Azibor Rahman

Investments by producers, well-wishers and actors have not succeeded in bringing audiences back to cinema theatres in Jhenaidah.

The playground of a primary school in Shailkupa upazila of Jhenidah has become a breeding ground of mosquitoes and insects as rainwater has been stagnant there for about three months now.

As many as 250 farmers in Jhenidah’s Kaliganj upazila are paying a heavy price as bureaucratic tangles among three organisations left their irrigation solar pumps, six in total, in ruins for the last three years.

Cricket is one of the most popular games in the country and its equipment are high in demand, especially stumps and bats to be played with taped tennis balls.

The 65-year-old Rahima Khatun, who became visually impaired due to cataract a few years ago, has got back her eyesight, thanks to the initiative of a local platform meant for social welfare.

It may sound unreal that the retiring primary school teachers are getting their grant letters within the stipulated timeframe and in about 30 minutes after appearing at their respective upazila education offices.

His father was killed by Pakistani occupation army during the 1971 Liberation War and he started selling banana at the age of 11 to support the hard-pressed family.

Date trees are on the verge of extinction due to its random use in a number of brick kilns in the district.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Cultivation of Haridhan, discovered by Haripada Kapali in 2006, has decreased in six upazilas due to scanty rainfall.

Costume jewellery makers in Jhenidah meet a significant demand of affordable fashion pieces. The factories employ thousands of artisans.

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.

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.

A banker by profession, Md Shahjahan Mia set out on a noble mission – to eradicate illiteracy from Nahata Union in Mohammadpur upazila, Magura.

A Hindu family of Par-Khalkula village under Kaliganj upazila of the district has left home amid alleged death threat by a local ruling

The first batch of Lilium flowers has been commercially farmed in two locations in Bangladesh -- Jhenidah and Dhaka.

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.