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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Mobile, source of their livelihood
Two siblings, who are visually impaired by birth, are earning their livelihood through using mobile technology at Teesta river char
11 January 2018
Bolt from the blue
Receiving the notice from Water Development Board (WDB) to free the embankment was like a bolt from the blue, said landless Azizul Islam.
10 January 2018
Ailing comrade Shamsul seeks help
A seriously ill Language Movement hero and freedom fighter of the town has appealed to the prime minister and kind hearted people to
10 January 2018
Illegal sand lifting from Teesta bed unabated
Illegal sand lifting from the beds of Teesta, Dharla, Ratnai and Saniyazan rivers continues unabated at 50 points in five upazilas of the
4 January 2018
Historic theatre at risk of eviction
Regular patrons of cultural events, along with performers in Lalmonirhat town, are in anguish over the likely loss of the historic theatre
3 January 2018
Rain-damaged ground deprives kids of sport
As at any government primary school, many of the 208 students of the school in Balapukur village in Lalmonirhat's Aditmari upazila are
24 December 2017
Expert paddy seed farmer
If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing well. It's a saying that farmer Jatindranath Barmon Jatin, 70, from Batrishazari village in
20 December 2017
Plea for bridges
At least 10,000 villagers in Sadar and Aditmari upazilas of the district have been suffering due to lack of concrete bridges over Ratnai,
14 December 2017
Survivors of '71 massacre
Two siblings, who survived bullet injuries after a brutal massacre by the Pakistan occupation force in the town during the 1971
12 December 2017
Hindu widow cries for justice
A hapless Hindu widow is passing hard days at a hut on another perosn's land, failing to get back her ancestral land from a land
12 December 2017
13 mass killing grounds lie neglected
Thirteen mass killing grounds of the Pakistan occupation army during the Liberation War in 1971 here are lying neglected after over
11 December 2017
Indiscriminate use of pesticides on winter vegtables
Farmers in the district are using more pesticides than necessary on winter vegetables as most of them do not know how much to use
7 December 2017
DREAMS FOR ALL
At the Visually-impaired Rehabilitation Centre in Haribhanga area of Lalmonirhat town twenty children from struggling families are given the chance to dream.
5 December 2017
Post-flood spinach brightens farmers
Lalmonirhat farmers are riding high this winter on the back of healthy market rates for spinach. Spinach varieties including lal shak,
27 November 2017
10 Lalmonirhat bridges without approach roads
Ten bridges, constructed over canals and small rivers at different villages in four upazilas under the district one to four years ago, are
21 November 2017
House of knowledge
A few years ago when Jamal Hossain, from Tiparbazar village in Lalmonirhat's Aditmari upazila, was a student of class 10, he wanted to enter a literature competition. He hoped to recite a Nirmalendu Goon poem for Brac's Taray Taray Deepshika programme in Dhaka.
21 November 2017
LGED delay causes suffering
Villagers in many areas of the district are repairing at their own expenses the roads, bridges and culverts that were damaged by the recent floods.
9 November 2017
Cassia-leaf farming gets popular in Lalmonirhat
Farming of cassia-leaf locally called tejpata is bringing additional income to farmers in the district as there is high demand for it.
8 November 2017
Beggar-free Lalmonirhat scheme uncertain
The district administration is yet to take steps to implement the scheme for rehabilitating 3,949 listed beggars here.
31 October 2017
Double crop farming
Simultaneous cultivation of two crops on the same land is gaining popularity among farmers in the district as they get better profit for the same expenditure as for one crop.
21 October 2017