Farmers count losses as Aman prices fall
As the Aman paddy harvesting reaches its peak across the country, farmers are expressing frustration over falling prices, with rates dropping by Tk 100-150 per maund compared with last year. The Daily Star correspondents from more than 13 districts found that paddy prices have declined over the past two weeks, leaving many farmers struggling to cover costs.
2 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Gap rollout: New promises for safe food production
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
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
Why are farmers spending extra money to use an unhealthy amount of chemical fertiliser and pesticides?
16 October 2025, 06:00 AM
Potato farmers hold back stock as prices crash
Cultivation of new potatoes also falls; experts blame govt’s poor planning, policy gaps
15 October 2025, 14:56 PM
Bangladesh’s mango boom at risk without urgent attention
Many farmers are considering abandoning mango cultivation due to sharply rising production costs.
7 October 2025, 06:00 AM
Northern farmers paying more for TSP fertiliser amid low supply
Farmers in the northern districts are paying Tk 47 to Tk 50 per kilogramme for triple superphosphate (TSP) fertiliser this Aman season, while the government rate is Tk 27.
14 September 2025, 18:00 PM
Contraceptive crisis grips health centres
An acute shortage of contraceptives in health centres across the country is severely affecting reproductive and maternal healthcare, with marginalised communities in rural and remote areas suffering the most. .At community clinics, Family Welfare Assistants (FWAs) usually provide free cont
13 September 2025, 20:48 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
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