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Ahmed Humayun Kabir Topu

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Woman loses daughter, parents and nephew within hours

16 July 2026, 18:36 PM
Her son and sister remain critically injured at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital
16 July 2026, 18:36 PM
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Jamuna devours 78 houses in two weeks

11 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Selina Khatun has spent the past week under the open sky after the Jamuna swallowed her only homestead.
11 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Established in 1964 and handed over to the Department of Family Planning in the 1980s, the 20-bed hospital is the only dedicated maternity facility in Pabna. Photo: Star

Pabna maternity hospital: A visit often ends with a prescription, and little else

6 July 2026, 12:52 PM
Hospital has suspended surgeries, lacks essential equipment and medicines, and forces poor families to seek costly alternatives
6 July 2026, 12:52 PM
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Bad weather, storage crisis turn record onion harvest into losses

2 July 2026, 22:23 PM
Rapid spoilage from heat and rain, and a chronic shortage of storage facilities have combined to push farmers in major producing regions of Pabna and Faridpur deep into losses this season, following record yields.
2 July 2026, 22:23 PM
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Ishwardi litchi farmers reap record harvest but lower returns

2 June 2026, 14:56 PM
Heatwave damage and abundant supply after Eid reduce quality and growers' earnings
2 June 2026, 14:56 PM
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Solar boom on Padma chars

2 June 2026, 00:00 AM
The Padma river has been retreating for decades, gradually exposing vast stretches of char land that were later brought under cultivation by local farmers for crops such as bananas and vegetables.
2 June 2026, 00:00 AM
The 100-MW solar park at Char Bhabanipur in Pabna Sadar upazila, was developed by Dynamic Sun Energy Private Limited. Photo: Star

Solar boom on Padma char lands brings power

1 June 2026, 15:34 PM
As two major solar parks reshape Pabna’s riverine landscape, farmers say rising land values come at cost of farmland
1 June 2026, 15:34 PM
Every Eid-ul-Azha, Natore becomes the largest rawhide wholesale hub in the region. Photo: Star

A Tk 120 crore bet on Natore’s rawhide market

30 May 2026, 16:03 PM
Wholesalers are handling larger volumes this Eid, but profits will depend on whether tanneries honour promised rates
30 May 2026, 16:03 PM
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Fish farming in cages fetch big success for Pabna man

When Hafizur Rahman began putting boxes made of iron rods and nets in the Boral river near his village named Ratanpur in Pabna five years back, villagers took him as a joke. What was he doing? Rahman assured them that it was nothing crazy.
18 May 2016, 06:35 AM
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Justice brings solace to martyrs' families

The execution of war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami has brought some solace to the family members of the victims, freedom fighters
11 May 2016, 18:00 PM
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Three-day festival begins today in Shahzadpur Kaccharibari

The Shahzadpur Kaccharibari wears a festive look today, Baishakh 25, the birth anniversary of Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore. A three-day programme including a discussion and cultural events are the high points of the 155th birth festival of Tagore at the Kaccharibari, official sources said.
7 May 2016, 18:00 PM
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Pabna people hail upholding of Nizami's death penalty

The Supreme Court's final verdict that upheld the death penalty for Jamaat-e-Islami chief Motiur Rahman Nizami for crimes against
5 May 2016, 18:00 PM
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Illegal houses sprout on govt land in Pabna

At least 170 new houses have popped up on both sides of the Bonpara-Dashuria highway in Muladuli of Ishwardi upazila on Roads and Highways Department land.
30 April 2016, 18:00 PM
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Homebound on retirement, man meets tragic end

He got off the train just to get a paan. All his career he must have done it hundreds of times, but this would be his last.
28 April 2016, 18:00 PM
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Suchitra Sen recalled in her hometown

Suchitra Sen, screen legend of Bangla filmdom was recalled at her ancestral hometown in Pabna on April 6 marking her 85th birth
7 April 2016, 18:00 PM
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A little care making big difference

She has almost all the skills of a dancer. When she performs in a group on stage, she can hardly be distinguished from others. She
1 April 2016, 18:00 PM
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Kids still attend classes in bldg abandoned 3 yrs ago

“When we sit in the classroom we feel scared the ceiling may fall on our heads, but we still attend classes every day despite the threat," said Md Riad Hossain, a Class V student of Bera BB Government Primary School in Bera municipality.
23 March 2016, 18:00 PM
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Worried families urge prompt steps for rescue

Family members of two Brac officials, who were abducted in war-torn Afghanistan on Thursday, have demanded that the government
19 March 2016, 18:00 PM
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30 fertiliser-laden vessels stranded in Jamuna

Around 50 cargo vessels loaded with chemical fertilisers have remained stranded for days at different places of the Jamuna River leading
17 March 2016, 18:00 PM
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Save Boral, save Chalanbeel

An appeal with the signature of one lakh people living in Chalanbeel area was submitted to the prime minister
14 March 2016, 18:00 PM
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A nearly forgotten chapter of Language Movement

It was on February 29 in 1948 when the people of Pabna observed hartal for upholding the dignity of our mother language, four years
28 February 2016, 18:00 PM
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Pabna school still named after ex-Pak premier

The name of a Pabna school, named after the then Pakistani premier and built in 1952 right before the historic Language Movement,
19 February 2016, 18:00 PM
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Schoolgirl caned as family too poor to buy uniform

Ranjina Khatun Rojoni, a Class VI student of Ramnagar Government Primary School in Chatmohar upazila of Pabna district, was
8 February 2016, 18:00 PM
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Victim families call for quick execution

For more than 44 years, Abdur Rouf Montu has been waiting for justice.
6 January 2016, 18:00 PM
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Locals expect upholding of Nizami's death sentence

The people of Pabna, the home district of Jamaat-e-Islami chief Motiur Rahman Nizami, are expecting that the Supreme Court will
5 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Dhaner shish again in polls race after 19 yrs

BNP's election symbol dhaner shish (sheaf of paddy) has appeared in the polls race in Pabna Sadar and Santhia upazilas under the district
29 December 2015, 18:00 PM

AL, BNP face rebel candidates

Both Awami League and BNP face rebel candidates in five of the seven municipalities the district for the election to
24 December 2015, 18:00 PM
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Quake-damaged school yet to be rebuilt

Students of Narashinghapur Government Primary School in Sujanagar upazila of the district have been attending classes in the yard of a
1 December 2015, 18:00 PM

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