Ahmed Humayun Kabir Topu

Instead of conventional windows, ample balconies outside the classrooms allow natural light and fresh air to flow freely.

The 18-kilometre Chatmohar-Mannannagar road, which serves as an important shortcut for vehicles commuting between Dhaka and Pabna through Chalan Beel area, is in a battered condition and needs urgent renovation.

Onion production costs have practically doubled this year thanks to the higher price of Kondo onion bulbs, which are planted in October and harvested in mid-November, according to farmers in major producing districts of Bangladesh.

A drastic rise in cost of cultivation has dealt a blow to onion farmers in Pabna..Cultivation cost rose by almost double this year due to high price of onion bulb, increased labour cost and higher cost of leasing agricultural land, said farmers

Onion prices at retail markets in Dhaka rose by Tk 10 to Tk 15 per kg over the past week, deepening the woes of low and fixed-income people

Passengers have been suffering as two rail stations in Sirajganj under Pakshey Division of Bangladesh Railway’s West Zone have remained out of service since August.

Faruk Hossain and Jakiya Sultana, a couple in their forties, have just passed the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exams. What makes this achievement even more remarkable? They did so alongside their son, Hujjatul Islam Fahim.

Faruk Hossain and Jakiya Sultana, a couple in their forties, have just passed the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exams. What makes this achievement even more remarkable? They did so alongside their son, Hujjatul Islam Fahim

Belgasi, a remote village along the bank of the Boral river in Chatmohar upazila, is famous for artisans and its century-old idols making professionals for generations

Raihan, a third-grader at Alia Madrasa Government Primary School in Pabna municipality, often ventures outside the school compound during recess, defying his teachers’ instructions.

Onion prices at wholesale markets in Bangladesh have decreased over the past week thanks to imports of the popular cooking ingredient, but prices at the retail level remain mostly unchanged..About 7.71 lakh tonnes of onion were cultivated this year, with farmers keeping 1.03 lakh tonnes in

The Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) has reached a significant milestone as the loading of dummy fuel assemblies (DFA) into the reactor pressure vessels of Unit-1 began yesterday

The construction work for the transmission line through the Padma and Jamuna rivers for the Rooppur nuclear power plant has come to a grinding halt with the ouster of the Awami League government as the Indian contractor has left the site.

With most of the required infrastructure established, operations have started in earnest at the Nagarbari port on the bank of the Jamuna river in Pabna’s Bera upazila, making the transport of imported goods from Chattogram seaport to northern, northwestern and southern districts of the country easier, cheaper and faster.

Relief, rehabilitation efforts largely inadequate

Crops worth around Tk 63 crore have been damaged in the ongoing flood in Sirajganj district, according to the Department of Agricultural Extension.

Dairy farmers in Pabna and Sirajganj are reporting a drop in sales revenue, citing that a few companies have either reduced or stopped making purchases amidst the curfew.

Cattle farmers in Sirajganj are in dire straits due to an acute crisis of fodder for around 40,000 animals amid the ongoing flood in the district.

It was the night of June 28. Suddenly, Ajuba Begum  felt a tremor in the ground that sent shivers down her spine.

Police did not arrest Pabna’s Bera municipality mayor SM Asif Shams for over two and a half years, even though he had an arrest warrant against him for his company’s failure to pay Tk 191.63 crore it owed the state.