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Ahmed Humayun Kabir Topu

Puthi Path tradition in Bangladesh

Traditional Puthi Path revives folk heritage in remote Chalan Beel village

28 August 2026
The flickering glow of traditional oil lamps illuminated a quiet village courtyard in Chalan Beel on Thursday night, as locals gathered to revive a nearly forgotten tradition of rural Bengal — Puthi Path.
28 August 2026
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Pabna clinic OT shut after 12 patients contract TB

25 August 2026
The health authority in Faridpur upazila of Pabna yesterday temporarily closed the operating theatre of Al-Modina Lab and Hospital, a local private clinic, after 12 post-surgery patients contracted tuberculosis (TB) over the past few weeks.
25 August 2026
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Pabna clinic OT closed after 12 post-surgery patients test positive for TB

24 August 2026
Health authorities form probe committee to investigate infections at Al-Modina Lab and Hospital in Faridpur upazila
24 August 2026
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‘Poddo Beel’ loses its monsoon bloom

22 August 2026
When monsoon waters fill Chalan Beel, pink lotuses, white water lilies and water chestnuts usually blanket the vast wetlands in the region.
22 August 2026
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Poor monsoon flow dims bloom: Fewer flowers disappoint visitors at Chalanbeel

21 August 2026
Altered river courses and human intervention disrupt wetland’s natural flowering, unchecked tourism adds to damage
21 August 2026
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A deeper search for gas in Pabna

21 August 2026
State-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Ltd (BAPEX) has launched a fresh exploration drive at Mobarakpur in Pabna, hoping to tap commercially viable gas reserves after an earlier attempt was halted over technological limitations.
21 August 2026
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BAPEX returning to Pabna’s Mobarakpur with deeper drilling in renewed hunt for gas

20 August 2026
After technological limitations halted the earlier effort, a Chinese contractor will drill beyond 6km in search of commercially viable reserves
20 August 2026
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He rushed in to save others, but toxic gas claimed his life

15 August 2026
Father mourns son, Abdul Alim Sujon, lost in Sitakunda shipbreaking tragedy
15 August 2026
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Beekeeping in Chalanbeel gains popularity among Pabna, Sirajganj farmers

From time immemorial, honey is popularly known as the best cure for hundreds of diseases. In the Chalanbeel areas of Pabna and Sirajganj, bees can now make their hives near the crop fields as beekeeping or apiculture gains popularity among the farmers.
10 January 2017
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Cracks in Pabna schoolhouse, bamboo sticks used in construction

Students of Binnadangi Government Primary School in Sujanagar upazila under the district have continued their classes amid the risk
9 January 2017

District Council Polls: MPs asked to explain polls code violations

Two ruling party lawmakers of Pabna were served show-cause notices yesterday for violating electoral code of conduct in the upcoming district council elections slated for December 28.
18 December 2016
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Funds used, work invisible

A brand new sound system was installed in Sujanagar upazila auditorium of Pabna at a cost of Tk 8 lakh, according to official
3 December 2016
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Physically challenged, MENTALLY STRONG

Since his birth, Likhon cannot move any of his limbs on his own. Born in a poor family, the physically challenged man is confined to wheelchair all the time and has to take his mother's help to meet his daily needs. Still, he does not want to be considered a burden. In fact, his willpower has brought him a feat only a few can achieve overcoming hurdles like his.
2 December 2016
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Time for jute stick too to earn forex

You may well have seen this many times before: long, thin jute sticks being dried under the open by the roadside or at a village yard. Usually, they end up as fuel for earthen stoves or as fences for betel leaf plantations.
19 November 2016
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126 years of Annoda Gobinda Public Library celebrated

The Annoda Gobinda Public Library in Pabna, one of the most prominent institutes of knowledge in the country, marked its 126th anniversary, still going strong in its legacy of spreading the light of knowledge in this region.
5 November 2016

Trial sees slow progress

Three years into the brutal attack on the Hindu community people at Bonogram of Santhia upazila under the district, slow progress in
1 November 2016
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Shaheed Minar in all Pabna educational instts by October

Ninth-grader Sharmin Khatun is very happy as the authorities have built a Shaheed Minar at her madrasa and the students can place flowers there on Language Martyrs' Day.
26 October 2016
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Syed Haq commemorated in Pabna

Versatile writer Syed Samsul Haq was commemorated in Pabna through discussion and cultural programme organised by Sammilito Sangshkritik Jote, Pabna on Friday night.
8 October 2016
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Weavers in distress due to poor eid-sale

Weavers of Pabna and Sirajganj districts are distressed due to the poor sale of handloom cloth ahead of Eid-ul-Azha, although they
1 September 2016
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148th birth anniversary of Promoth Chowdhury

Promoth Chowdhury, one of the leading writers of the early 19th century had his roots in Haripur village of Chatmohar upazila
15 August 2016
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The floating schools of Chalan Beel

They don't go to schools, schools come to them.
6 August 2016
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Jamuna erosion worsens as dyke damaged in Sirajganj

The overflowing Jamuna has flooded its protection embankment at Baligugri point of Sirajganj Sadar upazila, further worsening the
27 June 2016
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Rooppur gets site clearance today

The Bangladesh Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority (Baera) is set to issue a site licence today to the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (Baec) to run the Rooppur nuclear power plant.
20 June 2016

Circle observes 35th anniversary

Pabna Drama Circle, a leading theatre organisation of Pabna observed its 35th founding anniversary through discussion and Iftar Mahfil on Monday. Leading cultural and social activists joined the programme held at the Pabna Chamber of Commerce and Industries (PCCI) auditorium.
15 June 2016
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Monitoring lapses real concern

Cattle farmer Aksed Ali of Koira Soratola in Ullapara was worried when one of his cows fell sick and died almost immediately. After his second cow became sick, he slaughtered it and sold the meat to a local butcher at a cheap rate.
9 June 2016

4 missing in Pabna

Four people, including three of a family, have been missing for the last ten days since May 10 in Pabna as plainclothes men
19 May 2016
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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
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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

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