Mostafa Shabuj

Birdwatchers across Bangladesh already have an abundance of bird species to watch, photograph and marvel at. However, every now and then, one will get lucky enough to find a new addition to our already blossoming flora and fauna.

Every person crowding the stall at Baishakhi fair was trying to take a peek at the strikingly accurate portraits sketched by a young artist.

Four decades ago, a 29-year-old man who had studied up to SSC level started teaching children at his village in Gaibandha for Tk 1 a day.

Three student dormitories at Government Azizul Haque College in the district have remained closed for nine years, creating severe accommodation crisis for many students.

A day long photo exhibition was held at the campus of Govt Azizul Haque College in Bogura recently. Surrounding the spirit of the International Mother Language Day, the exhibition focused on the period from 1947 to 1971.

Mushfiqur Rahim is now a household name for sports lovers as the cricket craze has reached every nook and corner of the country.

On a late December morning, an hour-long stroll through the centuries-old Bamboo forest surrounding the Gandagram village of Shajahanpur upazila revealed the sight of hundreds of small colourful minivets. In awe of such an astonishing sight, I suddenly spotted something different.

The weighing machine at the axle load control station beside Dhaka-Rangpur highway in Bogura's Mahasthangarh has been inoperative for long which causes a loss of crores of taka.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday filed a case against suspended Sramik League leader Tufan Sarkar, who came to limelight after “raping” a college girl and shaving heads of both the victim and her mother in Bogura. The case against him was filed for amassing wealth of Tk 1.59 crore illegally.

Black garlic, a health product, can now be produced in Bangladesh, thanks to the research of Subodh Kumar Sarkar of Noakhali Science and Technology University (NSTU).

On a hot and windy August day in New Delhi, all the Bangladeshi students of the South Asian University (SAU) rushed to the nearby Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital after hearing of a newly-admitted biochemistry student who had met with a road accident.

The Karatoa is facing a fatal threat. The famous river is shrinking, at some points by a fifth of its total width, due to widespread grabbing along its banks in Bogura's Sadar upazila, according to a government survey and locals.

With the arrival of winter, the shallow waters and narrowing width of the mighty Padma becomes host to a number of animals in search of the nutrition it provides.

Owing its name to the beautiful shade of golden-orange splashed on their feathered bodies, the Orange-headed Thrush, scientifically known as Zoothera Citrina, are commonly known in the country as Komola Dama, Komolaphuli, Komola Doyel, or Komola Bou.

At a time when the demand in the global market looks bleak, a local jute yarn manufacturer in Bogura's Dupchanchia upazila is bagging increasing orders for the golden fibre.

Santina Tudu, 60, is now all by herself and begging is her sole means of survival.

Archaeologists have discovered some Northern Black Polished Ware (NBPW) of Mauryan, Gupta and Pala dynasties along with other

After the “disappearance” of coal from Barapukuria coal mine and hard rock from Maddhapara granite mine, around 52,345 tonnes of fertiliser from Bogura's Santahar warehouse has apparently gone “missing”.

A youth has landed in prison on the charge of sexual harassment after the victim caught him and took him to police in Bogura town on Tuesday.

In Bogura's Shajahanpur upazila, a village called Gandagram is surrounded by two large, centuries-old bamboo bushes. These bushes house many a rare, exotic, migratory birds, and one of them is the precious Asian paradise flycatcher.