S Dilip Roy

Passenger train services in Bangladesh Railway’s Lalmonirhat division are being operated largely with long-expired locomotives, heightening the risk of serious accidents and disrupting schedules in the northern region, railway officials and employees said.

The Carmichael College in Rangpur, a historic educational institution in northern Bangladesh, has been facing a myriad of crises, including a shortage of teachers, insufficient classrooms, dilapidated infrastructure, and poor accommodation facilities for students.

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The goods had been stuck at the port for four days

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Northern chars evolved from temporary settlements into thriving agricultural hubs

More than two decades after the Teesta Railway Bridge in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila exceeded its lifespan, around 20 passenger trains continue to cross the weakened structure every day, putting thousands of commuters at risk.

Patient admissions at the only 20-bed Chest Disease Hospital in the Rangpur division have remained suspended since June after the stoppage of dietary supply for inpatients.

Once a vibrant and self-reliant agrarian village with around 350 families, Char Montola, a shoal in Kurigram's Chilmari upazila, has disappeared from the map as the Brahmanputra devoured it entirely following two years of intensified river erosion.

Home to 350 families, the char has vanished, leaving its people scattered and grieving

An acute coach shortage has emerged on four intercity trains operating between Dhaka and Lalmonirhat, Rangpur, Kurigram, and Burimari, forcing many regular travellers to make their journeys standing or in severely congested spaces due to a lack of adequate seating.

The decades-old footbridge at Lalmonirhat Railway Station, declared risky in 2001, continues to serve thousands of passengers every day despite its dangerously fragile state.

Unseasonal rainfall has reduced coriander leaf production in the Rangpur region this year, driving prices to a record high and leaving consumers frustrated, even as farmers enjoy unexpected profits.

The Lalmonirhat Railway Hospital, once a vital healthcare centre for thousands of railway officials, employees, and their families, has been reduced to an empty, silent building, offering no medical services for years.

A Tk 1,653 crore proposed project for repairing and upgrading roads along with other key infrastructure in Rangpur city has been stalled for the past 18 months, leaving most of the city’s streets nearly unusable.

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In the remote Sonahat village under Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat, a chorus of young voices singing “Manush Bhajle Sonar Manush Hobi” (If you preach humanity, you’ll become a person with a heart of gold) could be heard from afar.

The Alaikumari river in Rangpur is now on the verge of oblivion, choked by years of encroachment, heavy siltation, and unchecked cultivation.

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