Hossain Shahid

The river Banar of Mymensingh becomes violet due to the untreated industrial waste discharge from Dresden Textiles Ltd, an apparel making unit on the riverbank. The photo was taken recently. Photo: TBS
Environment

A factory . . . and chameleon river in Mymensingh 

Filipino woman wins in Mymensingh UP polls 
Bangladesh

Filipino woman wins in Mymensingh UP polls 

Two men wade through knee-deep water towards a concrete bridge in the Shibdhara Beel in Mymensingh. Four bridges built in the vast waterbody 15 years ago have since remained unusable due to the absence of connecting roads. Story on Page 5. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

4 bridges in Mymensingh beel left without connecting roads for 15 years

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Health

Mymensingh private hospitals not treating Covid patients 

Photo: Collected
Education

School shut; headmaster tends to cattle for a living

When villagers construct bridge on their own
Infrastructure

When villagers construct bridge on their own

Handmade 'red sugar': A Mymensingh special 
Bazaar

Handmade 'red sugar': A Mymensingh special 

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