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
Pran awaits gas supply to expand Tk 100cr Rajshahi pulping estate
Having already invested Tk 100 crore to establish an industrial estate in Rajshahi’s Godagari upazila in 2017, Pran is planning expansions there, subject to government assistance, including the supply of natural gas.
10 November 2020, 18:00 PM
UHT milk: Combating malnutrition, saving the dairy industry
While malnutrition remains a major hurdle, milk that contains powerful nutrient values are less consumed, produced in low volume and often wasted for dearth of a fitting processing and distribution system in the country, official data says.
30 October 2020, 06:05 AM
Rape Charges against Rajshahi Priest: Settlement was attempted ‘to prevent scandal’
Before Pradeep Gregory, a priest in Rajshahi, was arrested on rape charges, religious and community leaders tried to settle the matter in an arbitration, promising to take responsibility of the girl and her family members in exchange for their silence.
3 October 2020, 18:00 PM
Money down the drain!
Money flies in the air of Dhaka -- it’s an age old saying in Bangladesh.
22 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Somapura Mahavihara losing lustre
Within three years of the completion of several conservation and development projects, the Somapura Mahavihara has started to lose its shine.
7 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Despite conservation efforts, Somapura Mahavihara losing its shine
The Somapura Mahavihara, a UNESCO World Heritage Site located at Paharpur area in Badalgachhi upazila of Naogaon district, has lost its shine within only three years of completion of projects for its conservation and development.
3 August 2020, 06:58 AM
Brave cop saves lives of 3 kids
On Monday morning, police constable Atikur Rahman single-handedly saved three boys from drowning in the Hoja river of Rajshahi’s Durgapur upazila.
22 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Development at cost of heritage
To expand a street and install drainage, Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) is tearing down the boundary wall of Rajshahi College, which is a 147-year-old heritage site built following colonial-era architecture.
20 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Mango export drops 85pc since 2016
Mango exports have declined by around 85 percent since 2016 due to negligence of a section of agricultural officials and exporters’ violation of rules of good agricultural practices for greater profits.
17 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Are test results always telling the truth?
Family members and colleagues of Rajshahi journalist Tobibur Rahman Masum could not believe it when his coronavirus test results came back negative shortly after his death with Covid-19 like symptoms on the night of June 28.
7 July 2020, 18:00 PM
Untrained contact tracers add to risk
When offices reopened at the end of May, novel coronavirus was still spreading in Rajshahi city and Ariful Amin was unwilling to join work to save his family from getting infected through him.
29 June 2020, 18:00 PM
ICU INEQUITY: Time lost, lives too
When Hafizur Rahman was admitted to the General Hospital in Pabna with coronavirus-like symptoms on Friday afternoon in rapidly deteriorating condition, access to an oxygen cylinder was his only hope as there was no ICU support in the district.
22 June 2020, 18:00 PM
How employees of a Rajshahi mobile phone shop staged a Tk 33 lakh mugging
Police in Rajshahi took only nine hours to unravel a mysterious mugging, which turned out to have been staged by staffers of a Vivo mobile phone outlet to steal Tk 33 lakh.
19 June 2020, 15:40 PM
‘The ambulance was just yards away...’
An elderly man died after suffering a seizure on the platform of Rajshahi Rail Station yesterday. With no ambulance available, transport to the hospital was impossible, which eventually led to the man’s death, railway police said quoting doctors.
10 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Virus spreading to Rajshahi villages
The novel coronavirus has begun spreading to villages in Rajshahi district due to unabated cross-district travels and ineffective lockdown measures, health officials and development workers said.
9 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Special train for a special fruit
Mango is special.
5 June 2020, 18:00 PM
The Mango Express starts chugging away
The “Mango Special”, a new train for transporting agricultural products, mostly mangoes, at a reduced rate began its journey today from Chapainawabganj, railway officials said.
5 June 2020, 13:23 PM
84-year-old takes on Covid-19... and wins
Amidst the global panic over coronavirus, it’s easy for fear to overwhelm optimism. For every tragic death at the hands of the virus, one must remember there’s also many stories of recuperation.
4 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Mango growers feeling the squeeze
Amid the coronavirus scare, a lack of buyers due to inadequate measures for marketing and transportation leaves mango growers worried.
1 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Mango growers hit hard by cyclone
At least 2 lakh tonnes of mangoes, which is around 16 percent of the country’s total annual production, have fallen off the trees because of cyclone Amphan, said the Department of Agricultural Extension.
21 May 2020, 18:00 PM