Potato farmers facing losses
Many struggling to cover costs and failing to avail cold storage facilities as prices dip
22 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Protect our farmers from their grievances
Farmers are disconnected from the government, lacking timely support, even during natural disasters.
24 February 2025, 02:00 AM
Bogura's Poradah fish fair: A blend of tradition and trade
The century-old Poradah Macher Mela started yesterday at an open field in Mohishaban union under Bogura’s Gabtali upazila
13 February 2025, 10:30 AM
Potato growers at risk of huge losses as prices dip
Potato acreage in Bangladesh increased to a record high of 5.21 lakh hectares this year, but growers are apprehensive about a significant financial setback due to falling prices of the popular vegetable.
14 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Crown jewels of Bengal
Scattered across Bangladesh are countless archaeological treasures that reveal its prosperous past. While time has erased some, many remain hidden beneath the earth, awaiting discovery. Among the surviving remnants are ancient fortresses, temples, mosques, monasteries and so on -- testaments to the region’s rich history and cultural legacy.
13 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh needs to rebuild its disaster management system
Bangladesh must develop a new disaster management system.
3 December 2024, 05:00 AM
Potato cultivation expands as prices rise
Potato cultivation has increased across Bangladesh as farmers have been getting higher prices year-round amid elevated inflation in the country.
27 November 2024, 18:00 PM
‘Where is Milon?’
Muniruzzaman Milon, 31, a garments worker, went out to join a victory rally in front of Ashulia Police Station on August 5, to celebrate the ouster of the Awami League government following the student-led mass uprising.
19 November 2024, 18:00 PM
Bangladeshi youth revolutionising country’s fruticulture from Italy
Amid all the difficulties of earning a living in a foreign land, an expatriate Bangladeshi in Italy has been contributing immensely to pomology or fruticulture of Bangladesh for the past two years.
25 August 2019, 18:00 PM
Chest Disease Hospital without consultant for nearly a year
Patients are being deprived of proper treatment at Bogura Chest Disease Hospital (CDH) as there is no doctor for chest disease at the 20-bed hospital for nearly 10 months.
15 July 2019, 18:00 PM
Series set for Bangladesh women’s teams
While the Bangladesh men’s team are currently participating in cricket’s biggest event -- the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup -- in England, Bangladesh’s women cricketers have been toiling hard at the Shaheed Kamaruzzaman Divisional Stadium in Rajshahi ahead of their tour of South Africa
4 July 2019, 18:00 PM
Purple passion fruit now grows in Naogaon
The curious mind of Sohel Rana has led him to try his hand at growing the purple passion fruit at Rupgram village of Nagaon’s Sapahar upazila.
25 June 2019, 18:00 PM
Paddy Procurement System: Farmers lose out due to moisture
The required level of moisture content set by the authorities has become another big headache for Boro growers hit by falling prices, as it makes most of them ineligible to sell their produce to the government.
2 June 2019, 18:00 PM
Rice Procurement by Govt: Lists of farmers raise questions
Two government lists of farmers as Boro paddy suppliers are not what they look like.
Many of them are anything but farmers. They include shopkeepers, a contractor and even a former city councillor engaged in a profession other than paddy cultivation.
31 May 2019, 18:00 PM
Char children getting poor schooling
It was late March. Around 3:30pm, the Biramer Pachgachchi Govt Primary School was already closed, an hour too early. So was the nearby Kashirpara Govt Primary School. Both schools face a similar problem --neither the students nor the teachers are much interested in class.
12 May 2019, 18:00 PM
Welcoming a winged newcomer
Birdwatchers across Bangladesh already have an abundance of bird species to watch, photograph and marvel at. However, every now and then, one will get lucky enough to find a new addition to our already blossoming flora and fauna.
25 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Rare disease holds back young talent’s future
Every person crowding the stall at Baishakhi fair was trying to take a peek at the strikingly accurate portraits sketched by a young artist.
24 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Meet the 'ek takar master'
Four decades ago, a 29-year-old man who had studied up to SSC level started teaching children at his village in Gaibandha for Tk 1 a day.
15 March 2019, 18:00 PM
3 dorms closed for nine yrs
Three student dormitories at Government Azizul Haque College in the district have remained closed for nine years, creating severe accommodation crisis for many students.
14 March 2019, 18:00 PM
1947 to 1971 through photographs
A day long photo exhibition was held at the campus of Govt Azizul Haque College in Bogura recently. Surrounding the spirit of the International Mother Language Day, the exhibition focused on the period from 1947 to 1971.
4 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Bogura's sport: rich product from a poor factory
Mushfiqur Rahim is now a household name for sports lovers as the cricket craze has reached every nook and corner of the country.
24 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Chhoto Bhimraj: Seen in north '1st time in a century'
On a late December morning, an hour-long stroll through the centuries-old Bamboo forest surrounding the Gandagram village of Shajahanpur upazila revealed the sight of hundreds of small colourful minivets. In awe of such an astonishing sight, I suddenly spotted something different.
10 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Overloaded vehicles ply as weighing machine useless
The weighing machine at the axle load control station beside Dhaka-Rangpur highway in Bogura's Mahasthangarh has been inoperative for long which causes a loss of crores of taka.
8 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Suspended Sramik league leader sued for graft
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday filed a case against suspended Sramik League leader Tufan Sarkar, who came to limelight after “raping” a college girl and shaving heads of both the victim and her mother in Bogura. The case against him was filed for amassing wealth of Tk 1.59 crore illegally.
31 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Black garlic now in Bangladesh
Black garlic, a health product, can now be produced in Bangladesh, thanks to the research of Subodh Kumar Sarkar of Noakhali Science and Technology University (NSTU).
25 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Speeding down the road less travelled
On a hot and windy August day in New Delhi, all the Bangladeshi students of the South Asian University (SAU) rushed to the nearby Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital after hearing of a newly-admitted biochemistry student who had met with a road accident.
13 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Flocks of monochrome
With the arrival of winter, the shallow waters and narrowing width of the mighty Padma becomes host to a number of animals in search of the nutrition it provides.
22 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Jute yarn from Bogura makes promising start
At a time when the demand in the global market looks bleak, a local jute yarn manufacturer in Bogura's Dupchanchia upazila is bagging increasing orders for the golden fibre.
7 November 2018, 18:00 PM