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These temporary 'villages,' typically comprising a few bamboo houses, are erected solely for the dry season, dismantled preemptively before the onset of monsoon floods. Photo: Masud Al Mamun
Panorama

The strange mobile villages of haor

The villages are built by farmers, locally called jiratis, who hail from nearby areas. They exist only in the dry season and are disassembled ahead of monsoon

A farmer washes one of his cows at Jiyala village in Satkhira’s Tala Upazila. The Sustainable Enterprise Project has transformed the dairy farms of the village into an environmentally-friendly zero-waste model cluster and brought them under a proper management system. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Jahir Rayhan
Districts

Satkhira's Jiyala: Transformation into a 'model dairy village'

Photo: Courtesy
Corporates

'Activating Village Courts in Bangladesh' launches nationwide expansion

Bank asks villagers to repay loans they say never took
Banking

Bank asks villagers to repay loans they say never took

Home to more than 3,000 people, the Dakshin Andharmanik village in Lakshmipur sadar upazila remains underdeveloped for decades. A lack of communication system isolated the village from the rest of the region. Photo: TBS
Districts

Neglected Lakshmipur village cries for development, basic amenities

Tourists would actively participate in preparing the meals so they get a taste of rural lifestyle. Photo: Sarah Steiner
Panorama

Taabu Ekduaria: Setting the pathway to village tourism

Railway Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujan. File Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Govt turns every village into town: Sujan

‘My Village My Town’ mega plan to upgrade villages
Infrastructure

‘My Village My Town’ mega plan to upgrade villages

A devotee cheers while standing near an idol of 'Corona Mata' (Mother Corona), amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, at a temple in Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India June 11, 2021, in this still image taken from video. ANI/REUTERS TV/VIA REUTERS
Coronavirus chronicle

Indian village prays to ‘goddess corona’ to rid them of the virus

Representational Image. Photo: Collected
World+Biz

Armed attackers kill 100 civilians in Burkina Faso village raid

Caption: Abu Sayeed. Photo: Courtesy.
Panorama

‘I’ve sent my wife to the village as I couldn’t ensure food for her’

FILE PHOTO: Soldiers from the Shan State Army-South march in formation during a military parade celebrating the 69th Shan State National Day at Loi Tai Leng, the group's headquarters, on the Thai-Myanmar border February 7, 2016. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File Photo
World+Biz

Myanmar army launches air strikes on Karen village, ethnic armed group says

Armenians set fire to homes before handing village over to Azerbaijan
World+Biz

Armenians set fire to homes before handing village over to Azerbaijan