KM Rezaul Hoque

At least nine brickfields are functioning on crop lands and residential areas in Saghata upazila of the district, posing threat to environment, agriculture and public health.

As many as 112 people were killed and 703 others injured in over three hundred road crashes along 32 kilometers highway across the district in the last five years.

Farmers of Bhangamore area in Saghata upazila are worried over survival of transplanted Aman seedlings on about 500 acres of land if the water level in the Jamuna basin rises, as a large breach along the flood control embankment has not been repaired as yet.

In and around Mathorpara village, in Gaibandha's Shaghata upazila, it's become usual for every newborn child to be welcomed into the world with the planting of a tree. The tradition began three years ago by 28-year-old visual artist Gopal Chandra Barmon, as an extension of a tree-planting hobby carried from boyhood.

Following last year's successful cultivation of high yielding Purple paddy during the Borto season, the agriculture department in Sundarganj upazila under the district has started plantation of its seedlings to see the production ratio in the ongoing Aman season.

Dulali Begum was curious about the purple paddy grains she saw while visiting her relatives house in Gazipur last year. She collected some grains and decided to give it a try at her home in Gaibandha.

Even after 47 years of independence, they are yet to get salaries under the national pay scale despite their huge contribution to

Jobeda isn't the only woman whose husband divorced her when her father couldn't pay the full dowry. Nor is the 32-year-old tailor

No crop has been cultivated for years on nearly 2,500 bighas of land due to longstanding waterlogging in Burungi Beel of Saghata upazila.

Ramdakua bridge on Sundarganj-Ulipur road across a branch of the Teesta river is yet to be replaced two years after

A number of electric poles in Gaibandha Sadar and Palashbari upazila remained dangerously tilted for the last two

A young cobbler in Gaibandha Sadar has changed his lot, thanks to his innovative idea that inspired him to set up a small shoe factory at Dariapur Bazar in the upazila.

On the remote shoals in the Jamuna river in Gaibandha district, life is tough. Household dairy farms have long been pursued by village

Parents in Gaibandha's Harijan community often worried about their children's schooling. Due to the failure of mainstream primary schools to provide a congenial study environment, one that was free of discrimination and prejudice, Harijan children often found the

Forty-four children, who lost either or both of their parents in the Rana Plaza disaster on April 24 in 2013, are living in a homely

At least 26 people were killed at different level crossings along Santahar-Kaunia section in the northern region during the last year due to lack of protective devices at the crossings.

Kismat Ali, an associate of freedom fighters, set up a school at remote Kachuahat near his Putimari village home of the district's Saghata upazila in memory of his wife and two children who lost their lives in a mine blast during the Liberation War.

Pest attack badly affects aman plants in some areas of the district, much to the worry of farmers.

A good number of farmers of Sadullapur, Palashbari and Gobindaganj upazilas under the district are now cultivating litchi, switching

Eight people were electrocuted in last six months as the victims came in contact with uncovered power supply lines and illegally drawn lines in different areas of the district, said police, referring to unnatural death cases filed in connection with the incidents.