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Croplands covered in water hyacinth leave farmers in distress

Within the Pabna Irrigation and Rural Development Project, thousands of bighas of arable and cropland are covered with water hyacinth. The farmers of the fence are in trouble with cultivation due to the lack of water all over the field.On Wednesday, after visiting the ground and talking to the farme...

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Erosion-hit families in Pabna in dire need of aid

Hundreds of families who had lost their houses and land due to the recent river erosion near Pabna, came from different areas and somehow built houses and doors on other people's land and settled in the village called Charnakalia of Haturia-Nakaliyo union in Pabna district.On Wednesday,, upon in...

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Threats against teachers in Santhia protested

Teachers, staff and students of Santhia Pilot Girls' High School in Pabna formed a human chain against the president of the school's managing committee and general secretary of the Upazila League, Tapan Haider San, in protest against the misbehavior with the teachers and staff, abusive langu...

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Santhia Bilchapri Govt Pry School celebrates centenary

The centenary of Bilchapari Government Primary School in Santhia Upazila of Pabna has been celebrated. Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Home Affairs, Adv. Shamsul Haque Tuku MP. Special guests were DIG Mozammel Haque, Senior Secretary, Ministry of Primary and ...

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Cattle farmers busy tending cows in Pabna ahead of Eid-ul-Azha

With the holy Eid-ul-Azha in mind, cows are being fattened in small and big farms in Bera upazila of Pabna. They are being fed green grass, paddy husk and different types feed in  order for them to grow ahead of  the occasion. Cattle rearers  of Bera upazila of Pabna are busy taking c...

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Rainwater submerges paddy in Pabna leaving farmers agonised

Due to the effects of cyclone Asani, farmers are fearing huge loss of Boro paddy crop in Santhia of Pabna due to heavy rains. In the rains, thousands of hectares of boro paddy land in several beels and fields of the upazila have been submerged. Knee, waist-level water has sustained in the paddy fiel...

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Reception to Guinness record breaker Rudra

Pabna junior footballer Isa Arafat Rudra has been given a reception for setting a Guinness World Record in football. The reception was given to him on Sunday night at the initiative of Chartarapur Union Parishad of Pabna Sadar Upazila. Chairman of Chartarapur Union Parishad Siddiqur Rahman Khan...

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Ichamati river’s water hyacinth becoming nuisance for locals

The water hyacinth of Ichamati river in Santhia of Pabna has caused extreme misery in human life. Even though the suffering of the people is extreme, there is no one to watch. The Ichamati River, the main irrigation canal in Paubo, which flows through the middle of Santhia, is almost identical to Ch...

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Santhia Govt High School headmaster faces more fraud allegations

There have been many allegations in the past against Bijay Kumar Debnath, the controversial headmaster of Santhia Government Pilot Model High School in Pabna.He has been creating one controversy after another since he was appointed as the headmaster in 2015 in an unethical manner.Once again he has b...

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Pabna onion farmers in fear of loss

The season of picking onions is going on. The farmers of Santhia in Pabna have taken most of their onions home. However, due to low current market prices, farmers are suffering from the fear of losses.According to Pabna's Santhia Upazila Agriculture Office and farmers' sources, the target wa...

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Onion growers likely to face loss in Pabna

This time in Pabna's Sujanagar, farmers have spent more on onion cultivation than any other year. Despite this, a record amount of land has been planted with onion in Sujanagar, Pabna. But the farmers are not able to raise the production cost by bringing the produced onion to the market.Farmers ...

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Santhia’s main road impassable

Approximately 20 km of the local highway road from Madhapur to Bera in Pabna district has become impassable due to potholes. Every day, passenger buses, freight trucks, hundreds of CNG vehicles and freight vehicles ply on this road in eight districts of North Bengal including Pabna, Dhaka, Bogura an...

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Sujanagar police station gets new OC

Abdul Hannan has joined Sujanagar Police Station as the new Officer-in-Charge (OC). In an order signed by Pabna Superintendent of Police Mohammad Mahibul Islam Khan appointed Abdul Hannan as the new Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Sujanagar Police Station, replacing former OC Mizanur Rahman. He has alread...

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Certificates without taking jabs!

In Sujanagar upazila of Pabna district, Abdur Razzak and Mosha Hasina Khatun did not receive any vaccine. However, they are waiting for vaccination date following their registration. After a long time, when they printed the registration card according to the number that came on his mobile for r...

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Number of cold-hit patients increases in Pabna

Cold wave has been blowing over the district of Pabna for the last few days. With the biting cold, various diseases are increasing day by day. Every day, more than 50 people, including children and the elderly, are being admitted to the 250-bed Pabna General Hospital with cold-related illnesses.At ...

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Brick field workers selling advance labour to survive

Most of the labourers at the brickfields in Chatmohar of Pabna district are now working without any wages or with very low wages since they borrowed advanced money at a high interest rate from the owners of those brick fields earlier. It is learnt, five months of period from May to September, t...

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32,000 students of Ishwardi to be vaccinated against Coronavirus

Vaccination against coronavirus is being started for students of 63 educational institutions in Ishwardi upazila Pabna from today (December 11). Among the educational institutions, there are 10 colleges, 45 high schools and 16 madrasas. A total of 32,000 students from these 63 educational insti...

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Handial College waiting for MPO inclusion for 23 years

Handial College under Chatmohar Upazila of Pabna district is waiting for inclusion under MPO (Monthly Payment Order) for more than 23-year.It is learnt, Handial Higher Secondary College was establised by some local enthusiasts and elites near Handial union parishad office in 1998. The college got th...

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Eve teaser arrested in Chatmohar

An eve teaser teenager was arrested at Chatmohar after multiple complaints against him harassing many girls at the upazila. After a case filed at Chatmohar Police Station by one of the victims’ father, the alleged eve teaser Ashiqur Rahman Ashiq was arrested by the police.Locals said that...

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UP member Majeda won’t give up tea sale

Even after being elected as a UP Member for reserved female seat from Mulgram Union under Chatmohar upazila of Pabna, Majeda Khatun said she will not abandon her profession as a tea seller.Mejeda Khatun, a resident of Majgram village is a burning example of a female UP member who has shown how to be...