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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
Anthrax Outbreak Bangladesh 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
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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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Syndicate extorts truckers at Burimari land port

A syndicate has continued forcing transport workers to pay huge illegal toll for loading and unloading imported and exported goods at
15 December 2015
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Early potato brings high profit to farmers

Growers of early variety potatoes in the district are happy to get good yield as well as high prices of the crop.
10 December 2015
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Farmers using dolomite for better crop yield

Farmers in the district are using dolomite to neutralise acidity in the soil for better yield of crops.
9 December 2015
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Fresh areas targeted for tobacco cultivation

Several companies are encouraging farmers to grow tobacco with free seeds and assurance to purchase it from the fields for fair prices
8 December 2015
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3G goes to Dahagram

People of Dahagram in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat are now connected to 3G network service launched in the area by Grameenphone yesterday.
25 November 2015

Early winter brings woe to poor people in Lalmonirhat

Early arrival of winter in the northern district this year adds to the sufferings of poor people, especially those living in the char (landmass emerged from riverbed) areas.
18 November 2015
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67 people go to India today

Sixty-seven of 197 former enclave people who chose to become Indian nationals will say goodbye to their native villages at erstwhile Gotamari enclave in Hatibandha upazila and Banshkata in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat today.
18 November 2015
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40-day job scheme starts in Lalmonirhat

The government-run 40-day job scheme meant for providing employment facility to the seasonally jobless farm labourers and ultra
17 November 2015
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Tale of a visually impaired teacher

As the children in the classroom open their English grammar books for the day's lesson, their teacher Fazlul Haque picks up his book too. But it is a bit different than the students' classroom books. It is in Braille, a system of raised dots that can be read with the fingers by people who are blind or who have low vision.
9 November 2015
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[WATCH NOW] The blind Teacher

Fazlul Haque is visually impaired but he is teaching voluntarily at two schools including a govt primary school and a junior high school at the same campus at a remote village Charkhatamari in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila at the Dharla river basin.
9 November 2015
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Farm labourers passing hard time in Lalmonirhat

A large number of farm labourers in the village areas of five upazilas under the district are passing a hard time amid seasonal job crisis
8 November 2015
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Time to leave

It's time for them to leave. For ever.
6 November 2015
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Young farmer sets example

A young farmer in Lalmonirhat has single handedly brought in a change to the farming methods in his village and neighbouring areas through sheer hard work and dedication.
26 October 2015
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Illegal tobacco gul factory pollutes environment

A gul (a tobacco dust product) factory is running illegally at remote Mahishkhocha village of Aditmari upazila under the district, polluting the environment there.
21 October 2015
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Villagers suffer as bridge unused for damaged approach road

Over a thousand people of three villages of Dahagram-Angarpota in Patgram upazila under the district are badly
15 October 2015
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X-ray, ultrasound machines lie inoperative for months

The ultra-sonogram machine and the x-ray machine at Lalmonirhat Sadar Hospital have been inoperative for a long
15 October 2015
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Teesta, Dharla continue to devour homesteads, cropland

Over 2500 people of Hatibandha and Lalmonirhat Sadar upazilas, hit by Teesta and Dharla erosion, have been living under the open sky
12 October 2015
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Railway land under illegal occupation in Lalmonirhat

Over a thousand illegal structures have already been built on grabbed railway lands in different areas of the district while a section of occupiers are illegally selling 'possession' of such lands.
4 October 2015
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Teesta devours schools, 50 homesteads in 3 days

The Teesta River has devoured academic buildings and at least 50 homesteads in Dawabari village in Hatibandha upazila of the district
30 September 2015
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Flood brings woe to fish farmers in Lalmonirhat

Around 15 thousand fish farmers in five upazilas under the district are badly affected by the ongoing flood that washed away fishes from their 4,000 fish farms.
9 September 2015

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