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Tk 400cr loss in 20 yrs

The Pabna Sugar Mills located at Dashuria union in Ishwardi Upazila of Pabna is about to be shut down, due to incurring a loss of more than Tk 400 crore in 20 years. Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation has already sent a letter to the Ministry of Industries in this regard. If the minist...

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Carrot cultivation increases in Ishwardi for good price, demand

Cultivation of carrot is growing day to day in Ishwardi. Due to sweetness, taste and food-value, both the demand and price of carrot is increasing in Ishwardi and across the country. Due to favourable weather, carrot farmers here are expecting to get a good harvest and price of carrot.According to U...

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Ishwardi rail station runs without station master for 15 months

Activities of Ishwardi Junction railway station, the largest railway junction of the country, is being hampered badly due to absence of a Station Superintendent for last 15 months. As a result, the overall functions including the observation and maintenance of the junction station is now being handl...

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Ishwardi farmers busy farming winter vegetables

Farmers of Ishwardi Upazila are now busy cultivating winter vegetables. Farmers are busy cultivating vegetables with the idea that they can earn more money if they can bring vegetables to the market in advance. In the meantime, after a few days of rain, the fields have become suitable for sowin...

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AL, BNP, JaPa contesting Pabna-4 by-polls

By-elections in Pabna-4 (Ishwardi-Atghoria) constituency is scheduled to be held on September 26. Apart from the ruling Awami League, BNP and Jatiya Party (JaPa) have also decided to take part in the by-elections. The names of the expectant contestants for the polls have been announced. On Sund...

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Social organisation offers cooked food to 200 every day

For five months in a row, a group of people from a social organisation called the “Chhinnamul Sheba Shongstha” has been delivering food to more than two hundred uprooted people every day. After 10 pm, a group of people arrived at the ashram with food on their way to Ishwardi town of...