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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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Innovative way to tackle sapling crisis

Geographically most areas under Dewlbari-Dobra, Kalardoaniya and Malikhali unions in Nazirpur upazila remain waterlogged and covered with different water plants including water hyacinth all the year round.
11 December 2018, 18:00 PM
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Local farm fish meet the demand

Farm fishes are meeting the demand of the consumers as river and sea fishes are virtually absent in the local markets amid the ongoing ban on catching all types of fish in rivers.
18 October 2018, 18:00 PM
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Hindu temple ransacked over land dispute

A Hindu temple was vandalised by miscreants at Panchpara Bazar of Pirojpur Sadar Upazila early yesterday.
7 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Muhammad Habibur Rahman

A teacher who scores a century

He is not a renowned author. His work may not be deemed material of high quality that distinguishes a best-selling writer from the average ones. But for someone who lives in a remote pasture of the country and with a humble background of a schoolteacher, a publication of 106 books under his belt is quite an achievement in itself.
3 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Same person named as accused twice in Pirojpur

Case of error

A leader of Pirojpur BNP has been named twice and a former district president of Islami Chhatra Shibir thrice as accused in a case filed with Pirojpur Police Station under the Anti-Terrorism Act on September 1.
14 September 2018, 18:00 PM
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Cost of floating farms on the rise

In wetland areas of Pirojpur, farming on floating seedbeds called “dhap” is a tradition that spans centuries. Primarily constructed from water hyacinth, the seedbeds that are up to 180 feet long, four feet wide and two feet thick, allow farming in areas otherwise unavailable for regular crops. But this year, the rising cost of floating cultivation has farmers worried.
31 August 2018, 18:00 PM
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House on road poses risk

A house in Kachukathi village under Kawkhali upazila has been occupying a portion of the busy Kawkhali-Nesarabad road for many years, to the immense suffering of the people using the road.
5 July 2018, 18:00 PM
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Long-suffering Kawkhali people

A broken bridge over a canal in Kawkhali upazila has been causing untold suffering to thousands of people for the last two years.
11 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Same person named as accused twice in Pirojpur

Chased by police, BNP leader dies

A Swechchhasebak Dal leader allegedly died of a heart attack while being chased by police in Pirojpur town on Saturday night.
11 February 2018, 18:00 PM
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Marshland farming

The marshlands of Nazirpur upazila in Pirojpur are under as much as eight feet of water for most of the year. It's not the sort of
10 January 2018, 18:00 PM
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Fallout from Inter-Faith Marriage: Police move to end family’s sufferings

Police yesterday reopened the tea stall whose owner was forced to close it for over three months by local UP chairman in Pirojpur's Nesarabad upazila.
21 December 2017, 18:00 PM
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Wheat grass enlisted as cheap, quality fodder in Pirojpur

It's easy enough to get sidetracked on Youtube. About a month ago, when farmer Alamgir Hossain, 55, from Pirojpur town, was
17 December 2017, 18:00 PM

Pirojpur, a witness to Pak army's brutality

During the Liberation War, Pirojpur town saw horrible scenes of brutalities by Pakistan occupation army.
12 December 2017, 18:00 PM
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Nature Quest: The Den of Sparrows

Every afternoon, thousands of sparrows from different areas of Pirojpur town congregate in a little banyan tree in Pirojpur Old Bus Terminal.
26 October 2017, 18:00 PM
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A haven for shipbuilders

A place of encircling rivers and canals, Pirojpur's Nesarabad upazila is nestled along the banks of the Sandha River. It's a deltaic landscape that has proven a natural haven for shipbuilders. Every day, at an ever-growing number of shipyards, Nesarabad bustles with activity as new ships, small and large, are brought to life.
23 September 2017, 18:00 PM
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Fund constraints the obstacle

Struggling with family poverty from childhood, Syeda Jannatul Ferdaus Rima had a dream to shine in life through technical education.
5 September 2017, 18:00 PM
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Shitalpati mat-weaving tradition at risk

For well over a century the people of Subidpur village in Pirojpur's Kawkhali upazila have been producing naturally cool shitalpati mats
22 June 2017, 18:00 PM
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Mother stands for comfort, but who will comfort mother?

It's natural for mothers to worry about their children. But Hoshney Ara, 60, a widow originally from Anuraag village in Jhalakathi's
20 June 2017, 18:00 PM
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Fortune smiles on banana growers in Pirojpur

Banana cultivation has changed the economic condition of the people living on the banks of the Baleshwar river in the district.
21 May 2017, 18:00 PM
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Children denied playing facilities at school

Children of most of the government primary schools in Pirojpur are deprived of sports and recreation facilities due to lack of sufficient
27 April 2017, 18:00 PM

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