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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

Trial sees slow progress

Three years into the brutal attack on the Hindu community people at Bonogram of Santhia upazila under the district, slow progress in
1 November 2016
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Shaheed Minar in all Pabna educational instts by October

Ninth-grader Sharmin Khatun is very happy as the authorities have built a Shaheed Minar at her madrasa and the students can place flowers there on Language Martyrs' Day.
26 October 2016
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Syed Haq commemorated in Pabna

Versatile writer Syed Samsul Haq was commemorated in Pabna through discussion and cultural programme organised by Sammilito Sangshkritik Jote, Pabna on Friday night.
8 October 2016
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Weavers in distress due to poor eid-sale

Weavers of Pabna and Sirajganj districts are distressed due to the poor sale of handloom cloth ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, although they
1 September 2016
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148th birth anniversary of Promoth Chowdhury

Promoth Chowdhury, one of the leading writers of the early 19th century had his roots in Haripur village of Chatmohar upazila
15 August 2016
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The floating schools of Chalan Beel

They don't go to schools, schools come to them.
6 August 2016
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Jamuna erosion worsens as dyke damaged in Sirajganj

The overflowing Jamuna has flooded its protection embankment at Baligugri point of Sirajganj Sadar upazila, further worsening the
27 June 2016
Rooppur nuclear power plant

Rooppur gets site clearance today

The Bangladesh Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority (Baera) is set to issue a site licence today to the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (Baec) to run the Rooppur nuclear power plant.
20 June 2016

Circle observes 35th anniversary

Pabna Drama Circle, a leading theatre organisation of Pabna observed its 35th founding anniversary through discussion and Iftar Mahfil on Monday. Leading cultural and social activists joined the programme held at the Pabna Chamber of Commerce and Industries (PCCI) auditorium.
15 June 2016
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Monitoring lapses real concern

Cattle farmer Aksed Ali of Koira Soratola in Ullapara was worried when one of his cows fell sick and died almost immediately. After his second cow became sick, he slaughtered it and sold the meat to a local butcher at a cheap rate.
9 June 2016

4 missing in Pabna

Four people, including three of a family, have been missing for the last ten days since May 10 in Pabna as plainclothes men
19 May 2016
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Fish farming in cages fetch big success for Pabna man

When Hafizur Rahman began putting boxes made of iron rods and nets in the Boral river near his village named Ratanpur in Pabna five years back, villagers took him as a joke. What was he doing? Rahman assured them that it was nothing crazy.
18 May 2016
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Justice brings solace to martyrs' families

The execution of war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami has brought some solace to the family members of the victims, freedom fighters
11 May 2016
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Three-day festival begins today in Shahzadpur Kaccharibari

The Shahzadpur Kaccharibari wears a festive look today, Baishakh 25, the birth anniversary of Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore. A three-day programme including a discussion and cultural events are the high points of the 155th birth festival of Tagore at the Kaccharibari, official sources said.
7 May 2016
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Pabna people hail upholding of Nizami's death penalty

The Supreme Court's final verdict that upheld the death penalty for Jamaat-e-Islami chief Motiur Rahman Nizami for crimes against
5 May 2016
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Illegal houses sprout on govt land in Pabna

At least 170 new houses have popped up on both sides of the Bonpara-Dashuria highway in Muladuli of Ishwardi upazila on Roads and Highways Department land.
30 April 2016
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Homebound on retirement, man meets tragic end

He got off the train just to get a paan. All his career he must have done it hundreds of times, but this would be his last.
28 April 2016
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Suchitra Sen recalled in her hometown

Suchitra Sen, screen legend of Bangla filmdom was recalled at her ancestral hometown in Pabna on April 6 marking her 85th birth
7 April 2016
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A little care making big difference

She has almost all the skills of a dancer. When she performs in a group on stage, she can hardly be distinguished from others. She
1 April 2016
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Kids still attend classes in bldg abandoned 3 yrs ago

“When we sit in the classroom we feel scared the ceiling may fall on our heads, but we still attend classes every day despite the threat," said Md Riad Hossain, a Class V student of Bera BB Government Primary School in Bera municipality.
23 March 2016

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