Asaduzzaman Tipu

Repair delays leave 10,000 hectares uncertain as farmers demand compensation

Once widely consumed and prized for its taste, Gotali fish -- an indigenous species declared endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in 2015 -- is now on the path to revival.

BFRI develops artificial breeding technique

Encroachment of railway land continues unabated in Saidpur upazila town of Nilphamari as authorities have yet to act on 24 recommendations made by a ministerial probe body in mid-2021.

The Kumlai river, a vital 20-kilometre tributary of the Teesta flowing through Nilphamari's Dimla upazila, is on the brink of disappearing.

Trees have allegedly been felled indiscriminately in Nilphamari and nearby districts as part of the Bangladesh Water Development Board’s Teesta Irrigation Project rehabilitation and expansion. The project, worth Tk 1,500 crore, is Bangladesh’s largest irrigation initiative.

After being diagnosed with leprosy about 20 years ago, Zohra Begum, now 48, was forced to live on the streets of Jhenaidah town due to social stigma surrounding the disease.