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Lack of truck terminal causes chaos in Ishwardi

Due to the absence of truck terminals in Ishwardi, truck owners and workers involved in transport communication have been suffering for long. Despite huge demand from the administration and the municipality for the construction of the truck terminal for a long time, no initiatives have yet been take...

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Steps to be taken to make sugar mills profitable

Speakers at a workshop have said that proper steps will be taken to turn the sugar mills of the country into profitable organisations.Bangladesh Sugarcrop Research Institute (BSRI) arranged the workshop on ‘Sugarcane Production, Maintenance and Increase in Sugar Procurement Rate’ at its ...

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Youth stabbed, motorcycle snatched in Iswardi

Two youths snatched a motorcycle after stabbing another youth at Pathshala intersection in Ishwardi Upazila of Pabna on Monday night.The injured was identified as Nazmul Hossian, 20, son of Ansar Hossain of Pakuria Shahapara Village of Laxmikunda Union.He was admitted to Rajshahi Medical College Hos...

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Shortage of teacher impedes primary education in Ishwardi

Students of the government primary schools under Ishwardi upazila of Pabna district are not getting proper education due to acute shortage of teachers there.Some schools have only 3 to 4 teachers for more than 300 students. Besides many of the schools do not have headmaster for quite a long time whi...

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Teacher shortage hampers pry schools in Ishwardi

Teaching  is being hampared because of  the shortage of teachers at Ishwardi Upazila Governement Primary School. 51 posts of teachers including head teacher and assistant teacher are vacant in the school. Many schools have only three or four teachers. As a result, the students are not gett...

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Youth held with arm in Ishwardi

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab)-12 in a drive arrested a young man along with a pistol from Dashuria union under Ishwardi upazila in Pabna on Monday.The arrestee is identified as Shajibul Islam, 25, son of Md Shahidul Islam hailed from Munsikpur village of the Dashuria union.On information, ...

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Prog on Bangabandhu held in Rooppur project

Rooppur Power Plant Project arranged programmes, including a condolence meeting, marking the National Mourning Day-2019 and 44th martyrdom anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The meeting was held in the Power Plant on Saturday.Science and Technology Minister Archit...

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Probe body formed over Pakshi railway office fire

A fire has broken out at Headquarters of Pakshi Railway under Ishwardi Upazila in Pabna on Saturday. Important papers and electronics goods of engineering-1 store office of Pabna railway were destroyed in this accident.Senior Station officer of fire service and civil defence of Ishwardi EPZ Shaheb A...

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Rawhide business faces acute loss in Ishwardi

The cowhides were sold at Tk 200 on average and goats hide were sold at only Tk 20 in Ishwardi on the day of Eid-ul-Adha. However, after facing such kind of prices many small traders distributes animal hide among poor and in the mosque.Meanwhile, a bottle of water price is Tk 25 where as this year t...

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Tree and fruit fair ends in Ishwardi

The week-long tree and fruit fair ended at Ishwadi upazila in Pabna on Monday. Ishwardi upazila administration and Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) jointly arranged the fair. Director of bean research and regional research centre of Ishwardi Rois Uddin Chowdhury spoke at the concluding cer...

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Ishwardi EPZ export hits record high in 2018-19FY

The increase of export earnings of the Ishwardi Export Processing Zone (EPZ) is being continued rhythmically after launching.According to Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA), in 2018-19 Fiscal Year goods worth about Tk1231.72 crore were exported while it was worth about Tk1080.92cro...

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More seats in Benapole Express demanded

Ishwardi unit of Bangladesh Communist Party (CPB) formed a human chain  at Ishwardi Bazar in Pabna Saturday demanding increase of the number of seats in Benapole Express train. Shawkat Ali, president of CPB’s Ishwardi unit, presided over the programme, while it was attended, among ot...

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Prabin Samajik Kendra inaugurated in Lalpur

‘Prabin Samajik Kendra’, a social welfare centra for elderly people, was inaugurated at Duaria union under Lalpur upazila in Natore on Thursday.Md Ehsak Ali, chairman of Lalpur Upazila Parishad, attended the inaugural ceremony as the chief guest. Manjur Rahman Bishwas, a former MP and ch...

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Teacher killed in train accident

A teacher was killed after being struck by an engine of Dhaka-Kolkata-Dhaka Maitree express while he was walking through the rail line of Baghoil area of Pakshi under Ishwardi upazila of Pabna on Friday.The deceased was identified as Sirajul Islam Babu, 45, headmaster of Baghoil Child Care Kind...

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Mosquito menace increases in Ishwardi

Mosquito menace has increased at different areas of Ishwardi town in Pabna. The people of Ishwardi municipality are not free from the disturbance of mosquitoes even during the daytime even. Students remain busy containing the problem of mosquito leaving their study. They cannot get rid of the mosqui...

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2-day children fair in Ishwardi

A 2-day children’s fair organised jointly by Pabna district Information Office and Ishwardi upazila administration under the slogan of ‘Awareness-raising communication activities for the development of children and women’ started in the upazila on Wednesday morning.  Ishwardi ...

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Field day held in Ishwardi

Ishwardi upazila Agriculture department observed Field Day marking ‘agriculture is prosperity' at Mohadebpur ground of the upazila in Pabna on Thursday.At that time they arranged an exhibition of lentil under the project of producing quality oil and spices seeds of Bari-8.Md Abdul Latif, u...

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Construction firm fined in Ruppur

A mobile court fined the much-talked firm Sajin Constructions Tk. one lakh for lack of security measures and necessary equipment for the construction labours of multistoried  residential building at Greencity of Ruppur Nuclear Electricity Centre in Ishwardi of Pabna.Ahamed Hossain Bhuiyan, UNO ...

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3 youths detained in Ishwardi

Locals captured three youths with arms while trying to kidnap a schoolgirl on gunpoint at Mirkamari Purbopara village of Salimpur union under Ishwardi upazila in Pabna on Tuesday night. The youths were identified as Ashikur Rahman, 26, son of Ayub Kazi of Kollakandi village; Meherab Hossain, 25...