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Bamboo bridge 0nly means for 10,000 people in Santhia

A 40-feet vulnerable, tattered bamboo culvert on a canal at Chhoto Pathailhat village under Nagdemra Union of Santhia Upazila of Pabna district is the only means of communication for nearly 10,000 people of several villages of the Union. By risking their lives, people of the surrounding villages are...

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Farmers worried as onion stealing from fields goes on

Even after vigilance throughout the night, farmers of Santhia Upazila  failed to stop onions stealing from their fields.According to sources, after incurring a loss during the last year in onion cultivation, farmers of Santhia transplanted root-cut onions in their fields. The price of onion bei...

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Pollution, encroachment killing Pabna’s Atrai River

The Atrai river, which once flowed wide and strong through Santhia upazila in Pabna, is now barely recognisable.Residents who used to swim and fish in the river during their childhood now find no sign of it near the Kashinathpur haat area.The river, which is 47 kilometres long and flows through thre...

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Villagers repair road in Santhia voluntarily

Villagers of Samasnari and its vicinity in Karamja Union of Santhia Upazila of Pabna are repairing the two-kilometer road from Samasnari Purbapara to Bagjan through voluntary work. The locals of LGED, local UP chairman and other government departments have not been able to work on this neglecte...