February 20, 2009 – Ekushe Book Fair in Panchagarh
An 11-day Ekushey Book Fair has begun on the premises of the town hall in 20-Feb-2009. District administration and district council jointly organized the fair with assistance of Greemenphone. Deputy commissioner of Panchagarh Mohammad Munir Hossain inaugurated the program. A total of 30 stalls have been set up in the fair. Discussion and cultural functions […]
February 19, 2009 – Panchagarh-Dinajpur rail line in bad shape – The New Nation
The condition of Panchagarh-Dinajpur Rail line is in bade shape in absence of reconstruction and day by day the line is being inoperative. Since there was no reform work in the line during the past three decades, the line is seeing train accidents and derailment in every month. As the meter-gauge rail-line has become risky, […]
February 14, 2009 – Irrigation problem hits Boro farming in Panchagarh – The Daily Star
Prospect of Irri-Boro cultivation in Boda and Debiganj upazilas in Panchagarh district has become bleak as large areas of land cannot be irrigated due to shortage of electricity supply. With drastic fall in electricity supply in the district, power-run tube-wells, both deep and shallow, can lift only a little water. Cracks developed on Boro fields […]
February 10, 2009 – Commercial production and marketing of strawberry begins in Panchagarh – The New Nation
Production and marketing of strawberry have been started on commercial basis after its successful farming in Panchagarh district paving the way of tremendous economic prospect for the farmers. Jessore Golden Seed Farm (JGSF), a subsidiary organisation of Jessore Ulshi Himagar, achieved the success after eight months of undertaking a strawberry farming programme on 2.7 acres […]
December 25, 2008 – FACE-TO-FACE WITH VOTERS IN PANCHAGARH 2: Candidates pledge to root out corruption – New Age
All the four candidates of Panchagarh-2 constituency (Boda-Debiganj) vowed to root out corruption and to work unitedly for development of the district, if elected. BNP-led alliance candidate Md Mojahar, Hossain, grand alliance nominee Nurul Islam Shujan, CPB candidate Asraful Alam and Bangladesh Torikat Fedaration candidate Md Sona Miah also promised that whoever wins the polls, […]
December 23, 2008 – Growing tea sector boosts Panchagarh economy – Bangladesh Economic News
The growing tea sector has been boosting fast, changing the overall socio-economic condition of the common people and economy of Panchagarh and predicting a brighter prospect of tea sector there. Local tea growers, chamber leaders and officials recommended setting up of more tea processing industries, competitive markets for tea, and resolving problems like gas supply […]
December 13, 2008 – Amardesh
November 23, 2008 – Case filed on BSF Panchagarh shootings – BDNEWS24.COM
A case has been lodged at a Panchagarh court against members of the Indian Border Security Force for killing three Bangladeshis near the Tetulia border earlier this month.
November 18, 2008 – BSF regrets killings on Panchagarh border – The Daily Star
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) yesterday regretted and apologised for killing three people and wounding another in Maynaguri village in Tetulia upazila of Panchagarh Sunday night, according to Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) officials. The BSF at a flag meeting with the BDR also assured that such incidents will not recur in future. The meeting, held at […]
November 15, 2008 – Fund Crisis threatens closure of GPMC in Panchagarh – The Financial Express
The country’s only Germ Plasm Maintenance Centre (GPMC) at Sakowa in Boda under Panchagarh is going to be closed due to lack of necessary fund. The GPMC project was launched for preservation and development of silk products at the cost of Tk 25 million under the assistance of the World Bank (WB) on two years […]