Bulbul Ahmed

To protect cultivable land and save the environment, the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) in Natore has been using environment-friendly Uni-Block -- made of sand, cement and gravel -- for the development of rural roads as an alternative to bitumen and ordinary bricks.

Cropland is decreasing at an alarming rate in Natore as farmers have been digging pond on their agricultural land for fish farming to earn more profit.

Chalanbil's freshwater shutki (dried fish) is in demand all over the country. However, due to lack of competitive markets, the sole proprietor in the region is paying exploitative amounts to the fishermen and those who prepare the shutki.

Local cotton production is likely to increase this year thanks to rising acreage and expansion of cultivation of hybrid varieties, stakeholders said.

Her only ‘crime’ was her dark complexion. It led to her divorce only 34 days after marriage and during that short period her in-laws even tried to kill her.

A large number of farmers in Natore are opting for onion cultivation this year due to the high market price of the vegetable used a common cooking ingredient.

Despite good catches after a day’s hard work, fishers in Natore’s Chalan Beel region often had to dump the unsold fish. A little thinking outside the box has changed all that.

Usually, poor people of the northern district pass their days in hardship between the months of October and February.

He spent more than half his life, nearly 22 years, being chained to a tree next to a mud hut that belongs to his family.

The government's Ashrayan project has been lauded for rehabilitating hundreds of destitute people in different districts. But oftentimes the commendable effort has been tainted by allegations of corruption by a handful of dishonest individuals.

More than half of the 45 bridges, built in two Natore upazilas a couple of years ago, are not bringing much benefit to the local people.

It was 2:42pm when these correspondents entered a voting booth at Lalbagh Government Primary School in Natore sadar. A voter named Mobarak Hossain, 35, told the polling official his serial number -- 169 -- and his name.

Jamshed Ali had to cast his vote for “boat” openly in front of the polling officials and agents, which is a blatant violation of the electoral code of conduct.

Police picked up at least 14 polling agents of BNP candidates in three constituencies of Natore yesterday, creating fear among the party's leaders and activists on the eve of today's election.

Cultivation of water chestnut (paniphal in Bangla) has increased greatly in two northern districts of the country in the last couple of years.

For seven generations from the early-eighteenth century, the zamindars of Dighapatia near Natore were landlords of a vast estate,

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.

At least 15 people, including five members of two families, were killed and 20 others injured as a bus collided head-on with a human haulier on Natore-Pabna highway in Baraigram upazila yesterday.

Following several road accidents in Natore, the authorities concerned formed probe committees which came up with recommendations to curb such incidents.

To mark the 127th death anniversary of the mystic bard Lalon Shah, Lalon academy arranged a programme in Natore.