Bogura, the gateway to North Bengal, is an ancient land seeped in history and tradition. Although the township was created near the Karatoya River, the Jamuna River has enriched the district with small Char areas. If you want, you can easily spend two days leisurely exploring some of the historic sites of Bogura. Here are just the top 5.

Every country has its own heritage crafts. While we may have many, from weaving authentic Jamdani to knitting bamboo baskets, very few people know about their history and traditions. Today, in this article we will be talking about one of our most talked about heritages: the art of pottery making and the village that stays awake in keeping our pottery heritages alive. The Bengali term for Pottery making is ‘mritshilpo’, which mostly specifies the maneuver of the craft: the soil of Bangladesh.

A father and his son die of electrocution in a pond where its owner allegedly set up an electric trap to protect fishes from thieves in Nandigram upazila of Bogura.

A local journalist has been physically assaulted by an assistant sub-inspector under Shajahanpur Police Station in Bogura.

Two people have died after a pick-up van ran them over in Bogura Sadar upazila.

Police seized 15 tonnes of government rice which were allegedly being smuggled from a local supply depot in Bogura’s Gabtali upazila this morning.

Two officials of Sonali Bank’s Nandigram branch in Bogura were stabbed by muggers on the Natore-Bogura highway in Shajahanpur upazila of the district earlier today.

Two men with breathing problems die in an isolation unit at Mohammad Ali Hospital in Bogura.

A Bogura court today sent a fifty-year-old man to jail for raping a domestic help in Bogura’s Adamdighi upazila.

A 48-year-old man tests Covid-19 positive in Rajshahi's Puthia upazila, making him the first confirmed coronavirus case in the district.

Samples of a 45-year-old-man, who died with coronavirus-like symptoms in Bogura’s Shibganj upazila on Friday, tested negative, say officials.

A man was burned for blackmailing a woman over an extra-marital affair after he was called to a remote paddy field in Barokol village under Bogura’s Dupchanchia upazila on February 4.

The parliament unanimously adopts a condolence motion expressing deep shock at the death of ruling Awami League lawmaker Abdul Mannan from Bogura-1 constituency.

Pundranagar, the capital of ancient Bengal or present-day Bogra in Bangladesh, is famous for its pottery. Traditional pottery got its fame in the Pal era long back, but now some of the potters community still can be seen here and there in the country including Palpara or Kumaras villages in Bogra.

Two men were killed in separate “gunfights” in Gazipur and Bogura early yesterday.

Police, during a drive, seize a huge amount of medicines stored illegally inside an apartment in Bogura town.

A female assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of Dhunat Police Station in Bogura dies after allegedly ingesting a poisonous pill.

Two journalists of Jamuna Television were beaten up allegedly by a Jubo League activist and his accomplices in Maltinagar area of Bogura town yesterday.

The “slit-throat” body of a union-level Awami League leader in Adamdighi upazila of Bogura is recovered by police.