Burimari reels as Indian stone import halt drags on
17 August 2026
An Indian measure limiting trucks to around 25 tonnes has disrupted supplies, traders say
17 August 2026
MT Hossain Institute: A fading chapter of our cultural history
16 August 2026
A crumbling building on a sprawling railway compound along Fire Service Road in Lalmonirhat town stands as a fading reminder of the region’s rich cultural history. It is the historic MT Hossain Institute, once a major cultural hub of northern Bangladesh and home to one of the Indian subcontinent’s rare revolving theatre stages.
16 August 2026
MT Hossain Institute: A fading chapter of Bangladesh’s cultural history
15 August 2026
Cultural ministry has requested railways ministry to transfer ownership of the long neglected theatre before starting conservation work
15 August 2026
Teesta washes away important Dahagram road
12 August 2026
A key section of the Angorpota-Dahagram road, the only major road connecting Dahagram union, an area surrounded by India under Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat, has collapsed under the force of the Teesta river’s strong current.
12 August 2026
Rangpur mob killings: Slow legal process frustrates victims’ families
11 August 2026
A year after her husband was beaten to death by a mob, Maloti Rani Rabidas is still struggling to keep her family going, with little income and little hope that those responsible will soon face justice.
11 August 2026
Fertiliser stocks drop below safe levels
10 August 2026
Reserves of some key fertilisers have fallen below safe levels, raising concerns about shortages during the upcoming cropping season amid the US-Israeli war on Iran and China’s ban on fertiliser export.
10 August 2026
The shrinking world of the Oraons
9 August 2026
With farmland disappearing and livelihoods changing, the Oraon community is now fighting not only for economic survival but also to preserve its language and culture
9 August 2026
Just one teacher for 550 students
5 August 2026
Every morning, hundreds of students arrive at Dahagram Government High School hoping to learn. Yet, most return home without attending regular classes, as only one teacher remains for the school’s 550 students.
5 August 2026
Pumpkins a blessing for Teesta char farmers
Farmers in three Lalmonirhat upazilas are pleased with a bumper pumpkin crop grown on uninhabited chars of the Teesta River. This profitable cultivation has the potential to significantly improve the lot of the impoverished local farmers.
9 March 2016
Good yield, fair prices bring cheer to potato growers
Potato growers in the district are happy to get good yield and fair prices of the item this season.
6 March 2016
Lalmonirhat jujube growers upset over low prices
In Lalmonirhat, over a thousand growers of jujube, a small fruit known locally as boroi, are upset over the low prices of the fruit this year. They have to sell the produce for less than the production cost in the local market, resulting in their losing interest in farming the fruit in future, growers said.
2 March 2016
Huge amount of fertiliser kept out in the open
A huge quantity of urea fertiliser stored in the open in front of the Mahendranagar Warehouse in Lalmonirhat sadar upazila is at risk of being lost due to rainfall.
28 February 2016
Frustrated, post-graduate returns all his certificates
A physically challenged man with sound higher education in Lalmonirhat returned all his academic certificates to the government yesterday.
24 February 2016
Boro sapling sale falls in Lalmonirhat
Boro sapling markets in the district see much less than expected buyers during the ongoing peak cultivation season as farmers are
23 February 2016
Love for language wins finally
Some influential local bigots had always stopped others from setting up a Shaheed Minar in Durakuti village of Aditmari upazila in Lalmonirhat.
21 February 2016
Housewife tortured for 'dowry' hospitalised
A newly married housewife was tortured by her mother in-law and other members of the family, allegedly for dowry, at Karnapur village
2 February 2016
No fetters could tie her down
Having no use of any hands since birth and being born in an ultra poor family would probably kill off any aspirations one might have. Not Arifa Akhter though.
1 February 2016
No fetters could tie her down
She is unable to do anything with her hands since her birth. But it could never stop Arifa Akhter from pursuing her dreams.
Defying all predicaments, the indomitable Lalmonirhat girl sits for her Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations. She became the subject of curiosity as she started writing with her legs.
1 February 2016
Second Teesta bridge misses deadline
Construction of the 850-metre-long Second Teesta Bridge over the river in Kaliganj of Lalmonirhat is yet to be completed even though a deadline for its completion expired in June last year.
29 January 2016
Rejected foreign oranges on sale at Burimari land port
Huge quantities of rejected oranges illegally brought from Bhutan and India see open sale in Burimari land port area of Patgram upazila under the district, posing risk to the consumers.
20 January 2016
35 cows in Aditmari UZ die in a week
At least 35 cows have died of foot and mouth disease (FMD) at six villages in Aditmari upazila in Lalmonirhat district in the last one week while around one thousand cows in five upazilas of the district have been infected.
16 January 2016
The piece of land which was once a raging river Teesta
Man-made intervention in the upstream turns Teesta a wild river in monsoon and a desert in winter.
12 January 2016
Chemical-free date juice molasses attracts buyers
Chemical-free molasses prepared from date juice at Bhatibari village of Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila attracts buyers from different areas during the ongoing peak season.
10 January 2016
Weighbridge goes inoperative 2 weeks after installation
The weighbridge under the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) for controlling load in Mirzar Court area of
7 January 2016
Dried up Teesta hits livelihood
“We used to have bumper crops here,” says farmer Mahir Uddin of Char Kalmati village in Lalmonirhat. “The Teesta River used to flow year-round but nowadays there's not enough water in winter for optimal agriculture.”
1 January 2016
84 curves, 9 level crossings create havoc
The 100-km highway from Lalmonirhat town to Burimari land port remains problematic for vehicular movement as there are as many as
31 December 2015
Agri loans often fraudulent, controlled by brokers
A good number of sharecroppers and marginal farmers at villages in 45 unions of five upazilas under the district are recorded as loan
23 December 2015
[WATCH] Physically challenged man brings hope to helpless women
Never learning how to walk, 28-year-old Abul Kalam Azad vowed never to get beat down and instead hardened his resolve to “stand his own ground” all his life. It was not easy for him, growing up in the rural town of Lalmonirhat as a physically challenged individual – undermined by the society and often considered a burden.
21 December 2015