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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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Families dump patients on Pabna Mental Hospital in Bangladesh

Twenty-one years he spent within the walls of Pabna Mental Hospital (PMH), but patient Mahabub Anwar could not go home even though he was well enough. He could not be sent home even after his death. He was admitted to the hospital as a psychiatric patient of 33 years age on October 9, 1994. He passed away on August 7 this year.
9 October 2015
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Factories busy making idols ahead of Durga Puja

Artisans of Belgasi village, 15 kilometres from Chatmohar upazila headquarters under the district, are passing busy time to prepare
8 October 2015
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Mindless snail collection poses threat to ecology

Hundreds of people across the district engage in massive snail collection from water bodies and paddy fields during Bangla months of
30 September 2015
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‘Pir’ shot dead in his sleep in Bangladesh

Just two days after a “pir” (a revered religious instructor) was killed in Chittagong, another one was shot dead in his sleep at Vorotpur of Atghoria upazila in Pabna yesterday.
6 September 2015

Three kidnapping suspects beaten to death in Pabna of Bangladesh

An angry mob beat three people to death on suspicion of kidnapping children in Pabna's Santhia upazila yesterday.
25 August 2015

Theatre organisation observes August 15

Pabna Drama Circle, a leading theatre organisation of the district, observed death anniversary of the founder of Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibar Rahman. A discussion featured on the occasion in the organisation premises on Friday.
15 August 2015
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A gift from bird lovers

When a bunch of youths gathers in your front yard and asks your permission for climbing the trees in your village house, you usually
13 August 2015
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Traditional dance festival in Pabna

A dance festival was held at Pabna Bonomali Institute premises on Sunday to uphold the traditional dance of the region. The artistes of
10 August 2015
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Spurious milk production rises in Pabna ahead of Eid

Producers of adulterated milk and curdled milk are active in famous milk producing areas of Santhia, Bera and Faridpur upazilas under
12 July 2015
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Organic muri from Pabna village gaining popularity

A good number of people of Mahamudpur village in Pabna Sadar upazila are now passing busy time to produce traditional organic muri (puffed rice) to meet its increasing
24 June 2015
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Nightmare voyage

He had wanted to go to Malaysia for a better job. But he ended up falling into the hands of human traffickers who sold him thrice before he was rescued. He endured inhuman physical and mental torture in a boat for around two months at sea.
12 June 2015
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11 'trafficked' youths missing for months

Eleven fortune seekers, lured by the promise of job in Malaysia and Indonesia, have remained missing for the last couple of months.
8 June 2015
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Procurement drive too futile to ensure fair prices of boro

The government's ongoing paddy procurement drive has hardly any impact for the local farmers as the target of 1415 tonnes is too
4 June 2015
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Theatre festival in Pabna

A two-week theatre festival for promoting equal rights of education among autistic children concluded in Pabna amid festivity on
1 June 2015
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Classes hampered as 61 pry schools in Pabna damaged

The recent earthquakes damaged 61 primary schools in nine upazilas of the district, affecting classes of over 12 thousand children.
20 May 2015
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Classes hampered as 61 pry schools in Pabna damaged

The recent earthquakes damaged 61 primary schools in nine upazilas of the district, affecting classes of over 12 thousand children.
20 May 2015
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Schoolgirl dies, a few others fall sick of unknown disease

A 12-year-old girl died and several others, all students of Bordanagar Government Primary School in Chatmohar upazila under the
17 May 2015
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Okra yield high but price fall frustrates farmers

Bumper yield of okra brought smiles to the farmers in the district, especially those in Ishwardi upazila, early summer but now they are
13 May 2015
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Celebrating the Bard

A three-day Rabindra festival at the Shahzadpur Kachharibari in Sirajganj marking the birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore concluded on Sunday.
11 May 2015
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Import of Indian rice affects local production

Commercial husking in the famous rice producing district sees drastic fall for the last couple of months amid large-scale import of cheap Indian rice.
5 May 2015

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