LivestockOn the afternoon of Eid-ul-Azha, 28 May 2026, a short-lived market for donated Qurbani meat formed again around Ishwardi's Rail Gate, Fakirer Bottola and railway station, where day butchers and people given meat sold it at Tk 500 to Tk 550 a kilogram.
EnvironmentA Supreme Court lawyer sent a legal notice on 2 December 2025 to the Ishwardi UNO and the upazila livestock officer, seeking criminal action against those responsible for drowning eight puppies in a pond on the upazila parishad premises in Pabna; he said no action had yet been taken.
FruitsIn the 2024 harvest, 25,000-30,000 women sorting and counting litchis in Ishwardi, Pabna, were paid Tk 400-500 a day; they said they earned less than men for equal work, while growers said men are paid more for climbing the trees.
