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
RMCH Tree Branches Chopped to Shoo Birds: Director admits mistake, says no more destruction
The authorities of Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital recently cut off the branches of some trees that were home to a huge number of different species of birds. Amid protests from local environmental activists and conservationists, the director of RMCH admitted to the mistake and said he will refrain from such acts of environmental destruction in the future.
31 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Bogura Mahasthangarh: Fort city open to destruction
The Department of Archaeology continues to struggle to save one of the country’s and region’s most significant archaeological sites, Mahasthangarh in Bogura, due to the delay in acquiring 393 acres of land in the fort city.
28 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Cashing in on cashew nuts
Jackpot Cashew Nuts Industries started producing an assortment of cashew-nut based foods earlier this year in a bid to cash in on the growing demand for heart-healthy snacks.
28 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Abused at every turn
A 13-year-old girl from a village in Bogura’s Dhunat upazila was abducted, gang raped for more than a month, and then left unconscious by a road on August 24. Her sufferings, however, were still not over.
13 December 2020, 18:00 PM
Bangladeshi handicrafts ride out pandemic tide
While nearly every business sector in Bangladesh has been hit by the fallouts of the coronavirus pandemic, handicrafts have continued faring well in the global market.
29 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Turning waste into wealth
Bogura, which has always been a district town known for centuries-old archaeological sites, is also home to around 10,000 families of weavers.
26 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Bogura handicrafts makers hit hard by back-to-back natural disasters
The spiralling prices of raw materials have been taking a heavy toll on the handicrafts makers in Bogura, as the Covid-19 outbreak, incessant rain and the fourth spell of flood have destroyed the whole supply chain in the district.
18 November 2020, 18:00 PM
Rising from the ashes
Olivia Hembrom, 33, was left wanting for food and work in March when coronavirus and a nationwide shutdown hit Bangladesh.
5 November 2020, 18:00 PM
From Hamdu Miah to Nahida’s father
The proudest moment for a father, probably, is when he is known among friends and others through his children’s identity. For Hamdu Miah, a mere employee of the government’s central poultry farm, there probably is no other prouder feeling than being referred to as ‘Nahida’s [Akter] father’.
13 October 2020, 18:00 PM
An endeavour to help Bogura farmers
The Covid-19 crisis has made lives of many people, especially marginal farmers, miserable. To overcome this situation, the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) in Bogura has recently taken an initiative to distribute free vegetable seeds and money among the marginal farmers under the gardening project.
10 October 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Why do you wear boys’ clothes?’
It is usually tough for women in our country to take up cricket -- or any other sport for that matter -- as a profession. For Murshida Khatun, a 21-year-old left-handed batter, it was even tougher.
6 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Mother-in-law says AL leader took Tk 100cr from her
A local Awami League leader in Nandigram, Bogura has reportedly stolen Tk 100 crore from his mother-in-law by forcing her to write him cheques and fixed deposit receipts, according to a complaint filed with Bogura Police Station.
3 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Bogura’s local women cricketers hit hard by Covid-19
Since the halt of cricketing activities due to the coronavirus pandemic, the hardships of male domestic cricketers were well documented, but the plight of female domestic players is as bad, if not worse.
23 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Age is just a number
How often is it that people shy away from doing something just because they think they are too old to do that? Bangladesh wicketkeeper batter Shamima Sultana is different from everyone in that regard. And hence, her story of emergence is also unique and different from most of her teammates.
18 September 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Want to take my mom for a ride in my own car’
From an outsider’s point of view, cricket in Bangladesh may always seem glamorous. It is however not the case always, especially not for women cricketers.
15 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Heritage sites, museums to open from tomorrow after 6-month closure
Bangladesh government has decided to open all heritage sites and museums under the Department of Archaeology on a limited scale from tomorrow after six months' closure due to the coronavirus pandemic.
15 September 2020, 11:20 AM
An inexplicable exile
Before winning the Under-19 World Cup this year, the young Tigers went to the Shaheed Chandu Stadium in Bogura in December 2019 to prepare for the global showpiece event in South Africa. U-19 captain Akbar Ali, their manager and coach told this correspondent that Bogura has grassy wickets and boast the best bouncy wickets in the country.
10 September 2020, 18:00 PM
From stealing brother’s clothes to loaning him jerseys
Courageous and resilient are perhaps two words associated with people from Magura. The statement holds true when we talk about Bangladesh’s brightest star, Shakib Al Hasan, who hails from this small district in Khulna.
7 September 2020, 18:00 PM
RMCH, adjacent areas turn into shelter for birds
Rajshahi Medical College campus and areas around the hospital premises have turned into a haven for birds, with hundreds of Asian openbill (locally known as shamukkhol), night heron, and cormorants nesting and breeding there.
22 August 2020, 13:35 PM
Caught off guard and losing everything to the flood
Ashraf Ali (50), once a well-off farmer of Char Haatbaria village under Sariakandi upazila in Bogura, has lost everything to river erosion in just a matter of days.
21 August 2020, 14:42 PM