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Chatmohar Correspondent

38 patients suffering from cancer, kidney, liver cirrhosis, paralyzed, congenital heart disease and thalassemia in different areas of Chatmohar in Pabna have been distributed government grant checks of 50 thousand Tk totaling 19 lakh Tk. Maqbul Hossain, Member of Parliament of Pabna-3 Constituency, ...

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Damaged bridge in Chatmohar hinders communication, locals in distress

Part of a bridge has collapsed recently in Katakhali Kandi Para area on the Garfa-bound road from Chatmohar to Baraigram in Natore district. Thousands of people and drivers of the area have to suffer due to traffic stoppage on this important road.It is known that there are about 12 kilometers of roa...

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Mango harvest starts in Chatmohar, growers eyeing profit

Mango growers in Chatmohar and some other upazilas of Pabna district have started selling local varieties of raw mangoes straight from the trees. Mango traders are collecting mangoes from the trees and selling these to Haripur, which is Chatmohar's mango wholesale market. These mangoes are going...

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Severe hot spell cripples life in Pabna

People and animals of the district have become disorientated due to continuous intense sun and heat wave in Chatmohar of Pabna for the past few days. The temperature has risen to around 40 degrees. As a result, the public life in this area has become miserable. Animals and other animals including bi...

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Horse carts gain popularity carrying crops in Pabna

In Chatmohar Upazila of Pabna, there is increasing demand for cattle, buffalo and horse carts for transporting crops from fields to homes. In the past, most of the people in this area used to bring crops home during the winter season by carrying it on their heads. This tendency of people is changing...

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Pabna people demand bridge over Gumani River in Nimaichara

Gumani River flows through Chatmohar, Bhangura and Faridpur upazilas of Pabna and joins the Jamuna River in the south. For the convenience of crossing the river, two bridges have been constructed in Chaikola and Bowsha areas of Chatmohar, but since no bridge has been constructed over the river in Ni...

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Pabna people demand bridge over Gumani River in Nimaichara

Gumani River flows through Chatmohar, Bhangura and Faridpur upazilas of Pabna and joins the Jamuna River in the south. For the convenience of crossing the river, two bridges have been constructed in Chaikola and Bowsha areas of Chatmohar, but since no bridge has been constructed over the river in Ni...

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116 more homeless families to get home as PM’s gift

With the slogan ‘Right to Shelter is Sheikh Hasina's gift’, a total of 116 landless and homeless families are going to get houses at Chatmohar upazila in Pabna as a gift of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hand over the houses, built under the &lsq...

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Over 15,000 tonnes of onion output likely in Chatmohar

In the current season, Chatmohar Upazila of Pabna has the potential to produce about 15 thousand metric tons of onions. Meanwhile, the farmer has extracted tubers from the land. They have also finished planting onion seedlings. Farmers who planted tubers for seed production had their fields full of ...

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Sunflower farming gains popularity in Pabna, farmers hope for good price

Sunflower is a potential crop for oil production. The Department of Agricultural Extension is not reducing efforts to expand the cultivation of this crop. Despite that, this crop is cultivated very little in Chatmohar, Pabna. Currently, the farmer's sunflower field is full of flowers. The smile ...

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Farmers gaining interest in barley farming, huge profit likely

Farmers in Pabna's Chat­mohar, especially cattle farmers, have resumed barley production due to the increase in the price of animal feed. Barley was once used as human food in this area. Even in the middle of the 20th century, large areas of Chatmohar were producing barley. As a result ...

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Private car snatched in Pabna

An incident of robbery of a private car has taken place on the Chatmohar-Mannannagar road in Pabna. The incident took place at Kujor Mor area of Nimaichra Union of the upazila around 9:30 pm on Wednesday, but the car has not yet been recovered.It is known that on Wednesday, three robbers in a passen...

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Pitha festival held in Pabna

A two-day pitha (pie) fair was held at Chatmohar in Pabna. This pitha fair ended on Friday. Organized by Paramount International School, the fair started on Thursday afternoon at Shaheed Minar of Chatmohar Upazila Parishad.Chatmohar Municipality Mayor Advocate Sakhawat Hossain Sakho, Upazila Parisha...

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Soil cutting goes unabated in Pabna

Ponds are being dug illegally by cutting top soil of crop fields in different areas of Chatmohar Upazila in Pabna. Excavators dig the ponds day and night and the soil is sold to a few brick kilns in the area. The soil of the river is also being cut. Roads are collapsing due to soil transportation by...

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Bumper mustard output likely in Chatmohar, harvesting begins soon

In the current season, there is a chance of a mustard bumper in Pabna's Chatmohar Upazila. Farmers will start pre-harvesting mustard from the land in the next few days.According to Chatmohar Agriculture Office sources, a target of 6,330 hectares of mustard cultivation has been set in Chatmohar t...

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Farmer-irrigation provider dispute threatens Boro cultivation

Boro cultivation has started in full swing in the lower reaches of Chatmohar in Pabna. Some farmers have already planted Boro seedlings. However, since there is a dispute between the farmers of some fields and the owners of the irrigators regarding the collection of one-fourth of the paddy due to th...

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Boro cultivation starts in Pabna braving cold waves

Farmers of Chatmohar in Pabna have started early Boro cultivation. Ignoring the harsh winter of of this year, some are plowing the land, some are leveling the land with a ladder. Some are lifting saplings while others are planting saplings in the ground. Irrigation machine owners are busy irrigating...

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Bumper honey collection likely in Chalan Beel region

During the current mustard cultivation season, beekeepers are hoping to produce honey worth about Tk 35 crore from the bee hives in Pabna's Chatmohar, Bhangura, Faridpur, Natore's Baraigram, Gurdaspur and Tarash, Ullapara in Sirajganj. Mustard has been cultivated in about one and a half lakh...

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Cattle farming gains popularity in Pabna

Alep Hossain, son of deceased Shamser Ali of Paylanpur village of Gunaigacha union in Chatmohar, Pabna, started his cattle farm with just one cow. After doing this farm in 2009, Alep Hossain did not run after job anymore. He tried to succeed there and he did succeede. In fourteen years, he sold two ...

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Pabna pottery sector fading away

The potters of Pabna's Chatmohar upazila are worried about the survival of the profession due to various reasons like shortage of clay soil, increase in the price of other materials including fuel, people's aversion to clay products. As a result, hundreds of years of tradition have not compl...