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Azibor Rahman

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Railway West Zone / 58 out of 162 stations remain closed

10 December 2025
Fifty-eight of the 162 railway stations in the West Zone remain closed, causing immense hardship for commuters across Jashore, Jhenidah, Kushtia, Meherpur and Chuadanga.
10 December 2025
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Mother, Child Centre in Jhenaidah / Staff shortage hampers healthcare

25 September 2025
The 10-bed Mother and Child Welfare Centre in Kaliganj upazila of Jhenaidah, built at a cost of Tk 44.2 crore, is struggling to deliver essential health services for pregnant women and children due to an acute shortage of doctors, nurses and staff.
25 September 2025
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A haven for the elderly on banks of Buri Bhairab

19 May 2025
Founded on ancestral land by Jyotsna Mukherjee, this refuge provides food, shelter and care free of charge to those with nowhere else to turn
19 May 2025
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Magura rape, murder: Quick trial marks a watershed

17 May 2025
The court handed down the verdict in record time, 24 days after the trial started on April 23, 2025.
17 May 2025
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A canal excavation gone wrong?

18 October 2024
The excavation of a 13-kilometre canal in Jhenaidah Sadar upazila has brought significant hardship to residents of Charmuraridah and Makimpur villages. .The Bangladesh Water Development Board began the excavation in December 2022, completing it in July 2023 at a cost of Tk 2.55 crore. Whil
18 October 2024
ISKCON members denied border crossing at Benapole

Jashore-Jhenaidah road in a sorry state

27 September 2024
The 45-kilometre road connecting Jashore and Jhenaidah districts has been in a dilapidated state for quite a while.
27 September 2024
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A nuisance on school ground

13 July 2024
The premises of Kharashuni Government Primary School in Jhenaidah Sadar upazila has remained occupied since last Ramadan, storing materials of a road construction project by the district administration.
13 July 2024
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From outlaws to flower growers

14 April 2024
Former members of outlawed groups in Jhenidah rebuild their lives as flower growers.
14 April 2024
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Date trees under threat in Jhenidah

Date trees are on the verge of extinction due to its random use in a number of brick kilns in the district.
9 February 2019
Kashmiri Kul Cultivation in Jhenidah

Kashmiri kul changing their life

The new variety Kashmiri apple kul cultivated in the district has attracted all palm farmers for its big size, mouth-watering taste and fair price this year.
3 February 2019
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Physically challenged kids' school now faces challenge

Harinakundo Protibandhi Bidyalay, a school for the children with disabilities in Harinakundo upazila, is in a dilapidated condition for want of government support, much to the sufferings of the challenged kids as well as the teachers and employees of the institution.
30 December 2018
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KP Basu's palatial buildings decaying

The impressive house of famous mathematician Kalipada Basu (well-known as KP Basu), who made considerable contribution to the development of algebra in the late 1800s, is heading towards virtual ruination due to lack of proper maintenance.
13 November 2018
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Mushrooms uplifting a community

Farming was not his calling; he actually had stumbled across the idea. And years later, the cool and collected Babul Aktar mastered the art of mushroom farming, which is quite a difficult work.
20 October 2018
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Haridhan farming on the decline

Cultivation of Haridhan, discovered by Haripada Kapali in 2006, has decreased in six upazilas due to scanty rainfall.
17 October 2018
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Jhenidah's jewellery town

Costume jewellery makers in Jhenidah meet a significant demand of affordable fashion pieces. The factories employ thousands of artisans.
28 September 2018
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Traditional water body clogged

Kalikatala Doha, a 27-acre water body in Naldanga Rajbari area of Jhenidah Sadar upazila, is heading towards virtual death due to serious pollution and clogging by water hyacinth.
18 September 2018
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SM Sultan's birth anniversary observed

The 95th birth anniversary of the legendary art maestro SM Sultan was observed yesterday in Narail. The Bengali avant-garde artist was born on this day in 1923.
10 August 2018

Under death threat

A Hindu family of Par-Khalkula village under Kaliganj upazila of the district has left home amid alleged death threat by a local ruling
20 May 2018
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On a mission to change lives

A banker by profession, Md Shahjahan Mia set out on a noble mission – to eradicate illiteracy from Nahata Union in Mohammadpur upazila, Magura.
20 May 2018
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Nature Quest: Liliums blooming in Bangladesh

The first batch of Lilium flowers has been commercially farmed in two locations in Bangladesh -- Jhenidah and Dhaka.
15 March 2018
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Onion, garlic make growers solvent

Onion and garlic farmers in the district have not only become solvent but have also bought land and constructed buildings with the profit they earned by selling their produce. Charsondah and Paikpara villages in Shailkupa upazila are known as 'peyajgram' (onion village) for their contribution to onion and garlic production in the area.
27 February 2018

Dead BNP leader sued in Jhenidah

Believe it or not, a dead BNP leader who died over a year ago has been made accused in two cases filed by police against BNP and Jamaat
11 February 2018
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He sees success in chicken farming too

This time he has established a layer chicken farm at his village home in Sadar upazila after achieving a tremendous success in
7 February 2018
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Free school for poor children

Knowing that their wealth could serve a good purpose in the here and now, Nawsher Alam and his wife Mahmuda Alam, from Uttar Majhail village in Hazipur union of Magura's sadar upazila, established a free school for poor students.
11 January 2018
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Students invent robot

With the recent fanfare around the visit of international celebrity robot Sophia to Dhaka, public interest in the potential role of robots
10 January 2018
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Rooftop seedbeds a success in Jhenidah

College lecturer Khabir Uddin, who teaches at the Shailakupa Women's College in Jhenidah has a hidden talent: he is also a capable
20 December 2017
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Martyrs' graves on verge of disappearance

The mass grave of four lower caste Hindus, who were killed during the country's Liberation War in 1971 in Kotchandpur upazila, is on
20 December 2017
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Poultry farming under threat

Increasing prices of poultry chicken, poultry feed, medicines and other items in the last six months are worrying around 2,000 poultry
17 December 2017

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