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Ahmed Humayun Kabir Topu

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He rushed in to save others, but toxic gas claimed his life

15 August 2026
Father mourns son, Abdul Alim Sujon, lost in Sitakunda shipbreaking tragedy
15 August 2026
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Frequent power cuts put small businesses under pressure

13 August 2026
Amid the rolling blackouts, some businesses are spending more to produce the same amount of goods, while others are taking much longer to meet delivery deadlines
13 August 2026
A 6-by-5-foot enclosure has been built in the waiting area of Goyeshpur Union Health Complex. Photo: Star

Breastfeeding corners: A small space, a big relief

11 August 2026
New breastfeeding corners in Pabna are easing an everyday struggle for mothers visiting public offices and health facilities
11 August 2026
Bangladeshi workers killed in Saudi Arabia fire

A village in tears

11 August 2026
Moyna Begum had no electricity at home when her son Mohan Pramanik was calling from Riyadh as a fire tore through the sofa factory where he worked.
11 August 2026
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Milk Vita hikes prices by Tk 10 per litre

9 August 2026
Under the new rate structure that took effect on August 1, a one-litre packet of processed milk now costs Tk 110, up 10 percent from Tk 100
9 August 2026
Ganges-Kobadak Project irrigation water crisis

Ganges-Kobadak Project: Weakened Padma obstructs irrigation

7 August 2026
Farmer Abdul Hannan has given up IRRI-Boro cultivation due to the irrigation water crisis, even though he lives just a stone’s throw from the country’s largest surface-water irrigation network, the Ganges-Kobadak (GK) Project.
7 August 2026
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Tk 7.61cr water plant lies idle for 5 years

4 August 2026
Residents of Santhia municipality in Pabna have long faced a shortage of safe drinking water, while a purification plant built at a cost of Tk 7.61 crore has remained unused for the past five years.
4 August 2026
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367 Pabna primary schools show-caused over poor literacy

29 July 2026
Headmasters attributed poor performance to acute teacher shortages and limited parental involvement
29 July 2026
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30 cargo vessels stranded

Movement of cargo vessels at Baghabari port has been seriously hampered for 10 days due to poor navigability in the Jamuna river.
15 January 2018
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Two-day Lalon festival ends in Pabna

A two-day Lalon festival concluded in Pabna on Tuesday, highlighting Lalon's philosophy. The Lalon Swaran Parishad, Pabna organised
10 January 2018
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Remembered, rarely

When the nation is observing Martyred Intellectuals Day today with due respect and solemnity, there is hardly any programme commemorating martyred intellectual Dr Fazle Rabbi at his home district of Pabna.
13 December 2017
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Memories of a massacre

It was the morning of August 20, 1971, when 25 to 30 Pakistan army men accompanied by their local collaborators entered the predominantly Hindu Laxmipur village of Pabna's Atghoria.
7 December 2017
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Another step closer to N-power plant

Bangladesh will take a big step towards becoming a nuclear power-generating country today.
29 November 2017
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Jute market blocks Pabna highway twice a week

A highway is supposed to be a major road for convenient transport between towns. But the Pabna to Rajshahi highway transforms twice a week into a congested mess at Tebunia Bazar, when an overflowing traditional jute market occupies part of the roadway. For
26 October 2017
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Fish threatened at Chalan Beel

Backed by influential people, fish traders have illegally set up nets and bamboo enclosures to catch fish in one of the
14 October 2017
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Farmers eye profit

Like in previous years, bean farmers in Ishwardi and Atghoria upazilas of the district cultivated early variety of the winter crop, expecting to get bumper production and good profit.
5 October 2017
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Incomplete for 10 yrs

Residents of around 50 villages in Santhia and Faridpur upazilas of the district are suffering immensely as the construction of a bridge over the Boral river at Naranpur-Sonahara point has not been completed in the last 10 years.
28 September 2017
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Rehabilitation main challenge

Nurjahan Begum along with her husband Mozammel Hossain, a poor farmer of Boro Moharajpur village in Shahzadpur upazila of
7 September 2017
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Death of a dream

Rupa Khatun was on the right track to realise her late father's dream.
30 August 2017
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Dying Ichamati gets flow as swelling Padma sends water

The nearly dead Ichamati river passing through the district town sees flow due to the pressure of the water from the mighty Padma
22 August 2017
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Lifeline for the poor

For the last few days Kolpona Begum from Nurpur in Pabna Sadar upazila has been suffering from high fever. She works as a cook in a student mess: the pay is meagre.
11 August 2017
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Good days for Chalan Beel boat makers

When monsoon rains rejuvenate the Chalan Beel wetland that covers parts of Pabna, Sirajganj and Natore districts each year, boats
26 July 2017
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Their sufferings, like floods, not receding

The recent floods have affected different people in different ways. The one thing that they all have in common though is an unending
12 July 2017
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Gloomy Eid sales worry handloom weavers in Pabna

Weavers of two of the biggest handloom fabric producing districts are interpreting the ongoing lower-than-expected sales as a sign that they would miss their Eid target to some extent.
19 June 2017
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Kazi Nazrul Islam recalled in Pabna

The 118th birth anniversary of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was observed amidst festivity in Pabna. A cultural programme, titled 'Jatra
29 May 2017
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Three-day Rabindra festival set to begin in Shahzadpur Kuthibari

Located 75 km from Pabna town, Shahzadpur Kuthibari is a historic reminder of Nobel Laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore, who
6 May 2017
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Book on Suchitra Sen's life and work unveiled in her hometown

Under the aegis of the Pabna district administration, a book titled “Suchitra Sen Chalachitra Utshab Shoronika”, was launched on Monday at Suchitra Sen's historic Pabna home, now converted into a museum.
25 April 2017
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Suchitra Sen’s Pabna house now open for all

The house of legendary actress Suchitra Sen, located in Gopalpur Hem Sagor Lane of Pabna, is now open for all thanks to the Pabna district administration.
18 April 2017

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