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
Second Teesta bridge misses deadline again
Construction of the Second Teesta Bridge in the district is yet to be completed even though the second deadline for its completion
24 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Rats' deposit their seasonal earning
During the harvesting period, a good number of people, especially kids from ultra poor families, are seen moving in fields in search of rat holes to dig out paddy deposited by the rodents.
4 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Ecology, livelihood under threat as Teesta loses flow
Once mighty Teesta river has turned into a thin flow at the beginning of the dry season, thanks withdrawal to water
29 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Teacher couple's success in mandarin farming
A couple in a remote village under Hatibandha upazila has successfully grown mandarin for the first time in the district.
25 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Tortured FF in hospital, family under open sky
Injured and ousted from home by land grabbers two weeks ago, freedom fighter Farid Uddin is still reeling from the
24 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Poverty drives kids to bidi factory in Lalmonirhat
Sumi Akhter, 10, read up to Class II, but she could not continue going to school as her parents put her to work in a bidi factory at
22 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Shoddy construction makes U-drains vulnerable
The cracks that developed due to use of poor quality materials during construction of twelve U-drains and a box-culvert in a former
7 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Labourers resume work as wage rises
Following rise in wage, the workers at Burimari land port in the district resumed work yesterday, ending the two-day strike they had
5 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Horrors of '71 still haunt war heroine Ganobala
War heroine Ganobala breaks into tears when she recalls the horrible days of torture on her by the Pakistani soldiers during the War of Liberation.
1 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Farmers happy, labourers upset
Farmers are happy but farm labourers are very upset over the use of mobile paddy threshers in the district.
29 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Growers, consumers at risk
Indiscriminate spraying of pesticides in crop fields, especially those used for vegetable cultivation, poses serious health hazards for both the farmers and consumers across the district.
23 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Market on school premises
Academic activities are being hampered in Durakuti Government Primary School at Durakuti village under Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila as a market is set up in front of the school on Saturday and Tuesday every week for the last two years.
17 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Afforestation on unused land
Farmers in many villages of the district have started planting trees on their unused lands as it would earn money by
13 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Beacon for children's education
Children of a remote village in Aditmari upazila under the district are getting quality lessons along with moral education, thanks to the benevolent service of a spiritually devoted couple.
10 November 2016, 18:00 PM
100 illegal banas in Sati river for fishing
Around 100 illegal banas (bamboo-made fence) for catching fish have been set up on a 50-km-long stretch of the Sati river in different areas under Aditmari and Kaliganj upazilas of the district.
10 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Tobacco-dust factory causes havoc
On the roadside in Gandhomaruya village in Durgapur union of Lalmonirhat's Aditmari upazila is the curious site of a tobacco dust
3 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Bumper aman yield despite flood
Farmers in the char areas of the Teesta and Dharla rivers are happy as they are getting bumper production from flood-
31 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Dream to vote first time
Turi Bewa, 75, a resident of former enclave Bhitorkuti of Kulaghat union in Lalmonirhat Sadar, is happy as her dream to enjoy the taste
29 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Farmers' future bleak
Selim Miah, 48, a vegetable grower at Baparitari village in Mogholhat under Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila was seen in deep thought beside
27 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Homestead vegetable farming changes char women's lives
Growing vegetables in their homesteads has brought good fortune to the distressed and landless women living in
25 October 2016, 18:00 PM