Mother, Child Centre in Jhenaidah / Staff shortage hampers healthcare
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, 18:00 PM
A haven for the elderly on banks of Buri Bhairab
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, 09:11 AM
Magura rape, murder: Quick trial marks a watershed
The court handed down the verdict in record time, 24 days after the trial started on April 23, 2025.
17 May 2025, 18:32 PM
A canal excavation gone wrong?
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, 21:34 PM
Jashore-Jhenaidah road in a sorry state
The 45-kilometre road connecting Jashore and Jhenaidah districts has been in a dilapidated state for quite a while.
27 September 2024, 18:00 PM
A nuisance on school ground
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, 18:00 PM
From outlaws to flower growers
Former members of outlawed groups in Jhenidah rebuild their lives as flower growers.
14 April 2024, 06:45 AM
Busy as a bee!
Anyone visiting Magura and its adjoining Jhenidah will notice a certain change in the scenery: the croplands look like yellow and green canvases.
15 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Patients suffer as medicine supply stopped for 2 months
Treatment at 171 community clinics in six upazilas of the district is badly hampered as supply of government medicines has remained
3 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Jute growers are all smiles in 6 western districts
Good yield as well as good prices of jute makes growers in six western districts happy this year.
5 September 2015, 18:00 PM
Dragon fruit farming sees success in Jhenidah
A dragon fruit orchard at Mundia village in Kaliganj upazila under the district attracts a good number of visitors, especially youths.
13 August 2015, 18:00 PM
Rain, flooding bring woe to Jhenidah flower growers
Flower plantations in the district are getting damaged due to inundation of the fields amid excessive rain, much to the worry of around
22 July 2015, 18:00 PM
The largest nursery of Jhenidah gains popularity
Shah Nursery, the largest and the most resourceful nursery of Jhenidah by the side of the Naboganga river attracts the nursery owners,
7 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Trafficked Feroz back home after a 4-month ordeal
Feroz Kha of Mollikpur village in Kaliganj upazila of Jhenidah had left home in late February to seek his fortune abroad.
1 July 2015, 18:00 PM
Sree-Rampur turns into guava village
Out of 300 farmers, 125 in Sree-Rampur village under Kotchandpur upazila are currently engaged in guava production. The village is
30 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Jute plants in Jhenidah dying due to scanty rain
Around 70,000 jute growers in the district are worried as scorching summer heat amid lack of sufficient rain badly affects the plants.
10 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Expansion of mung bean farming supports rural women
About fifteen thousand rural women, including students, are harvesting mung beans in six upazilas in Jhenidah this season. The area of
9 June 2015, 18:00 PM
No trace of 45 people trafficked from Jhenidah of Bangladesh
At least 44 people have been missing in Jhenidah since mid-February after they, lured by traffickers, left homes to seek fortune in Malaysia and Thailand.
25 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Association creates innovative solutions to support villagers
A village association named Badonpur Village Development Association under sadar upazila is making significant contributions to
5 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Construction materials occupy school ground
A contractor has kept huge quantity of stones and sand in front of the classrooms of Jugni Government Primary School in Shailakupa
2 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Strawberry grower speaks of success
“I have cultivated strawberries on 70 decimals of land at Baliadanga village under Kaliganj upazila and the financial returns were quite
24 March 2015, 18:00 PM
6 of 24 schools in Jhenidah are yet to be rebuilt
Six of 24 government primary schools, torched and vandalised by the activists of BNP-led 20-party alliance in the district the night
21 March 2015, 18:59 PM
Incomplete road brings woe to commuters, farmers
A five-kilometre portion of the 21-kilometre road from Kaliganj Bazar in Kaliganj upazila to Dakbangla Bazar in Jhenidah Sadar upazila
19 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Solar solution for Jhenidah farmers
There is no power in the village, but an initiative by a farmers' cooperative has boosted their hopes of bumper crop yields in the
17 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Women of Neamotpur fight to alleviate poverty
Eleven women including students are working hard to support development effirts in their villages in all respects. They belong to Neamotpur union under Kaliganj upazila. They get together twice a month for taking decisions on what they could do to improve their area. They are trying to build up their villages as models in the country by forming village development committees. On top of household work, they inspire men and women to get united irrespective of party and politics. They bring together people from fish cultivation, vermicompost, poison free vegetables, etc.
3 March 2015, 18:21 PM
The mystery of a deserted village
At the moment, the village is desolate. There are numerous marks of past human habitat but at present it looks abandoned. There is evidence that a village used to exist here and it is also in the map of Kotchandpur upazila in Jhenidah.
24 February 2015, 18:51 PM