Sahidul Islam Nirab

Jamalpur District: Doctor crisis pushes healthcare to the brink

Healthcare services in Jamalpur are in dire straits as hospitals across the district’s seven upazilas struggle with an acute shortage of doctors.

2w ago

Illegal sand mining ravages Jamalpur

Illegal sand extraction continues unabated in Jamalpur’s Madarganj, Melandah, Sarishabari, Bakshiganj, and Jamalpur Sadar upazilas, posing serious threats to farmland, riverbanks, bridges, residences, and local communities.

3w ago

Nature’s sweet bounty: Honey collectors thrive in Jamalpur

In Jamalpur, the buzz of activity is palpable as honey collectors revel in a bustling season, with beekeeping emerging as both a promising enterprise and a profitable profession.

3m ago

Pera Shandesh: A Sarishabari treat loved far and beyond

If you've ever had Pera Shandesh from Jamalpur's Sarishabari, you'll know why it has stood the test of time

5m ago

A garden of botanical marvels

Rokto Chandan, Ashoka, Toona, Hijal or Tomal -- imagine a garden where all of these unique and rare native plant species live, breathe, and flourish. Now stop imagining, because it really exists!

7m ago

A rare garden of botanical marvels in Jamalpur

Rokto Chandan, Ashoka, Toona, Hijal or Tomal — imagine a garden where all of these unique and rare native plant species live, breath, and flourish. Now stop imagining, because it really exists

7m ago

My son hasn’t called me. He never will...

Says mother of 22-year-old Rabbi who died after being shot in Narayanganj

9m ago

‘We’ve been surviving on just puffed rice’

The flood victims in Jamalpur’s shoal areas are passing days amid an acute crisis of food and drinking water.

9m ago
June 6, 2024
June 6, 2024

Jamalpur’s unused bridge awaits approach road

A 96-meter-long bridge over the Fatika canal in Jamalpur's Islampur remains unused over a year since its inauguration due to the absence of an approach road

June 1, 2024
June 1, 2024

Locals build bamboo dam to prevent river erosion

Locals in Bahadurabad union under Jamalpur’s Dewanganj upazila have built a 300-feet bamboo cross dam -- a makeshift dam -- to prevent erosion of Brahmaputra river during monsoon.

February 21, 2024
February 21, 2024

Shoal areas in Sirajganj, Jamalpur: Farmers celebrate bumper chilli yield

Farmers in shoal areas of Sirajganj and Jamalpur districts are celebrating a successful season, reaping abundant profits from this year’s bumper chilli harvest.

January 14, 2024
January 14, 2024

Commercial ginger cultivation on sacks

Cultivating ginger in plastic sacks on unused land has turned out to be a boon for farmer Abdul Mazid of Sarishabari upazila.

June 20, 2023
June 20, 2023

Nadim’s Murder: Police ignored his pleas for security two months ago

Slain journalist Golam Rabbani Nadim made a complaint to Bakshiganj Police Station in Jamalpur over two months ago mentioning that he was in constant fear of attack.

June 16, 2023
June 16, 2023

‘Bring back my son’

Says mother of killed journo in Jamalpur as she demands justice; 6 arrested so far

June 13, 2023
June 13, 2023

BSCIC estate brings solvency to female workers

The Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) established an industrial estate on 26.30 acres of land in the Dapunia area of Jamalpur in 1980 with a view to developing small and medium enterprises and creating jobs.

May 7, 2023
May 7, 2023

Sand lifting threatens bridge, highway

The lone bridge over the Brahmaputra river, that connects Jamalpur and Sherpur district, is under serious risk due to sand extraction from the riverbed only 100 metres off the bridge.

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