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On 13 February 2026, it was proposed that this article be moved to Bogura. The result of the discussion was no consensus.

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Editing

On August 24th, I went quickly through the page and attempted to fix some basic grammar, spelling, and general structure issues with this article. T.Douglas.Fairbanks (talk) 18:27, 24 August 2016 (UTC)

Article name change

The naming authority, Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh changed the official name of the "Bogra" to "Bogura" today to make the spelling similar to Bangla pronunciation.
Reference: <http://www.banglanews24.com/national/news/bd/645645.details>, <https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2018/04/02/bangladesh-changes-english-spellings-of-five-districts>

Hence the article's name has changed to the new one. — T. 11:42, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

Change Formerly

Bogura is new spelling and formerly spelling is "Bogra" so please change it very quickly. FRabbi0 (talk) 19:16, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

Placename changes and Wikipedia policy

Please see the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Bangladesh#Placename changes and Wikipedia policy before moving to a new title. --Worldbruce (talk) 05:35, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Changing the picture of sathmath

That's photo is quite old and unappealing. Rabbi1118 (talk) 07:42, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

common name

Bogura is the common name, not Bogra TrueMoriarty (talk) 15:11, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

@TrueMoriarty: What evidence do you have that it meets Wikipedia's definition of WP:COMMONNAME? Guideline Wikipedia:Naming conventions (geographic names) explains in depth how to choose among names, including an entire section on establishing a widely accepted name. A few quick observations:

Both Banglapedia: The National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh and Encyclopædia Britannica still use Bogra..
A new edition of the Times Atlas of the World was published in 2023. If you like, I can try to get hold of a copy and see what it says.
Some national newspapers now use Bogura, others still use Bogra. Uptake internationally has probably been slower and spottier.

Google ngram viewer is of limited value for various reasons, but can give one an idea of how common the two spellings have been. --Worldbruce (talk) 16:02, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

I don't have any proofs but I am from Bangladesh and I always hear my fellow Bangladeshis saying 'Bogura', not 'Bogra'. TrueMoriarty (talk) 06:35, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

Yes I'm also Bangladeshi people are saying 'Bogura' 'Bogra' 103.197.153.38 (talk) 14:51, 17 August 2025 (UTC)

Exactly! TrueMoriarty (talk) 18:55, 5 September 2025 (UTC)

Requested move 13 February 2026

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: no consensus. Having reviewed the current discussion, as well as those above, it's clear that there remains no consensus at this time. (non-admin closure) Jack Frost (talk) 09:25, 6 March 2026 (UTC)

Bogra → BoguraBogura – Bogura is also common now. Niasoh ❯❯❯ Wanna chat? 17:58, 13 February 2026 (UTC) — Relisting. Jeffrey34555 (talk) 18:30, 20 February 2026 (UTC) — Relisting. Vestrian24Bio 06:42, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

@Niasoh: How do you address the bullet points raised the last time this was discussed? Yes, some newspapers use Bogura, but others use Bogra, and some are inconsistent. Are there any encyclopedias that use Bogura? Any atlases? How do you respond to what Google ngram viewer shows? --Worldbruce (talk) 19:13, 13 February 2026 (UTC)
It has 8 years since the government changed the name. All official documents as well as almost all daily English newspapers, publishing from Bangladesh use Bogura. So I think it is high time to change the article name to Bogura. Stud.asif (talk) 10:18, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

Note: WikiProject Cities and WikiProject Bangladesh have been notified of this discussion. Vestrian24Bio 06:41, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

oppose It is good to revisit this periodically. Guideline Wikipedia:Naming conventions (geographic names) explains in depth how to choose among names, including an entire section on establishing a widely accepted name. Adoption of the official name may have become more uniform within government. Possibly more Bangladeshi newspapers have adopted the new spelling. But Niasoh and Stud.asif's comments do not convince me that Bogura has become the most often used spelling.

Both Banglapedia: The National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh and Encyclopædia Britannica still use Bogra..
No widely used atlas, gazetteer, or geographical dictionary uses Bogura.
Some national newspapers use Bogra, some use Bogura.
Google ngram viewer still shows that Bogra is far and away the most common spelling.

--Worldbruce (talk) 04:46, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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