Azibor Rahman

Busy as a bee!

Anyone visiting Magura and its adjoining Jhenidah will notice a certain change in the scenery: the croplands look like yellow and green canvases.

Kumar river under threat

A portion of the Kumar river is being filled up with sand for construction of a permanent bus stand in Magura’s Sreepur upazila.

Blockades, strikes stifling flower market

As per data of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) in Jhenaidah, flowers were cultivated on 254 hectares of land for the ongoing fiscal year.

A son of the soil

Age is just a number. And Md Helal Uddin of Maheshwarchanda village in Jhenaidah’s Kaliganj upazila is a perfect example of that.

Asleep in KL, accused of bombing in Magura

Alamin Kazi of Magura’s Shalikha, an expatriate businessman in Malaysia, was in deep sleep at his Kuala Lumpur residence at 4:30am on November 3.

Julfikar finds success in persimmon farming

Persimmon, a Japanese fruit variety, is being cultivated for the first time in the Jessore region, thanks to the favourable growing conditions.

HSC exams in ‘abandoned’ classrooms

More than 1,300 examinees from different colleges are appearing their ongoing HSC examinations at Government Mahtabuddin Degree College in Kaliganj upazila amid risk life as numerous cracks have developed in all the 16 classrooms of its old academic building.

Paper pens that can also grow into plants!

Have you ever wondered where the plastic-pen goes after you are done using them? After disappearing from our sight, the single-use plastic pens usually end up in landfills, eventually accumulating into a vast pile of plastic waste.

June 21, 2022
June 21, 2022

Passed yet not passed

A freedom fighter’s aspirations to become a lawyer were muffled as he was shown failed in the LLB examination by the Rajshahi University authorities. But at last the indomitable spirit of the freedom fighter prevailed as he obtained the certificate after a 13-year-long legal battle with the university authorities.

June 18, 2022
June 18, 2022

Diving towards glory

Md Hussain, a student of class ten at Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan (BKSP), made the first national record in a 5-metre platform diving competition in 2018, and secured the second place in a 3-metre springboard diving competition in 2017.

June 7, 2022
June 7, 2022

A murder they washed their hands of

It can be called a collective act of murder at an unlicensed hospital in Magura. But nobody has taken responsibility.

May 24, 2022
May 24, 2022

Reigning over the hockey field

A girls’ hockey team in Jhenidah has made their presence felt at various competitions. This correspondent visited Jhenidah Bir Shrestha Hamidur Rahman Stadium to talk to the players of the team. Seventeen girls were practicing under the guidance of their coach and physical instructor, Suriyea Begum, a teacher at Fazar Ali Girls’ School and College.

May 20, 2022
May 20, 2022

Litchi farming in Magura grows 10 times in as many years

Litchi production in Magura has increased ten fold compared to what it was a decade ago thanks to favourable weather and soil conditions this year.

March 15, 2022
March 15, 2022

Banana fibre showing export potential

Two friends in Jhenidah have joined hands extracting fibre from banana plants in Jhenidah Sadar upazila after being inspired by YouTube videos.

February 13, 2022
February 13, 2022

Flower growers eye higher sales ahead of festivals

Flower growers look to turn around from the pandemic-induced losses by making higher sales as demand is rising ahead of Valentine’s Day, Pahela Falgun, the first day of the spring season, and International Mother Language Day.

January 27, 2022
January 27, 2022

‘Tis the season to eat molasses

It’s a relatively small window. For four months a year, from mid-November to March, farmers who sell molasses from date juice hit their peak.

January 18, 2022
January 18, 2022

The seven-year-old with exceptional talents

Seven-year-old Samiun Alim Saad of Kaliganj is a gifted student. He can solve complicated geometry and algebra problems, and draw maps of different countries in a matter of minutes.

December 16, 2021
December 16, 2021

They went to sleep never to wake up

Throughout the day, they carried out guerrilla operations against the Pakistan army in different areas and went to sleep without any food at night. As the dawn approached, the occupation forces came stealthily and killed them all when they were asleep.

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