Govt decides to conserve Bogra palace
Amid protests by different cultural organisations, the government has decided to conserve Bogra's historic Nawab Palace, which was sold to a group of local businessmen last month.
5 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Boro yield may exceed target in Bogra this yr
Farmers in 12 upazilas of the district are busy harvesting and processing early planted boro paddy. Though there is a labour crisis in
2 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Drumstick growers happy with good yield
Drumstick (Bangla term sajna) growers in Adamdighi upazila under the district are happy with bumper yield of the summer vegetable amid favourable weather this year.
20 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Farmers beam with joy as wheat yield good
With the harvest of wheat in full swing, the farmers of char (landmass emerging from riverbed) areas in the Jamuna and Bangalee rivers in Sariakandi upazila under the district are happy with good yield and expected price of the crop this season.
23 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Painting competition on Independence Day in Bogra
Moumachi Khelaghor Ashor, noted children's and youth organisation of Bogra district, arranged a painting competition marking Independence Day at its premise of Seujgari area in the town on Friday.
19 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Bogra farmers see bumper production of chilli
Bogra farmers are eying bumper production of green chilli this year.
29 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Maize growers eye bumper yield in Jamuna basin areas
Farmers of the Jamuna basin areas under Shariakandi, Sonatola and Dhunat upazilas of the district are very happy as
16 February 2016, 18:00 PM
People of 30 villages suffer for want of a concrete bridge
The people of 30 villages in Dhunat upazila under the district have to use a bamboo-made bridge on the Bangalee River at Joysing ghat of
7 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Asset now burden
Over the past few days, The Daily Star published a series of reports on ordeals of the victims of mindless violence in the name of politics between January 5 and April 5 last year. Lives perished, people were crippled, families torn apart and dreams shattered in the 91 days of brutality that shook the nation to its core. In the last part of the series, we today will tell you the story of a victim who is living a life no one wants.
12 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Bumper tomato yield brings smile to farmers
The tomato growers of Jamuna Basin areas of Sariakandi upazila under the district are delighted due to the bumper
2 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Gunmen played tricks before shooting
As dusk fell on Haripur in Bogra's Shibganj upazila on Thursday, most male members of both Shia and Sunni families of the village went
28 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Shell-shocked family of Shia mosque attack victim wants justice
There were tears and sighs all around the small house as the family members and neighbours mourned Moazzem Hossain, the muezzin of the Shia mosque in Bogra, killed in Thursday's shooting.
27 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Shias in Bogra of Bangladesh feel insecure
The minority Shia Muslims in Bogra's Shibganj upazila have never felt threatened living in the Sunni-dominated area. On the contrary, they have always lived peacefully with their Sunni brothers and sisters for decades.
But now a sense of fear has gripped them following Thursday's gun attack inside a Shia mosque by unknown assailants. The shooting killed the muezzin of the mosque and injured three more, including the imam.
27 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Illegal structures on govt land in Bogra
Illegal structures have been erected on government land at Alangi Bazar in Alangi union of Dhunat upazila under the district allegedly in collusion with the local union parishad chairman.
18 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Killers of journalist Dipankar untraced for 11 years
The killers of Dipankar Chakrabarty, a noted journalist of the district and former vice president of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists, are yet to be brought to justice, 11 years after the brutal murder.
1 October 2015, 18:00 PM
Good yield, fair prices make sugarcane farmers happy
Good yield of sugarcane makes farmers in the district happy as the cash crop is selling for good prices during the peak harvesting period.
23 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Education hit by floods in Bangladesh district
Thousands of students have been deprived of education since the ongoing flood hit three upazilas in Bogra over two weeks ago.
8 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Youth fakes own kidnap, extorts money from father
Struggling to run his family, a youth cooked up a story of his abduction and extorted Tk 2 lakh from his father last week, but finally
15 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Housing project for 150 landless families in Bogra
Houses for 150 landless families will be built under a government-run housing project named Hashraj Housing Project on 13 acres of
21 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Moglu gets elderly allowance, finally
At last centenarian Moglu Pramanik got his rightful elderly allowance from the government's social service department as well as financial help from Bangladesh NGO Foundation (BNF).
26 May 2015, 18:00 PM