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Zahangir Shah

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Manikganj youth builds aircraft, flies it

With determination and hard work, even the most difficult tasks become possible. A young man from Manikganj has demonstrated this by building his own aeroplane and successfully flying it.
4 March 2025, 18:00 PM
4 March 2025, 18:00 PM
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Why did cops shoot my boy? He was only 14

He succumbed to his wounds on the way to Enam Medical College Hospital.
29 July 2024, 12:16 PM
29 July 2024, 12:16 PM

‘Wish we all died together’

Josna Begum had visions of Eid filled with laughter – new clothes for her children, the sweet aroma of biryani filling their tiny home at New Slum area of Manikganj Sadar.  With the joyous holiday just days away, the anticipation should have been bubbling over.  Instead, Josna is grappling with a devastating loss that forever altered the course of her family’s life.
8 April 2024, 18:00 PM
8 April 2024, 18:00 PM
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Natakhola police probe centre: Construction work stops for fund crisis

Construction work of Natakhola Police Investigation Centre has remained incomplete for the last couple of months.
11 March 2024, 18:00 PM
11 March 2024, 18:00 PM
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C-section: When exception becomes a norm

Caesarean sections or C-sections, a lifesaving procedure which is done in special cases during birth, have become a norm in Bangladesh, especially in private clinics, data show.
9 March 2024, 18:00 PM
9 March 2024, 18:00 PM
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Remembering a language martyr

Seventy-two years ago, Rafiq Uddin Ahmed became a language martyr among many brave souls who sacrificed their lives for Bangla -- their mother tongue.
21 February 2024, 18:00 PM
21 February 2024, 18:00 PM
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Brick kilns killing their dream of education

Seventeen-year-old Sumi Akter was seen walking on a brick kiln premises with her three-year-old daughter Ayesha Akhter in her lap.
17 February 2024, 18:00 PM
17 February 2024, 18:00 PM
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Ferry capsize in Padma: Salvage operation of ferry yet to begin

The one person -- a crew member of the ferry -- who went missing after the incident could not be traced till the filing of the report at 8:00pm.
18 January 2024, 16:01 PM
18 January 2024, 16:01 PM
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Dinghy Noukar Haat, a 50-yr-old tradition

Like every year, the “dinghy noukar haat” in Ghior upazila of Manikganj has gained momentum with the advent of monsoon.
21 July 2019, 18:00 PM
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50-yr old dinghy market in Manikganj

A half-century old local market of dinghy (small boat) in Manikganj has garnered popularity for the quality of boats sold there, with buyers coming from across the country.
17 July 2019, 05:53 AM
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Manikganj turkey farmer has eyes on French market

After years of success in farming turkey in a foreign land, the Philippines, an expatriate Bangladeshi has set up a farm at his village
14 July 2019, 18:00 PM
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In memory of Kazi Nazrul Islam and Promila Devi

To protect the memories of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam and his wife, Promila Devi, speakers demanded the establishment of a university and the Nazrul-Promila Institute at Promila Devi’s birthpalace of Teota village, in Manikganj, at a discussion on Saturday.
26 May 2019, 18:00 PM

Fire extinguishers refilled without any tender

Sixty-four fire extinguishers at 250-bed Manikganj District Hospital were refilled without any tender.
11 May 2019, 18:00 PM
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Pohela Boishakh celebrations at Manikganj

Jahid Maleque Sawapan, the health and family welfare minister and lawmaker from Manikganj-3 constituency, was present at the function, presided over by SM Ferdous, the deputy commissioner of Manikganj.
16 April 2019, 18:00 PM
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SHILPARATH'S 10th anniversary celebrations

Shilparath, a dance school and company based in Manikganj, celebrated its 10th anniversary through a cultural programme at the central Shahid Minar premises in Manikganj on April 12.
13 April 2019, 18:00 PM
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'Runway' screened in Manikganj to create awareness about violent extremism

Runway was screened at Kakna High School, Manikganj on Saturday, with an aim of creating awareness about violent extremism.
24 March 2019, 18:00 PM
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Age-old craft under threat

The art of making traditional musical instruments is slowly fading away due to rising production costs and growing popularity of modern instruments, say artisans in Manikganj.
2 February 2019, 18:00 PM
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Combatting extremism with baul music

With an aim of creating awareness about violent extremism, a musical programme that presented Baul songs was organised at the Government Boys' High School's playground in Manikganj recently.
30 January 2019, 18:00 PM
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15-day long Muktijuddher Bijoy Mela begins in Manikganj

The 28th Muktijuddher Bijoy Mela began at the Bijoy Mela ground in Manikganj yesterday. Chairman of the Udjapon Parishad and Manikganj district council and freedom fighter advocate Golam Mohiuddin formally inaugurated the 15-day long victory fair by hoisting the national flag.
6 December 2018, 18:00 PM
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Lalon festival held in Manikganj

Manikganj Achin Pakhi Lalon Sangathan, an association dedicated to Lalon’s work organised a Lalon festival in Manikganj on November 4, 2018 at the martyred freedom fighters’ memorial premises.
4 November 2018, 18:00 PM
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Risky river journey

A large number of people from different districts including Pabna, Rajbari and Manikganj take risky ride on trawlers to cross the Jamuna and Padma rivers but the authorities concerned have hardly taken any initiative to stop the illegal practice despite casualties in several incidents of trawler capsize.
30 August 2018, 18:00 PM
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Attraction Raja Babu

A 2094-kg (52 maunds) bull named 'Raja Babu' is drawing visitors from far and near to Baraid village in Saturia upazila under the district.
7 August 2018, 18:00 PM

Stop construction on banks of Dhaleswari

Members of Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (Bapa) yesterday gave a one-day ultimatum to the Dhaka Northern Power Generation (DNPG) Ltd authorities, to stop construction work of infrastructure on government land -- the Dhaleswari riverbank in Dhalla union in Singair upazila of Manikganj.
27 July 2018, 18:00 PM
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Bumper sweet pumpkin yield in Manikganj

There has been bumper production of sweet pumpkin in the district this year due to favourable weather.
30 May 2018, 18:00 PM
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Potters in Manikganj busy ahead of Pahela Baishakh

Potters of Manikganj are passing busy time making clay toys ahead of theBaishakhi Mela fairs marking Pahela Baishakh.
9 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Dense Fog: Passengers suffer as ferry service disrupted

Thousands of passengers including women and children were stranded for hours at Paturia ghat of Manikganj and Daulatdia ghat in Rajbari across the Padma river yesterday following disruption of ferry services on the river.
14 March 2018, 18:00 PM
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4,000 trees being felled for Manikganj road widening

A staggering 4,000 trees, planted under a social forestry project, are being cut for the expansion of Hemayetpur-Manikganj-Singair regional highway, amid allegations of flouting the rules and depriving the beneficiaries of the project.
7 March 2018, 18:00 PM

UK Sonali Otit beat Manikganj

UK Sonali Otit Club beat Maniikganj Sonali Otit Club by a single goal in a 60-minute friendly veterans' match at the Shahid Miraz Tapan
26 February 2018, 18:00 PM

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