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Although the main structure of the 655-metre bridge has been completed, it has yet to open to traffic. Photo: Star

Land acquisition stalls approach road work of Kurigram’s Sonahat Bridge

29 September 2026
New 655-metre bridge remains closed to traffic as work on one end remains incomplete
29 September 2026
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Anthrax concerns rise in northern districts

26 September 2026
Anthrax infections linked to meat from sick cattle have been reported across Rangpur, Dinajpur and Gaibandha, with at least 53 people receiving treatment for symptoms over the past month.
26 September 2026
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Gaibandha’s Sundarganj a hotspot for Anthrax in Rangpur region

25 September 2026
At least 53 received treatment in Rangpur, Dinajpur, and Gaibandha after showing anthrax symptoms in one month
25 September 2026
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Carmichael College in Rangpur / Two dormitories remain locked for 15 years

25 September 2026
Weeds have swallowed the courtyards, plaster peels from the walls, and garbage lies scattered across the floors. Once buzzing with students, two dormitories at Rangpur’s historic Carmichael College now stand abandoned, locked away for nearly 15 years.
25 September 2026
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3,000 apply, only 200-250 get in: Carmichael College faces accomodation crunch

24 September 2026
Two dormitories have sat locked since 2011, forcing hundreds into costly rented messes off campus
24 September 2026
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Early cultivation on char lands strains fertiliser supply

24 September 2026
With no significant flooding in the rivers across the Rangpur region this year, large areas of char land have remained above water, allowing farmers to cultivate Aman rice, vegetables and other crops earlier than usual.
24 September 2026
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Early cultivation on charlands strains fertiliser supply

23 September 2026
The early cultivation of additional char land, however, has pushed up demand for fertiliser, creating shortages in several riverbank and char areas. Farmers in some places have protested and blocked roads, demanding adequate fertiliser supplies.
23 September 2026
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Kurigram to introduce temporary cards to ensure fertiliser reaches genuine farmers

22 September 2026
‘Soil Health Protection Cards’ expected to curb black-market fertiliser sales
22 September 2026
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While registering for the vaccine, Lakhikanta found out that he was dead

Lakhikanta Rai, a school teacher, is alive and well. He wants to register for the Covid-19 vaccine but the portal won't accept his registration. When he arrived at the Upazila Election Commission to seek help, he learned that he has been listed dead on the voter list since June 3, 2014.
15 March 2021
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Dragon fruit gleams prospect in Lalmonirhat

Lalmonirhat’s first commercial dragon fruit grower Abu Taleb hopes to make around Tk 15 lakh in profit this year.
14 March 2021
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Visually impaired students making jute handicrafts

Visually impaired students of Lalmonirhat are deftly crafting jute products. They are earning money from making handicrafts while continuing their studies.
6 March 2021
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Sand trading in guise of canal excavation?

Allegations of plundering of public money surfaced in the re-excavation work of Ratnai canal in Aditmari upazila.
7 February 2021
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Livelihood of 2,000 Kurigram fishermen in jeopardy

Sixty-year-old Lalchand Das lives on fishing in the Chakirpasha river of Kurigram’s Rajarhat upazila. Like him, 2000 people from 420 fishing families have been making a living by fishing in the river for years.
19 January 2021
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The karate sisters

At a time when the public conscience is gripped by fears over women’s security, three sisters from a remote village in Lalmonirhat decided to take up matters in their own hands.
15 January 2021
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‘Hazol’ method brings benefit to char people

Earthen pot ‘Hazol’, a technology used for hatching chicken eggs, has become very popular in the char areas of Brahmaputra, Dudhkumar, Teesta and Dharla rivers in Kurigram and Lalmonirhat.
16 December 2020
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Martyrs who still remain unrecognised

It was time to rebel. It was time to revolt. It was 1971.
15 December 2020
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The ‘Birangona’ we never knew

It was a Saturday noon in 1971 when Jahiron Bewa’s world came tumbling down.
2 December 2020
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Costly staple hurting low-income people

The average day-labourers in Lalmonirhat are struggling to make ends meet as rice prices in the district’s local markets are refusing to come down although Aman harvests are ongoing in full swing.
21 November 2020
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Mentally challenged widow cheated in name of exchanging land

A mentally challenged widow has been cheated in the name of exchanging land in Kaliganj upazila of the district. Hailing from Shialkhowa Bazar area, Baulo Bala, 48, wife of late Gouranga Chandra, is now crying for justice.
14 November 2020
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Jewel’s Murder: 2 more held, 3 confess

Police yesterday arrested two more people on charges of lynching and setting fire to Shahidunnabi Jewel in Patgram, Lalmonirhat last month.
9 November 2020
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Murder of Jewel: Four more suspects held

Police yesterday arrested four more suspects on charges of lynching and setting fire to Shahidunnabi Jewel, 50, in Patgram, Lalmonirhat.
8 November 2020
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The mosque of harmony

The Partition in 1947 could not keep them apart.
17 October 2020
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Giving it all for a dream

Her strength is evident in her belief, her past, present and her dreams for the future. Fighting social norms, martial artist Santwana Rani Roy, 36, has made herself a fine example for women and girls of the country to live up to.
24 September 2020
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Man buys elephant to fulfill wife’s ‘divine dream’

In a rare incident, a farmer from Ratidhar Dewti village of Lalmonirhat has bought an elephant worth Tk 16.5 lakh in order to obey “divine instructions received by his wife in her dreams”.
22 September 2020
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Lalmonirhat farmer buys elephant following wife’s dream

In a rare incident, a farmer from Ratidhar Dewti village of Lalmonirhat has bought an elephant worth Tk 16.5 lakh in order to obey “divine instructions received by his wife in her dreams”.
22 September 2020
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Centuries-old building turned into land research museum

A centuries-old building (kachari-ghar), which is locally known as Maharajar Kachari-ghar of Cooch Behar, has been turned into land research museum.
13 September 2020
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A beacon with books for all

A schoolboy who started a library in his village with only 10 books back in 2014 now supplies books to 30 salon-based mini-libraries in two upazilas with money earned from part-time jobs.
12 September 2020
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Hydroponics grass could be the answer to Kurigram’s fodder crisis

At least twenty women from Kurigram’s Sadar, Ulipur, Chilmari and Rajarhat upazilas have been using hydroponics method to grow grass for the last month. Many farmers are also crowding around to see this way of growing grass without soil or land.
11 September 2020

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