Mostafa Shabuj, Bogura

Of an empty tiffin box and a family in ruins

Celebrations can turn tragic within the blink of an eye. And tragedies leave behind a trail of unimaginable grief, like a girl fighting for her life unaware of her mother’s demise and a father-husband whose life has just taken a turn for the worst.

3m ago

Bogura emerging as a hub for used automobiles

A major hub for the sale and repair of motor vehicles has gradually emerged in Bogura over the past two years, drawing an estimated investment of Tk 1,000 crore.

5m ago

Why do villagers bear the brunt of loadshedding?

Strangely enough, although the government is unable to meet power needs, it pays thousands of crores to government and private power plants as fixed charges or capacity charges every month with taxpayers’ money.

1y ago

Govt subsidies present to boost farmers’ profits

The government continues to help paddy farmers in a variety of ways to increase their output and, by extension, their profits, said Yusuf Rana Mondal, former additional director of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), Bogura region.

2y ago

Boro farmers’ capital washed away by rains, floods

Thousands of farmers who lost their paddy this Boro season due to excessive waterlogging amid untimely rain and a labour crisis in the country’s northern region, including eastern Sylhet and Chalan Beel, are worried about the upcoming Aman season as many of them have lost their capital.

2y ago

From physically challenged student to successful entrepreneur: The tale of Mohua

Zannatun Ferdous Mohua (24), a physically challenged student of Bogura Government Azizul Haque College, has become a successful e-commerce entrepreneur, by exporting several hand-made embroidery products to foreign countries.

2y ago

Char farmers see rising profits from maize

Hundreds of maize farmers based in char areas of the Brahmaputra, Teesta and Jamuna rivers in Gaibandha are overjoyed to get bumper yields and good prices this year.

2y ago

First variety of cumin faces setback

The Spices Research Centre (SRC) in Shibganj upazila of Bogura has released the first variety of cumin for commercial cultivation on February 22 in a bid to reduce Bangladesh’s import-dependence for the spice.

2y ago
July 10, 2024
July 10, 2024

Of an empty tiffin box and a family in ruins

Celebrations can turn tragic within the blink of an eye. And tragedies leave behind a trail of unimaginable grief, like a girl fighting for her life unaware of her mother’s demise and a father-husband whose life has just taken a turn for the worst.

May 28, 2024
May 28, 2024

Bogura emerging as a hub for used automobiles

A major hub for the sale and repair of motor vehicles has gradually emerged in Bogura over the past two years, drawing an estimated investment of Tk 1,000 crore.

September 17, 2023
September 17, 2023

Why do villagers bear the brunt of loadshedding?

Strangely enough, although the government is unable to meet power needs, it pays thousands of crores to government and private power plants as fixed charges or capacity charges every month with taxpayers’ money.

September 17, 2022
September 17, 2022

Govt subsidies present to boost farmers’ profits

The government continues to help paddy farmers in a variety of ways to increase their output and, by extension, their profits, said Yusuf Rana Mondal, former additional director of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), Bogura region.

May 30, 2022
May 30, 2022

Boro farmers’ capital washed away by rains, floods

Thousands of farmers who lost their paddy this Boro season due to excessive waterlogging amid untimely rain and a labour crisis in the country’s northern region, including eastern Sylhet and Chalan Beel, are worried about the upcoming Aman season as many of them have lost their capital.

May 3, 2022
May 3, 2022

From physically challenged student to successful entrepreneur: The tale of Mohua

Zannatun Ferdous Mohua (24), a physically challenged student of Bogura Government Azizul Haque College, has become a successful e-commerce entrepreneur, by exporting several hand-made embroidery products to foreign countries.

April 29, 2022
April 29, 2022

Char farmers see rising profits from maize

Hundreds of maize farmers based in char areas of the Brahmaputra, Teesta and Jamuna rivers in Gaibandha are overjoyed to get bumper yields and good prices this year.

March 25, 2022
March 25, 2022

First variety of cumin faces setback

The Spices Research Centre (SRC) in Shibganj upazila of Bogura has released the first variety of cumin for commercial cultivation on February 22 in a bid to reduce Bangladesh’s import-dependence for the spice.

November 6, 2021
November 6, 2021

Fear never leaves Bagda farm Santals

The Santal people whose houses in Gaibandha’s Gobindaganj were set on fire in 2016 are now facing homelessness again as they are among the nearly 1,500 families who might be evicted to make way for setting up an export processing zone.

September 23, 2021
September 23, 2021

I’m scared of returning home

A Bogura court yesterday sent three people, including a high schoolteacher, to jail in a case filed in connection with torturing a teenage baul and shaving his head in Bogura’s Shibganj upazila.