Ahmed Humayun Kabir Topu

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.

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.

Health authorities form probe committee to investigate infections at Al-Modina Lab and Hospital in Faridpur upazila

When monsoon waters fill Chalan Beel, pink lotuses, white water lilies and water chestnuts usually blanket the vast wetlands in the region.

Altered river courses and human intervention disrupt wetland’s natural flowering, unchecked tourism adds to damage

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.

After technological limitations halted the earlier effort, a Chinese contractor will drill beyond 6km in search of commercially viable reserves

Father mourns son, Abdul Alim Sujon, lost in Sitakunda shipbreaking tragedy