi won 11 national awards in singing from 2013 to 2019. Besides being a singer, she hopes to be a BCS cadre.

Seventeen-year-old Tamanna Aktar Nura was born with no arms and only one leg. She earned the highest GPA in her high school graduation exams. She took the exams by holding a pen between her toes.

 Deserted village of Mongolpur under Elangi union in Kotchandpur upazila in Jhenidah is again seen human habitation thanks to the prime minister’s housing project for the homeless marking Mujib Borsho.

Recently an association of college and university Student based in Kaliganj upazila has built a wooden bridge voluntarily over the Chitra river for the greater benefit of the villagers and students.

Imagine neat rows of vegetable saplings in the thousands growing in a temperature and humidity controlled environment fitted with drip irrigation and free from pests, capable of providing harvests 15 days in advance.

Seeing young Aminul Islam’s keen interest in embroidery and needlework, the villagers used to tease him saying, “Embroidery is for women and girls. Why do you like it so much? Are you a housewife?”

Thousands of cabbage farmers in Jashore are getting good prices for their produce thanks to a project called Sustainable Agriculture, Food Security and Linkages (SaFaL).

She did not have full backing from her family, money was in short supply, and she had to struggle in a male-dominated business environment, but Shamim Ara Dipa didn’t give up on her childhood dreams of doing something unique on her own.

On an average day, more than 1,500 people visit the scenic site in Naldanga area of Kaliganj upazila, where the Begboti river flows by eight spectacular Hindu temples, built several centuries ago, on over 20 acres of land.

Every year during the harvesting period of paddy, Disha Engineering becomes abuzz with the presence of farmers.

Everyone in Laxmandia village, in Shailakupa upazila, feels proud when visitors from faraway places come looking for “Gaach Bari” in their village.

“I have no room to sleep, and it’s impossible to sleep if it rains, as the rain drops find their way onto my bed, said 16-year-old Unnati Khatun, and famous female footballer native to Jhenidah.

“It is from small streams that big rivers rise.” Similar to the sentiment in Canadian writer Matshona Dhliwayo’s words, Sohagi Khatun, Mukti Khatun, Mehnaz Khatun, Antara Khatun and Hossain Mondol completed an inspiring journey from a remote village swimming club in Jhenidah on the shores of Begboti River to the top levels and top sports institution.

Sincerity mixed with hard work can lead any man to success and the same can be said for the fairer sex as about 400 women are now earning a living by making jute shoes and slippers that are exported to various destinations.

A carrom factory owner in Jhenidah is earning good profit by making boards amid coronavirus situation as the game of carrom has become very popular in the district during the current ongoing pandemic situation.

How long does it take to solve a trivial problem at a school where hundreds of youngsters take their first lessons to be good human beings and responsible citizens of the country?

The eel hunters in the district have been passing hard days due to coronavirus outbreak.

Walking towards a school field -- more like a small open space at the front of a building -- on a gloomy day with the earth muddied by incessant rainfall, this reporter was awestruck to see a bunch of school girls practising football with razor sharp focus even in such a poorly facilitated environment.

Universal Poultry Hatchery Limited, a large poultry farm in Jhenidah, faces closure due to various problems including drastic fall in demand of poultry meat during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Once unemployed Md Habibur Rahman in the district is now a successful farmer. He has earned a good profit by cultivating watermelon and onion.