GalleryBuyers crowd the early market at Pollimongol on the edge of Bogura town for native fish the sellers say come from Chalan Beel; a photo story by Prothom Alo's Soyel Rana.
BangladeshThe Karatoya-Bangali Floodplain, Bangladesh's fourth agro-ecological zone, covers about 257,000 hectares of Sirajganj and eastern Bogura. Old river sediments left a mix of higher ridges and wetter basins, acidic soils short of several nutrients, and farms that grow rice, jute, potato, mustard and more. Recent trials on farmers' fields in Gabtali show what diversified cropping can earn, and satellite data and artificial intelligence could help match each field to the right crop, provided every prediction is tested in real fields.
GalleryWood apples brought from Naogaon, Natore and Satkhira sell wholesale for Tk 5 to Tk 25 apiece at Bogura's Rail Crossing No 3 market, in a photo story by Prothom Alo's Soel Rana.
HealthAbout 283,800 people die of heart disease and related causes in Bangladesh every year, says Dr Md Matiur Rahman, head of TMSS's health sector, and regular checks of blood pressure, sugar, weight and cholesterol are the key to prevention.
HealthBogura's Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital has had its beds raised twice without new staff or buildings; it held 2,534 patients on 19 September, and each outpatient doctor sees about 170 people a day.
EnvironmentLiquid waste from several automatic rice mills in Santahar, Bogura, is reaching canals and cropland without treatment; tests found just 1.2 milligrams of dissolved oxygen per litre in canal water.
In Nuruil village in Bogura Sadar, hundreds of red, blue and yellow dragonflies have spread their wings on dried chilli plants and vegetable shoots.
Four months after farmers and traders stored hundreds of thousands of tonnes of potatoes in Bogura and Joypurhat hoping for better prices, demand is weak, prices are flat and the stored crop has begun to rot.
In Bogura, cow dung that was once thrown away now fuels family kitchens through biogas plants, and the leftover slurry goes back to the fields as organic fertiliser.
CropsContinuous rain in July 2026 flooded 417 hectares of vegetables, jute and Aman seedbeds in Bogura, affecting 4,961 farmers, while most vegetable prices in the town's markets rose within a week.
Shirin Akter, who returned to her father's home in 2003 with a baby in her arms and another on the way, is now known across wholesale markets as the 'pumpkin queen' of Mahasthanhat in Bogura.
A sick circus elephant from Mahasthangarh in Bogura is being taken into government custody at the National Zoo in Dhaka on the Prime Minister's special instruction.
State Minister Mir Shahe Alam said Bogura had been neglected for 20 years as he opened tree planting along the re-excavated Barail-Bakson canal in Shibganj.
