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Tk 3.73cr health centre, no doctors or medicines (opens the original)
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Taslima Akhter, 28, took her sick two-year-old daughter to the Kalimahar Mother and Child Welfare Centre earlier this week but found no doctor there. She eventually had to travel nearly 20 kilometres to the Pangsha Upazila Health Complex. “If we could receive regular medical care at this healthcare centre near our home, we would not have to travel so far,” said the homemaker from Kalimahar village. Nearly nine years after its inauguration, the 10-bed facility in Kalimahar Union of Rajbari’s Pang
Weaving a life from jute (opens the original)
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The wooden shuttle moves back and forth through the handloom as 64-year-old Awal Byapari weaves jute fabric at his home in Baishrashi village in Faridpur’s Sadarpur upazila. Nearby, finished jute wallets and handbags are neatly arranged, while his wife, Tahmina Begum, 55, sits beside him, turning the fabric into various products. But there was a time when Awal struggled to support his wife and three sons selling tea and earning just Tk 1,500-2,000 a month. The family lived from hand to mouth. Th
From tea stall to jute products: A Faridpur family’s journey to self-reliance (opens the original)
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The wooden shuttle moves back and forth through the handloom as 64-year-old Awal Byapari spends much of his day weaving jute fabric inside his home. Nearby, finished jute wallets and handbags are neatly arranged. His wife, Tahmina Begum, 55, sits beside him, busy turning the jute fabric into finished products. Their house in Baishrashi village of Sadarpur upazila, Faridpur, has become their workplace. But there was a time when Awal struggled to support his family by selling tea. He earned only T
Jute farmers struggle as prices tumble (opens the original)
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Adverse weather has reduced jute yields this year, while export restrictions have weakened demand and pushed down prices, raising fears of losses among farmers. Farmers said they expanded jute acreage after receiving good prices last year. However, excessive rainfall forced many to harvest the crop earlier than usual, resulting in lower yields. Traditionally, lower supply supports higher prices, but farmers and traders said the suspension of raw jute exports to India had reduced demand in the lo
Monsoon, jute season revive century-old boat market (opens the original)
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The monsoon has brought the century-old boat market in Faridpur's Bhanga upazila back to life, with farmers flocking there to buy small boats for harvesting, retting and washing jute in waterlogged fields.Located beside the Kumar River and the Dhaka-Bhanga Expressway, the market has long served as a seasonal hub for farmers and boat traders. While it officially operates alongside Bhanga's weekly haat on Fridays and Mondays, boat trading continues throughout the week during the monsoon season. Du
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