Will Altadighi come back to life?
7 May 2024, 18:00 PM
According to folklore, King Vishwanath dug a lake to address the people’s drinking water problem, prompted by his queen’s dream. The queen’s stipulation was that the lake should be dug as far as she could walk barefoot. When the queen continued walking over a mile, the king’s ministers intervened fearing a near impossible lake digging project. They stopped her by sprinkling alta (red dye) on her feet, claiming she was bleeding.
7 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Farmers enjoy uninterrupted power
19 April 2024, 18:00 PM
A sigh of relief has swept over Boro paddy farmers in Rajshahi, who were deeply concerned about irrigation due to electricity shortage just two weeks back.
19 April 2024, 18:00 PM
Mangoes and litchis taking a hit from the heat
19 April 2024, 18:00 PM
It’s painful for Tajul Islam to see what has happened to his beloved mango orchard in Rajshahi city’s Borobongram Namopara.
19 April 2024, 18:00 PM
Onion farmers in the north stare at losses
5 April 2024, 18:00 PM
Even after a bumper harvest of onions this season in four districts of Rajshahi, a sharp decline in the price of the vegetable has left farmers struggling.
5 April 2024, 18:00 PM
The north remembers
23 March 2024, 18:00 PM
In Kurigram, a district in northern Bangladesh, there’s a house with a collection of over 5,000 war artifacts.
23 March 2024, 18:00 PM
'Coaching showed me a path to survive’
9 March 2024, 01:30 AM
Michael Collins, also known as AHM Taswar, was the first coach from the Rajshahi Tennis Complex to take up a coaching job abroad, pioneering a path that many have followed since. After trying to make it as a tennis player from 1992 to 2004 and representing Bangladesh in the Davis Cup thrice, he turned to coaching and has worked in China, Japan and the USA since. While on vacation in Rajshahi recently, he spoke with The Daily Star’s Anwar Ali where he shared the story of how his dream shifted from being a tennis star to becoming a tennis coach.
9 March 2024, 01:30 AM
Rajshahi’s tennis dream finds new avenue on coaching court
9 March 2024, 01:00 AM
Back in the 80s, the Boalia Tennis Club in Rajshahi, a humble facility with just one hard court, was a place where the locals of the region got a taste of a game that was mostly accessible to the elites of the society.
9 March 2024, 01:00 AM
When bending the rules deserves praise
7 March 2024, 13:48 PM
Bangladesh Railway's West Zone and Rajshahi University take extraordinary measures so that 700 admission seekers do not miss their exams
7 March 2024, 13:48 PM
The Motorcycle Diaries
Their first obstacles were their families and their apprehension. When a group of four women—Sakia Hoque, Manoshi Saha, Silvy Rahman and Shamsun Nahar—decided to explore Bangladesh's North on motorbikes, they were told horror stories of kidnap, rape and accidents.
14 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Finding home in the Padma
The mighty Padma river has proven to be a haven for rare species of birds, as some of the most fascinating ones are now found mostly in the chars.
14 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Rescued Nilgai still in shock
Sitting inside an enclosure at the Wildlife Rescue Centre in Rajshahi city yesterday, the Nilgai kept on panting.
23 January 2019, 18:00 PM
High price for 'loyalty to BNP'
The national election of December 30 has turned the life of Mofiz Uddin upside down -- and all for supporting BNP.
9 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Kolma relieved as local admin finally steps in
The situation in Kolma has started to become normal yesterday.
6 January 2019, 18:00 PM
'Voting for Sheaf of Paddy': A village under siege
An entire village in Rajshahi's Tanore upazila has been paying a heavy price since Sunday's general elections, when majority of the villagers voted for the BNP candidate.
5 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Rajshahi-3: Intimidation, fear grip BNP supporters
Anarul Islam, a rickshaw-van puller, parked his vehicle in front of Sumon's grocery shop in Ramchandrapur village of Rajshahi's Paba upazila in Rajshahi-3 constituency yesterday noon while two Awami League activists were describing their party's dominance in the area to this correspondent sitting inside the shop.
27 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Allow only 'boat voters' at centres
Natore-2 Awami League candidate and lawmaker Shafiqul Islam Shimul said no one other than the voters of the “boat” symbol would go to the polling centres on December 30 and instructed his party to ensure victory of the boat symbol by only letting boat voters into the vote centres.
23 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Palak offers to donate money at campaign
Zunaid Ahmed Palak, the Awami League candidate for Natore-3, may have broken the election law by offering cash donation to villagers in his constituency.
20 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Fear grips Atrai
There is hardly any campaign activity by candidates of parties other than Awami League (AL) for the Naogaon-6 (Atrai and Raninagar upazilas) constituency seat in the parliamentary elections, giving the impression that there is only one contestant.
17 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Untold tales of unsung heroes
Uttam Kumar Sarder was a tenth-grader when he picked up a weapon to fight for the country's freedom from the Pakistani army in 1971.
15 December 2018, 18:00 PM
He acts before they are lost
Seeing Yusuf Molla's collection of paddies, one is likely to reminisce about the famous verses of Jogindranath's poem “Kajer Chhele”: “Dadkhani chal, mosurir dal, chini-pata doi...”
13 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Organic all the way
In a tiny tin shed in the Barind village of Bohora, Abdul Hamid scoops out a handful of stinky cattle dung from a bucket with his bare hands. He seems undeterred by the earthworms squirming in and out of the compost.
11 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Rajshahi 'de-linked' as Oikyafront holds rally
With road communication between Rajshahi city and several northern districts virtually cut off, a large number of people joined the Jatiya Oikyafront rally in the city yesterday, defying police obstruction and a transport strike.
9 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Ritwik remembered in Rajshahi
A three-day long film festival began in Rajshahi on November 4, commemorating the 93rd birth anniversary of renowned auteur Ritwik Ghatak. This is the seventh instalment of the festival organised by Ritwik Ghatak Film Society, an association of film lovers dedicated to highlighting Ritwik Ghatak’s work.
4 November 2018, 18:00 PM
A love for sport not returned
“I have always smiled despite all my difficulties and sorrows, but I couldn't continue smiling after seeing the hardships that my parents and sister are facing due to my illness,” said the paralysed patient in her village home in Rajshahi's Dargapara area.
30 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Curtain falls on Rajshahi's last silver screen
Upohar Cinema Limited, the last-standing cinema hall of Rajshahi city, closed its doors to cinephiles last night rather unceremoniously, with sparsely-seated screenings of Shakib Khan-starrer horror thriller "Naqaab".
11 October 2018, 18:00 PM
Taherpur temple to celebrate Durga Puja with Ashtadhatu idols
Devotees of Rajshahi and beyond will be in presence of magnificent idols of deities made of Ashtadhatu this Durga Puja, as the Taherpur temple of the district has commissioned idols made of the metal alloy considered sacred by Hindus.
9 October 2018, 18:00 PM
'Whenever it rains, we worry someone is going to die'
Three road signs in red warn drivers that Kadipur area on the Chapainawabganj-Rajshahi national highway is prone to accidents.
2 September 2018, 18:00 PM
25 buses fill in for slow vehicles in Natore
In an unprecedented move, the district administration of Natore has stopped movement of human hauliers and three-wheelers on the highways and introduced at least 25 buses in association with the owners association.
28 August 2018, 18:00 PM