Bangladeshi child reunited with family in Kurigram after accidental border crossing
14 June 2026, 22:29 PM
Joynab was reunited with her parents after a flag meeting confirmed she had mistakenly crossed into India
14 June 2026, 22:29 PM
BGB foils BSF attempt to push 9 people through border points in Kurigram
14 June 2026, 16:35 PM
Women and children among those stranded at border zero line; BSF yet to respond to flag meeting proposal, says BGB
14 June 2026, 16:35 PM
New uniforms, fresh meals and renewed purpose: How donors changed lives of 86 street children
14 June 2026, 12:41 PM
Overseas Bangladeshis and local officials have quietly transformed a struggling railway-side school, following Star report
14 June 2026, 12:41 PM
BGB, locals foil alleged BSF push-in bid at Lalmonirhat border
13 June 2026, 12:31 PM
Hundreds of residents stood guard through the night after loudspeaker announcements mobilised the community
13 June 2026, 12:31 PM
Life and death on Bangladesh’s char islands
6 June 2026, 00:00 AM
For Nazma Begum, motherhood became a memory of grief before it could become a fulfilled dream. Two years ago, the 20-year-old gave birth to her first child on a remote river island in northern Bangladesh. The joy of holding her newborn lasted only three days.
6 June 2026, 00:00 AM
The poisonous promise that didn’t hold
3 June 2026, 12:30 PM
Rangpur farmers allege tobacco companies lured them into overexpansion, then left them with unsold harvests
3 June 2026, 12:30 PM
Ancient statues, coins and utensils found during Sindurmati Dighi excavation
29 May 2026, 19:45 PM
Ancient relics unearthed during Sindurmati Dighi excavation
29 May 2026, 19:45 PM
'The rich don't buy our shoes anymore, and the poor can't afford'
27 May 2026, 18:32 PM
Around 700 Rabidas shoemakers in Rangpur struggle as demand declines
27 May 2026, 18:32 PM
A dying hospital
A couple of weeks ago, Dhanful Begum, a long-time asthma patient, had a sudden attack at her home in Dahagram of Lalmonirhat's Patgram upazila. Unfortunately, she had run out of inhaler and her condition deteriorated fast.
15 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Reducing Pollution: Plastic bottle house holds promises
A house being built with discarded plastic bottles in the northern border district of Lalmonirhat might be the first of its kind in the country.
10 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Will her dream come true?
Amid smiling villagers congratulating her for achieving 'golden' GPA-5 in the SSC examinations, Akhimoni Akhter remains calm, thinking about the finances for her higher education.
6 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Yoke on shoulder for Tk 200 a day
Believe it or not, some farm labourers do the arduous task of pulling yoke on their shoulders to plough the land for a meagre daily wage of Tk 200.
3 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Banglar Nani gets new cycle, mobile
Jahiron Bewa, who has continued providing free healthcare services to rural people at a ripe old age of 90, yesterday got a new bicycle
2 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Rain upsets vegetable seed growers
Untimely and incessant rain throughout this month is worrying vegetable seed producers in two upazilas as their seedbeds are being
27 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Change Makers: UNSTOPPABLE
In the villages of Lalmonirhat's Aditmari upazila the sight of a jolly, very elderly woman moving about house to house on a bicycle, from morning into the afternoon, isn't unusual.
22 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Priority to cattle smugglers!
Farmers of Dahagram-Angorpota in Patgram upazila have no free access to take their cattle through the Tinbigha corridor to mainland
20 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Fairy floss a favourite
In Lalmonirhat and across the country, no village fair can truly be complete without stalls selling fairy floss, the sweet called hawai
18 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Livelihood on collecting oyster
Collecting oysters from the Sati and Ratna rivers in the district is a means of earning a livelihood for ultra poor women in three
18 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Greedy son's brutality on mother
When a festive mood prevailed in the area on the morning of Bangla New Year Pahela Baishakh, an elderly woman was seen crying
15 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Bricks smaller than standard size!
Smaller bricks are being manufactured in several brick kilns in the district, defying the government manual.
13 April 2017, 18:00 PM
No protection from deadly silicosis
In the Burimari land port area of Lalmonirhat's Patgram upazila there are around thirty limestone grinding factories producing lime
11 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Police action makes Swapon's HSC exams uncertain
A Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinee in Patgram upazila is facing uncertainty about attending the examinations starting today as he has been sent to jail, after being shown arrested in a cow stealing case filed over three months ago.
1 April 2017, 18:00 PM
No Man's Land : Tea farming in Indian side
Hazrat Ali of bordering Patgram upazila under the district often observes tea plantations in no-man's land area on the other side of
30 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Stone lifting makes 3 rivers dry
Illegal stone lifting with dredgers was stopped in June last year, but vast areas of arable lands in Patgram upazila of the district had
28 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Under-construction road collapses in Lalmonirhat
A road being rebuilt under the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) in Sadar upazila is breaking down in some places,
27 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Stone dust a health risk at Burimari
Due to thick cloud of stone dust from the stone crushing machines, people of Lalmonirhat's Burimari Land Port area are facing serious health hazards.
25 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Mother waits for martyred son's recognition
Forty five years after the country's final victory against the Pakistan occupation forces, mother of a martyred freedom fighter is still
23 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Indomitable Firoz
Defying the double challenge of inoperative hands since birth and parents' poverty, Ferdous Alam Firoz has successfully continued his
21 March 2017, 18:00 PM