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Soil cutting rampant in Pabna, agro land in jeopardy

Agricultural land is being cut and ponds are being dug over farmlands in Santhia upazila by land sellers illegally. And that soil is going to different brick kilns. Regional roads and highways are becoming impassable due to soil removal by trucks. On the other hand, the soil of the truck falls on th...

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Views exchange meeting held in Pabna’s Santhia

A view exchange meeting held on Saturday at Santhia Upazila Parishad auditorium in Pabna aiming to reduce traffic jam in the upazila.Santhia Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Masud Hossain presided over the meeting while Santhia Upazila Parishad Chairman Abdullah Al Mahmud Delwar addressed as the chief ...

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Santhia-Bera link road in dilapidated state

The road from Santhia to Bara Upazila in Pabna has now turned into a broken road due to lack of maintenance for a long time. It is creating a serious risk in the movement of vehicles. Due to the mud on the road, it has become difficult to travel on foot. However, residents of 15 villages including H...

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Water-logging leaves over 1,000 acres of land fallow

Due to lack of water drainage system in Santhia Upazila of Pabna, about 1000 bigha land of 2 beels remains uncultivated throughout the year. On the other hand, the farmers are not able to cultivate any crops including winter crops due to the land being covered with weeds and mud.It is known that abo...

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Santhia canal reduces irrigation cost, farmers delighted

About 450 hectares of agricultural land of the Beel areas in Santhia upazila remained submerged in water every year when the irrigation canal was filled. More than four thousand farmers of   Rauti, Dhulauri, Chaubari, Bhul Bari suffered due to that. Recently, re-excavation of the drainage canal...

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Brick kiln damages farmlands in Pabna, farmers in despair

In violation of the law, illegal brick kilns have been set up in Pabna's Santhiya residential area, on arable land, next to educational institutions. In addition to the health risks due to the black smoke pollution of the brick kilns, the agricultural land is decreasing with serious damage to th...

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Unplanned canal digging hampers vehicular movement

Public transportation including vehicular movement is being severely disrupted due to the placement of the soil of the canal digging for water drainage of Chondah Beel of Nandanpur Union of Santhia Upazila of Pabna on the paved road of LGED. Residents are not getting any remedy even after filing a w...

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Action against corrupt headmaster demanded

Students of Santhia Model Pilot Government High School have again started their protest against the corrupt headmaster. On the third day of the second phase of the movement which started from Sunday, the students also boycotted classes and staged human chains. On Monday, the angry students lock...

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Gas cylinder explosion injures farmer in Santhia

Farmer named Dulal has lost everything in the fire due to the explosion of a gas cylinder used for cooking in Santhia, Pabna. He is in hospital with serious injuries. Dulal is the son of late Abdus Salam Chaked Pramanik of Gaurigram in Gaurigram union of Santhia upazila. The incident took place...

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UNO refuses to cooperate with students, snatches banner

Students of Santhia Government Pilot Model High School marched with banners and entered the office premises of the Upazila Nirbahi Officer. The angry Upazila Nirbahi Officer SM Jamal Ahmed snatched the banners from the protesting students.UNO ex officio is the chairman of the managing committee of t...

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Ashrayan house in Santhia grabbed

It has been alleged that a house belonging to a Ashrayan Project allotted in the name of others in Pabna's Santhia Upazila was forcibly occupied. The occupant's name is Maqbool Sheikh. The homeless Raham Mollah, who was allotted the house, could not get up there with his family. The incident...

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Two teachers in Santhia make offensive pass at student

Pabna's Santhia Government Pilot Model High School headmaster Vijay Kumar Debnath and assistant teacher Babul Pal have been accused of making offensive proposals to students. At 10 am on Saturday, the protesting students blocked the road and the protest procession demanding justice against the t...

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Irregularities at Santhia road construction projects alleged

Complaints have been raised against the contractors involved in the construction of Konbaria RHD-Banagram GC about 6 km of road under the Rural Road Repair and Maintenance Project at a cost of Taka 8 crore in FY 2021-2022 under the Department of Local Government in Santhia, Pabna. The contractors ar...

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3,000 people marooned in Santhia

Nearly 3,000 families of 16 villages of Santhia upazila remain trapped by water-logging for about two-month due to abnormal increase of water in the river Jamuna. The water level increased due to upstream onrush of water and the incessant rainfall.The sufferings of the people are increaing and peopl...

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Three goats, a house burned to ashes in Santhia

A house along with three goats and household goods were completely burnt down in a terrible fire at Santhia in Pabna. It has caused a loss of about Tk 2 lakh . The incident took place at the house of Bilayet Ali Mollah in Santhia Fakirpara village of the municipal sadar on Friday morning.The fire st...

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Father, daughter killed as truck rams into house

A father and his daughter were killed when a truck loaded with cement lost control and crashed into a house on the Dhaka-Pabna highway in Sathia, Pabna. The tragic incident took place around 10 pm on Friday near the bridge under construction at Sharisha Vitapara in the upazila. The deceased were ide...

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Water hyacinth covers up Ichhamati River

Ichhamati River flowing over Santhia upazila of Pabna has been entirely covered by water hyacinth. People can no longer use the water of this river because of these free flowing aquatic plant.Although, people are unable to use the water of Ichamati, the river has been helping people in other ways th...

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Drug dealer arrested with cannabis plant

Police arrested a drug dealer with 19-kg of cannabis plant from Santhia upazila in Pabna on Sunday night. The detainee was identified as Shahadat Hossain, 32, son of AH Gafur of Durgapur village under Ataikula police station of the upazila. A policeman of Ataikula police station said that ...

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Classes at new 30 technical institutes to begin in Jan

As part of government’s plan to establish a technical school and college in every upazila across the country to create skilled workforces, the work on establishing 100 such institutions began in the first phase. Construction work of some institutes is going on.  Dr Mohammad Sirajul Islam,...

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World Handwashing Day observed at Santhia

A publicity and exhibition on the occasion of National Sanitation Month October 2020 and World Hand Washing Day 2020 was held at Santhia Upazila Parishad premises in Pabna on Tuesday at 11 am.Chairman of Santhia Upazila Parishad Abdullahsadhar was present as the chief guest at the publicity and exhi...