Amputee dreams of higher edn
SSC examinee Sharna Khatun had a dream to bring solvency to her poor family after getting higher education, but a road accident turned everything upside down seven months ago.
8 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Broken glass recycling creates 2000 jobs
People of Shehari and Dumuri villages at Nashratpur union under Adamdighi upazila of the district have found a profitable way of self-employment without others' support.
6 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Vegetable farming makes Monju self-reliant
Cultivation of a variety of vegetables has brought good days to the family of landless farmer Monju, 48, son of late Shamsuddin Fakir of Borobaripara in Shajahanpur upazila of the district, in the last few years.
2 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Of spices, for spices
Imagine “Chingri Dopeyaja” (shrimp fry with onion) without onion or beef curry without ginger paste or cumin.
30 July 2016, 18:00 PM
They wait for 45 years, yet sufferings go on
The 5km-long mud road from Abadpukur to Palla-Shudin area in Sadar union under Adamdighi upazila of Bogra has been causing sufferings to the people of six villages due to the negligence of the authorities concerned during the last 45 years.
28 July 2016, 18:00 PM
Bogra women's college limps
The academic activities of Government Mujibur Rahman Women's College, Bogra, are being hampered as the institution has been facing
28 June 2016, 18:00 PM
“Droho” staged in Bogra
A drama titled “Droho”, based on the struggles of the people living in a suburb by the Jamuna River in Shariakandi upazila of
3 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Breaking the convention
Travelling across the country, one would find different modes of vehicles driven by men of varying ages, but Bogra-Shariakandi Road offers a different picture -- a woman ferrying passengers on her CNG-run auto-rickshaw.
30 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Govt decides to conserve Bogra palace
Amid protests by different cultural organisations, the government has decided to conserve Bogra's historic Nawab Palace, which was sold to a group of local businessmen last month.
5 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Boro yield may exceed target in Bogra this yr
Farmers in 12 upazilas of the district are busy harvesting and processing early planted boro paddy. Though there is a labour crisis in
2 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Drumstick growers happy with good yield
Drumstick (Bangla term sajna) growers in Adamdighi upazila under the district are happy with bumper yield of the summer vegetable amid favourable weather this year.
20 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Farmers beam with joy as wheat yield good
With the harvest of wheat in full swing, the farmers of char (landmass emerging from riverbed) areas in the Jamuna and Bangalee rivers in Sariakandi upazila under the district are happy with good yield and expected price of the crop this season.
23 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Painting competition on Independence Day in Bogra
Moumachi Khelaghor Ashor, noted children's and youth organisation of Bogra district, arranged a painting competition marking Independence Day at its premise of Seujgari area in the town on Friday.
19 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Bogra farmers see bumper production of chilli
Bogra farmers are eying bumper production of green chilli this year.
29 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Maize growers eye bumper yield in Jamuna basin areas
Farmers of the Jamuna basin areas under Shariakandi, Sonatola and Dhunat upazilas of the district are very happy as
16 February 2016, 18:00 PM
People of 30 villages suffer for want of a concrete bridge
The people of 30 villages in Dhunat upazila under the district have to use a bamboo-made bridge on the Bangalee River at Joysing ghat of
7 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Asset now burden
Over the past few days, The Daily Star published a series of reports on ordeals of the victims of mindless violence in the name of politics between January 5 and April 5 last year. Lives perished, people were crippled, families torn apart and dreams shattered in the 91 days of brutality that shook the nation to its core. In the last part of the series, we today will tell you the story of a victim who is living a life no one wants.
12 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Bumper tomato yield brings smile to farmers
The tomato growers of Jamuna Basin areas of Sariakandi upazila under the district are delighted due to the bumper
2 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Gunmen played tricks before shooting
As dusk fell on Haripur in Bogra's Shibganj upazila on Thursday, most male members of both Shia and Sunni families of the village went
28 November 2015, 18:00 PM
Shell-shocked family of Shia mosque attack victim wants justice
There were tears and sighs all around the small house as the family members and neighbours mourned Moazzem Hossain, the muezzin of the Shia mosque in Bogra, killed in Thursday's shooting.
27 November 2015, 18:00 PM