Gachhis gear up for date palm sap season
Although winter has yet to begin, date palm sap collectors in Jashore have already started preparing their trees ahead of the season. As a light chill sets in during mornings and evenings, locals say it signals the arrival of winter.
12 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Veggie farmers hit hard by rains
Vegetable growers in Jashore have been severely affected by persistent monsoon rains that damaged their fields and seedbeds. Despite replanting several times, farmers are struggling to save their crops due to continuous rainfall.
7 October 2025, 18:00 PM
River land filled up, marked for sale in Jashore
A portion of the Mukteshwari river in Jashore has allegedly been filled up and marked for sale, sparking outrage among locals and environmental activists.
22 August 2025, 21:11 PM
Rainfall causes Tk 133.43cr loss in Jashore fisheries
Continuous rainfall this year has caused losses of Tk 133.43 crore in Jashore’s fisheries sector, according to the district fisheries office.
15 August 2025, 21:10 PM
Knee-deep mud, potholes cripple Jashore-Khulna highway, disrupt trade
Continuous rainfall over the past five days has brought vehicular movement on many major roads and highways in Jashore district to a near standstill
14 July 2025, 06:17 AM
Trade through Benapole port declines year-on-year
Import and export through the Benapole land port have declined in the 2024-25 fiscal year compared to the year before, following sustained disruptions in cross-border commerce..According to the Benapole Land Port Authority, imports through the port fell by around 30 percent, from 2.13 mill
9 July 2025, 10:50 AM
Residents suffer as vital road in sorry state
Residents of Benapole Municipality have long been facing immense hassle with their daily commute as around 1.5-kilometre stretch of the Benapole-Bahadurpur road has been lying in a sorry state.
10 June 2025, 19:57 PM
Spike in HIV cases among pregnant women alarms Jashore health officials
The HIV/AIDS unit at Jashore General Hospital has begun taking steps to address the situation
31 May 2025, 08:56 AM
Winter cabbages hope of farmers
In Greater Jessore, winter means vegetables. Beans, string beans, chillies, cauliflower, brinjal and tomatoes: the region that fulfils around
12 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Drives rickshaw to complete study
To see him as he pedals down the road, Russel Akram, 18, from Kaikhali village in Satkhira's Shyamnagar upazila, looks like any young
9 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Age-old bamboo artisanship tradition lives on
In Rishipara, a family is hardly a family if at least some of its members aren't engaged in making bamboo goods.
8 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Summer King tomato farming gets popular
Cultivation of Summer King tomato, a variety of tomato that can be grown in the summer, has become very popular in Benapole under Sharsha upazila of Jessore.
1 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Year-round watermelon
After completing his Secondary School Certificate in 1999, Tariqul Islam, from Rahelapur village in Jessore Sadar upazila, took a job at a photo frame factory in Malaysia. Despite the promise of a good livelihood, a future as an expatriate worker wasn't for him.
27 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Dilapidated highway hampers trade thru' Benapole port
The Jessore-Benapole national highway is currently in such a deplorable state that vehicular movement may come to a complete halt anytime, disrupting transportation of goods to and from the country's largest land port in Benapole.
29 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Organic pest control a hit with Jessore farmers
In the villages of Bagda and Majidpur in Jessore's Keshobpur upazila these days, the key word is 'organic'. With chemical pesticides on the nose, over 200 farmers have been using sex pheromone traps to protect their crops from insect attack, with admirable success.
16 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Jessore-Benapole Road Expansion: Century-old trees to stay
The government has decided to expand the Jessore-Benapole highway without felling the century-old trees along the road, apparently
23 July 2017, 18:00 PM
2,700 old trees to be traded for a wider highway
The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) in Jessore has decided to fell 2,700 trees, many of those century-old, for the widening of
11 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Organic vegetables prove a winner for Jessore farmers
Farmer Ali Hossain from Bodhkhana village in Jessore's Jhikorgachha upazila has dedicated the summer months to producing organically-grown herbs,
29 June 2017, 18:00 PM
Cruel twist of fate
In a tragic turn of events, a father died on Monday, failing to bear the pain of his only son's premature demise in a Kolkata hospital the day before.
18 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Jujube offers good prospects to farmers
Cultivation of jujube, locally known as 'kul' or 'boroi' is on the rise in Jessore's Sharsha upazila, adjacent to the Indian border. With a history of dependable profits that have compared favourably with other crops in recent years, jujube orchards look set to continue to expand.
1 March 2017, 18:00 PM
War hero but not in list
Rabiul Islam, locally known as Borno Mia, who fought against the Pakistani occupation forces and their collaborators during the
22 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Jessore sees Tk 1cr worth of sales in a week till Aug 15
Flowers worth Tk 1 crore were sold at the largest Godkhali market in Jhikargachha of Jessore in only one week till August 15
22 August 2016, 18:00 PM
Rainwater leaves 5 lakh marooned in Jessore
Around five lakh people of three upazilas and three municipalities around Bhabadah beel in Jessore were marooned as water from the beel submerged their homes, croplands, educational institutions, temples, mosques and roads after heavy rain.
17 August 2016, 18:00 PM
300 pry schools in Jessore have no headmaster
The posts of headmaster at 300 government primary schools in Jessore district are vacant, disrupting academic and office work.
12 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Wholesale flower sales double
Florists in Godkhali in Jessore have had cheerful days in the last few days as the sales of flowers went up ahead of
13 February 2016, 18:00 PM