Hossain Shahid

Muktir Bandhan Foundation launches a weekly market (haat) to provide free daily essentials to low income people. Photo: TBS
Markets

Free groceries for low income people in Mymensingh

A farmer in Mymensingh’s Trishal upazila takes care of cabbages in a field which has been cultivated in an organic way. The photo was taken recently. Photo: TBS
Bazaar

Trishal farmers turning towards organic farming

Two purple swamphens, locally known as Kalim, walk around a yard at Tarakanda in Mymensingh recently. These easy-to-domesticate birds are raised with chickens in households and command a good price in the market as pet birds. Photo: TBS
Environment

Forest bird domesticated, reared as poultry in Mymensingh

A farmer feeds colourful aquarium fishes in a pond in Mymensingh. Many farmers are producing varieties of aquarium fish fry and selling them across the country. Photo: TBS
Bazaar

Aquarium fish farming can be a potentially lucrative sector

Crocodiles wander at the Reptiles Farm Ltd in Mymensingh. The farm now owns 3,000 crocodiles, starting off with only 75 of them six years ago. The farm exports around 400 crocodile hides every year. The photo was taken recently. Photo: TBS
Industry

Crocodile farming fetching foreign currency

Women of Malancha and Adarsha slums set up the Bou-bazaar three decades ago to fight poverty. Starting with six small shops, there are now 130 shops. In the market, on the land of the City Corporation and Bangladesh Railway, all the traders are women. The photo was taken recently. Photo: TBS
Women Empowerment

Bou Bazar: A fate changer for marginalised Mymensingh women

Photo: Collected
Energy

Sutiakhali Solar Power Plant to add 50MW to national grid

The Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute (BFRI) has been successful in producing fry of 23 almost extinct local species of fish. The photo was taken recently. Photo: TBS
Bazaar

Almost extinct local fish coming back

Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute Chief Scientific Officer Md Khalilur Rahman has been conducting research on Pangasius fish farming. TBS Photo
Bazaar

Bangladesh fails to tap fish export potential

Photo: TBS
Education

Mymensingh primary teachers shift classes online despite challenges

Plastic cups damaging Mymensingh environment
Environment

Plastic cups damaging Mymensingh environment

Photo:TBS
Bazaar

Prolonged lockdown caused Tk30cr loss for fisheries in Mymensingh

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Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Confusion ensues over doctor’s Covid-19 test results