Jobs or business -- everything based on merit, Tarique says at Bogura rally
30 January 2026, 02:23 AM
BNP chairman pledges fair share for ancestral hometown without depriving others
30 January 2026, 02:23 AM
Tarique returns to ancestral hometown Bogura after 19 years
30 January 2026, 00:37 AM
BNP chairman draws massive crowd at Altafunnessa playground rally
30 January 2026, 00:37 AM
Up to 4°C colder than last year: North Bangladesh shivers
6 January 2026, 15:29 PM
Rangpur Met Office says harsh conditions may persist for several more days
6 January 2026, 15:29 PM
Wildlife enthusiasts protest surge in bird hunting
12 December 2025, 14:04 PM
Photo walk and birdwatching event calls for urgent national action to protect birds
12 December 2025, 14:04 PM
Farmers count losses as Aman prices fall
2 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Rates dropped by more than Tk 100 per maund in two weeks as growers blame rising imports even amid peak harvesting
2 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Gap rollout: New promises for safe food production
16 November 2025, 18:07 PM
Sohel Rana had been growing mangos since 2013 in traditional methods, often applying excessive chemical fertilisers and pesticides. He was aware of the health risks and the adverse effects on the soil, but he did what he needed to do for a greater yield. And until last year, the farmer from Naogaon sold his produces in the local market for a marginal profit.
16 November 2025, 18:07 PM
Stored with hope, lost in silence
6 November 2025, 18:20 PM
Jahidul Islam, a farmer from Chanpara area of Panchbibi upazila, had 100 sacks of seed potatoes stored at Sathi Himagar-3 cold storage.
6 November 2025, 18:20 PM
World Food Day / The fight for safe food production in Bangladesh
16 October 2025, 06:00 AM
Why are farmers spending extra money to use an unhealthy amount of chemical fertiliser and pesticides?
16 October 2025, 06:00 AM
Taliban takeover through two Afghans lenses
Questions are swirling in the air after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan last week ending the rule of West-backed government of Ashraf Ghani. It took
21 August 2021, 18:00 PM
Aus acreage shrinks for dry weather
Farmers cultivated Aus paddy on a reduced area in Bangladesh this year because of dry weather during the main transplantation season, said farmers and officials.
18 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Bogura glass vial SME cluster almost extinct
Just three or four years ago, Shihari and Dumori villages in Bogura’s Adamdighi upazila were buzzing with activity as some 400 small glass vial factories operated in the area.
12 July 2021, 18:00 PM
Change Maker: Back to roots to set up agro farm
It is expected that a student graduating from a reputed university would want a good job in the big city.
7 July 2021, 08:33 AM
Ashrayan Project-2: Seven houses collapse after moderate rain
Seven out of 22 houses built for homeless people under the Ashroyon project-2 have partially collapsed following moderate rainfall in Koyerkhali area of Bogura’s Sherpur upazila four days ago.
30 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Outcry for proper healthcare at Gaibandha chars
“Around one and a half years ago, my sister-in-law, Taslima, died after suffering from post-pregnancy complications. She gave birth to a baby while still on the boat, heading towards the hospital. Unfortunately, she passed away before we made it,” shares 27-year-old Shahida Begum, a local of Kochkhali char.
25 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Slipping back to uncertainty
A homeless freedom fighter and eight others, who have been blessed with a cluster of houses in Shajahanpur, Bogura, have found that even moderate rains can leave their new houses completely flooded.
24 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Gaibandha char people’s wait for electricity prolonged by ravaging Brahmaputra
The long wait of the char people for electricity in Gaibandha’s four upazilas has just prolonged as many electric poles set up by the district palli bidyut samity (rural electrification board) have been engulfed by furious Brahmaputra. The river erosion has taken a serious turn in the district since last month.
23 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Adnan Missing: Police claim he was in Gaibandha
The hearsay of young Islamic preacher Abu Taw Haa Muhammad Adnan hiding in one of his friend’s house in Gaibandha created confusion.
19 June 2021, 18:00 PM
Case After Gaibandha Trader’s Death: 3 AL men sued
Family members of the man, whose body was found at now-suspended Awami League leader’s house in Gaibandha, alleged that police dillydallied recording a murder case for hours, saying that the complaint should make no mention of the role of two police officers.
11 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Trader ends up dead in AL leader’s house
Gaibandha police has allegedly handed over a trader to a ruling party leader for his failure to pay debt. The leader allegedly kept him confined to his house, and almost a month later, the man was found dead there.
10 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Women in Gaibandha turning menace into money
Around 300 women in Modonerpara village of Gaibandha’s sadar upazila have been using water hyacinths from a nearby water-body to craft flower vases for the past month.
31 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Gaibandha Blast: It was a mortar shell of 1971
The explosion that took three lives in Gaibandha’s Gobindaganj upazila on Wednesday was of an abandoned mortar shell of 1971, and no militancy link or sabotage plan was behind it, said police.
25 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Grass that changed luck of thousands of farmers
Twenty years ago, Abdul Gafur Sheikh was a poor day-labourer and debt-ridden and found it difficult to feed a family of six.
24 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Thriving as poultry entrepreneurs
Around 150 students in Sherpur, Bogura, are making profits by rearing deshi (local breed) chickens at their own rooftops or backyards.
11 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Another one bites the dust
Due to the sharp fall in the number of theatre audience for commercial movies, curtains are being drawn on a 28-year-old cinema hall in Bogura’s Dhunat upazila.
2 February 2021, 18:00 PM
Low profits pushing farmers away from legume cultivation
Farmers in various areas of the country are gradually shifting away from legumes in favour of other crops as lentils and pulses have become less profitable now.
30 January 2021, 18:00 PM
SR Group sets up largest chemical plant in north
SR Group has set up a chemical manufacturing plant in Bogura, the largest of its kind in the northern region of the country, at an investment of Tk 850 crore. The project went into operation last month.
24 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Pumpkin farming gets popular in Bogura’s char areas
Farmers of Bogura’s char areas alongside the Jamuna and Bangali rivers enjoyed good profit amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic by cultivating different varieties of pumpkins on the abandoned lands with little investment.
20 January 2021, 18:00 PM
Govt project set to give women’s sports a boost
“I have been playing cricket at the Bogura Shaheed Chandu Stadium since I was eight. My father’s only dream is to see me in the women’s national team. And he tries his best to help me carry on my studies alongside cricket,” said Sraboni Rani Shil, a 14-year-old from the northern district.
11 January 2021, 18:00 PM