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Habibur Rahman

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Jibanananda archive and library still locked a year after completion

The archive remains closed as no staff have yet been appointed for its operations
9 June 2025, 12:40 PM
9 June 2025, 12:40 PM
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Nature quest / Of broken wings and empty eyes

Tangled in a protective net, a black drongo hangs dead above a fish enclosure in Madhabhakhati village in Khulna’s Dumuria upazila. Farmers and fishery owners have set up such nets over enclosures and crop farms to ward off pests
21 June 2024, 04:43 AM
21 June 2024, 04:43 AM
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Nature quest: Too hot for the cold blooded

An oriental garden lizard takes a sip of water from a drying puddle on the road in Jalma area of Khulna's Batiaghata upazila recently. Lizards are ectothermic, or "cold blooded" animals, which means they rely on the environment around them to regulate their body temperature, unlike mammals who can produce heat internally to stabalise their temperatures
3 May 2024, 06:35 AM
3 May 2024, 06:35 AM
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Nature quest: Gems of the forest

The axis deer, chittra horin in Bangla, is one of the more precious belongings of the Sundarbans. This herd was seen wandering outside of the mangrove forest to eat grass under the open sky.
19 April 2024, 05:33 AM
19 April 2024, 05:33 AM
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Nature quest / Giants of the Sundarbans

A saltwater crocodile was spotted roaming the Sundarbans recently. Native to saltwater habitats, brackish wetlands, and freshwater rivers, saltwater crocodiles are known as the largest living reptiles in the world
22 March 2024, 03:42 AM
22 March 2024, 03:42 AM
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NATURE QUEST / Plastic for bread

At one end of the world, leaders from different countries have gathered to discuss climate change and how to save the environment from further deterioration. At the other end, monkeys are having to eat plastic and polythene discarded by tourists of the Sundarbans in Khulna
1 December 2023, 04:03 AM
1 December 2023, 04:03 AM
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JUTE MILLS IN DISARRAY

Due to lack of maintenance, the once-vibrant mill compounds now appear to be haunted places with weeds and vines growing all over
8 July 2023, 06:18 AM
8 July 2023, 06:18 AM
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Patuakhali, Pirojpur passengers suffer as bus services suspended

Passengers of Patuakhali are bearing the brunt as bus services in the district were suspended this morning (November 4, 2022) ahead of BNP’s divisional rally in Barishal tomorrow.
4 November 2022, 06:40 AM
4 November 2022, 06:40 AM
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Five illegal brick kilns in one village!

Several unauthorised brick kilns have been removing earth from the embankment along the Katcha river in Indurkani upazila for over a year, but the authorities still seem to be oblivious of the criminal act.
3 March 2021, 18:00 PM
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When passion makes way for profession

Many people rear pigeon as a hobby. But not too many of them ever come close to turning it into a source of income.
14 February 2021, 18:00 PM
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Guava rotting in garden as demand falls amid Covid-19 pandemic

Believe it or not, guava is selling at Tk 5 per kg at the wholesale markets in Pirojpur, Jhalakathi and Barishal districts.
11 August 2020, 18:00 PM
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Pirojpur boat sellers in utter despair

The fall in production of guavas and hog plums has affected the sale of boat significantly, leaving the boat sellers in utter despair amid coronavirus outbreak in Nesarabad upazila of the district.
23 July 2020, 18:00 PM
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Locals receiving ‘wrong treatment’ amid pandemic

Many ordinary people are compelled to receive ‘wrong treatment’ from so-called local doctors amid the pandemic. In some cases, such treatment has even led to the death of the patient.
6 July 2020, 18:00 PM
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Regular flooding a woe for them

Over three thousand people of Togra and Umedpur villages beside the Kacha river in Indurkani upazila under Pirojpur are suffering as no permanent embankment was made to protect them from regular tidal waves after super cyclone Sidr destroyed an earthen embankment there on November 15 in 2007.
2 June 2020, 18:00 PM
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No Baishakhi fair this year, earning eludes potters

The ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus has brought added worry to the potters, especially earthen toy makers in Pirojpur, as the items made for sale during the Baishakhi fair will remain largely unsold due to ban on gatherings to check the infection.
7 April 2020, 18:00 PM
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No inpatient service for 12yrs

Over a decade into construction of Indurkani Upazila Health Complex, the inpatient service at the hospital is yet to start providing health facilities, causing immense sufferings to treatment seekers.
23 February 2020, 18:00 PM
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Cashing in on cricket mania

Abdul Latif Bepary, who passed away in 2012, was said to be the country’s first carpenter to produce cricket bats.
10 February 2020, 18:00 PM
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Once broke, Naren gains solvency by fish farming

Completely broke after failed attempt to go abroad six years ago, Naren Halder is now a successful fish farmer.
13 October 2019, 18:00 PM
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The women behind Pirojpur’s floating agriculture

Local women in Pirojpur’s wetland areas play a vital role in floating agriculture that is recognised by Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN as one of the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems.
8 October 2019, 18:00 PM

Stalkers at bay after two accused arrested

Stalkers are hardly seen in the streets of Bhandaria upazila of Pirojpur as police promptly arrested two delinquents including the main accused in the case for instigating the suicide of schoolgirl Rukaiya Rupa.
3 September 2019, 18:00 PM
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Fishermen pass hard time as compensation scanty

Hundreds of fishermen in the district have been passing their days in hardship due to a 65-day ban, which began from May 20, on fishing in the Bay.
8 July 2019, 18:00 PM
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Canals split into pieces by govt departments, locals

The trend of encroaching on manmade or natural waterbodies across the country has taken a new form in Mathbaria upazila, where numerous dams and roads have been built across at least four canals.
15 June 2019, 18:00 PM
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Villages under erosion threat as dykes too weak

Devastating cyclone Sidr that hit the southern districts of the country, including Pirojpur, on November 15 in 2007, had damaged unlimited properties and caused loss of many lives as well.
8 June 2019, 18:00 PM
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Farming suffers due to lack of embankment

Thousands of farmers at two villages in Nazirpur upazila are suffering badly for lack of an embankment surrounding their croplands.
19 March 2019, 18:00 PM
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Shoals in Kacha river hamper ferry services

Ferry services between Tagra and Charkhali terminals in Pirojpur on Barishal-Bhandaria-Pirojpur highway are taking a heavy toll as the perennial problem of hidden shoals in the Kacha river has worsened this dry season.
27 February 2019, 18:00 PM
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Growing vegetables without ploughing

Farmers of Pirojpur Sadar upazila are growing seasonal vegetables without ploughing the land that would lie unused after harvesting Aman paddy, and are making good profit.
31 January 2019, 18:00 PM
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Brick kiln depletes topsoil, poses health hazard

A brick kiln in Pashchim Baniary area under Nazirpur upazila has been causing suffering to the villagers for years, but local administration and law enforcers have not taken any steps to stop the nuisance.
26 January 2019, 18:00 PM
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Sayedee's son puts local BNP in a tight spot

Nomination of Shameem Sayedee, son of convicted war criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee, for Pirojpur-1 has left local BNP leaders in a tight corner and made their fight against archrival Awami League tough.
18 December 2018, 18:00 PM

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