Business Plus / Land without utilities: The Sirajganj industrial gridlock
3 October 2026
BSCIC took over the park in 2024, after construction ended, and began preparing to hand land to investors even though sand-filling was still under way
3 October 2026
Rooppur Unit 1 clears key safety test after technical fault stalled commissioning
1 October 2026
Three major tests remain before the unit can reach the criticality stage, officials say
1 October 2026
Prolonged monsoon worries farmers in Pabna
21 September 2026
187 hectares of crops submerged in two upazilas; persistent rain delays early onion cultivation
21 September 2026
Traditional Puthi Path revives folk heritage in remote Chalan Beel village
28 August 2026
The flickering glow of traditional oil lamps illuminated a quiet village courtyard in Chalan Beel on Thursday night, as locals gathered to revive a nearly forgotten tradition of rural Bengal — Puthi Path.
28 August 2026
Pabna clinic OT shut after 12 patients contract TB
25 August 2026
The health authority in Faridpur upazila of Pabna yesterday temporarily closed the operating theatre of Al-Modina Lab and Hospital, a local private clinic, after 12 post-surgery patients contracted tuberculosis (TB) over the past few weeks.
25 August 2026
Pabna clinic OT closed after 12 post-surgery patients test positive for TB
24 August 2026
Health authorities form probe committee to investigate infections at Al-Modina Lab and Hospital in Faridpur upazila
24 August 2026
‘Poddo Beel’ loses its monsoon bloom
22 August 2026
When monsoon waters fill Chalan Beel, pink lotuses, white water lilies and water chestnuts usually blanket the vast wetlands in the region.
22 August 2026
Poor monsoon flow dims bloom: Fewer flowers disappoint visitors at Chalanbeel
21 August 2026
Altered river courses and human intervention disrupt wetland’s natural flowering, unchecked tourism adds to damage
21 August 2026
Dairy farmers struggle as production costs jump
The price of dairy feed has climbed rapidly in recent months keeping pace with the price spiral of essential commodities, making farming costlier and raising milk production costs for the millions of farmers in Bangladesh.
13 March 2022
Int’l Women’s Day: Defying odds Tania Marches on
In 2015, 15-year-old Tania Yeasmin of Pabna was waiting for her SSC results, brimming with hope for her future.
7 March 2022
Higher onion price to persist until new crop arrives
The price of onion has been surging in Pabna for the last couple of weeks as the level of stock at the farmers’ end is fast-depleting owing to the lack of storage capacity for the perishable item.
26 February 2022
Illegal brickfields wreaking havoc on Padma shoal
At least 51 brickfields have mushroomed in Luxmikunda union f Pabna’s Ishwardi upazila in last five years encroaching vast shoal of the Padma. Apart from this, mindless sand and earth extraction in the area has been going on in broad daylight.
23 February 2022
The bell ringer of language movement
The seed of the historic language movement germinated in early 1948 with the people of Pabna staging agitation programmes including enforcement of hartal demanding the rightful place of Bangla.
22 February 2022
Sugar production at state mills lowest in a decade
Production at state-run sugar mills is set to hit its lowest point in over a decade as sugarcane processing has fallen sharply amid reduced supply, according to the Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation (BSFIC).
17 February 2022
Cage fish farming gaining popularity
Kabir Chowdhury, who hails from Dotto Pungoli village in Pabna’s Faridpur upazila, became unemployed about 10 years ago after suffering huge losses in his cattle feed business.
8 February 2022
‘Dredging for nothing’
The Water Development Board has restarted dredging the Ichhamati river in Pabna, following a six-month halt.
4 February 2022
Dashuria intersection: A sight for sore eyes
Trucker Iqbal Hossain who crosses long distances often feels tired and exhausted but the glimpse of a host of beautiful flowers at Dashuria intersection in Pabna’s Ishwardi upazila on Bonpara-Kushtia highway refreshes and energises his mind.
2 February 2022
An epitome of success
At one stage of life, she did not have money to pay the tuition fees for her college exams following marriage.
18 January 2022
‘Mahanayika’ Suchitra Sen’s death anniversary observed in Pabna
Death anniversary of the legendary film actress ‘Mahanayika’ Suchitra Sen was observed on Monday (January 17) in Pabna.
17 January 2022
Truckers’ trouble at Kazirhat
Truck driver Babu Miah was on his way to Dhaka last Monday. With a truck-full of vegetables, he was journeying from Pabna through Kazirhat-Aricha ferry ghat. This route made the most sense to him, as it saved distance and fuel cost.
11 January 2022
Pabna farmers eying bumper onion cultivation
Md Kamruzzaman, an onion farmer of Durgapur village in Pabna’s Sujanagar upazila, is enjoying a good turn of fortune as he cut production costs by using his own seeds.
9 January 2022
Pabna farmers turning to vegetable cultivation
Farmers in Pabna are increasingly turning towards vegetable cultivation as other crops offer comparatively lower profits, according to various locals.
26 December 2021
When living is even more painful
April 23, 1971.
A sudden burst of gunshots broke the afternoon silence in the remote Baghoil village of Pabna. All the innocent villagers could do was scream and run to save their lives from the trigger-happy Pakistan military.
15 December 2021
Chalan Beel’s dried fish producers worried over supply crunch
Dried fish producers of Chalan Beel which spreads across Pabna, Sirajganj and Natore districts have been left frustrated this year as their production levels have been halved by high input costs amid a scanty supply of local fish varieties.
4 December 2021
Weavers in a tight spot for rising production costs
Md Bulbul Hossain, a resident of Jalalpur Tantipara in Pabna sadar upazila, once owned a big weaving factory featuring around 40 power looms.
18 November 2021
Online entity in Tk 15cr fraud case
A fraudulence case involving Tk 15 crore has been filed against four persons of a Rajbari business which had been sealed off and fined Tk 2 lakh earlier this month for selling substandard products.
16 November 2021
A metaphor of asymmetrical development
At a first glance, you may not believe that it’s a government primary school.
10 November 2021
A tale of rapid socio-economic change
Md Moslem Uddin, a resident of Rooppur village in Pabna’s Ishwardi upazila, lost his job at the Pakshey Paper Mill about one decade ago and has seen considerable financial hardship ever since.
28 October 2021