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Too many potatoes, too little hope: Farmers resort to feeding spuds to livestock

10 April 2025, 15:34 PM
“With the market this bad, what else can we do?”
10 April 2025, 15:34 PM
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Tea output in northern plains down 20% in 2024

7 April 2025, 18:00 PM
Tea production in the northern plains dropped by nearly 20 percent in 2024, as erratic rainfall, poor market prices, and irregularities in factory accounting took a toll on the sector.
7 April 2025, 18:00 PM
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Eid without Abu Sayed: A family left in mourning

31 March 2025, 06:15 AM
Abu Sayed, a martyr of the July uprising last year, will be missing from his family's celebrations for the first time
31 March 2025, 06:15 AM
Hanging body of woman and daughter in Dinajpur

Dinajpur rape convict goes into hiding after HC bail stayed

23 March 2025, 16:43 PM
A life-term convict has gone into hiding shortly after the Supreme Court chamber judge stayed the High Court order that granted him bail in a case filed over the rape of a five-year-old girl in Dinajpur
23 March 2025, 16:43 PM
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Potato farmers facing losses

22 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Many struggling to cover costs and failing to avail cold storage facilities as prices dip
22 March 2025, 18:00 PM
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Dinajpur-Gobindganj highway rundown again 4yrs after Tk 882cr renovation

20 March 2025, 13:37 PM
The Dinajpur-Gobindganj regional highway, a vital road communication link, has become dilapidated and risky for vehicular movement within just four years after it was renovated and widened by the Roads and Highways Department at a cost of Tk 882 crore
20 March 2025, 13:37 PM
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Favourable weather boosts litchi yield hopes

7 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Dinajpur, widely known as the “Land of Litchis”, is experiencing a promising season, with thousands of trees across the district adorned in golden blossoms.
7 March 2025, 18:00 PM
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Dwindling trade threatens future of Banglabandha land port

1 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Once a thriving regional trade hub, Banglabandha land port—Bangladesh’s only quadripartite port linking India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh—is facing a severe downturn due to its heavy reliance on stone imports.
1 March 2025, 18:00 PM
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Goodbye, Andrew

Andrew James Eagle, a passionate lover of Bangladesh and an accomplished journalist, passed away in his home in Baucau, East Timor, on Monday. He was 49.
12 December 2024, 19:47 PM
Andrew James Eagle journalist died

Goodbye, Andrew

Born in Australia in 1975, Andrew first visited Bangladesh in 1996, where he immediately fell in love with the country's vibrant culture and people.
12 December 2024, 12:09 PM
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Lack of storage compromising fertiliser quality in Rangpur

The Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation’s (BCIC’s) buffer warehouse in Rangpur is grappling with a severe shortage of storage space that has left authorities with no choice but to store excess fertiliser stocks outdoors.
28 November 2024, 18:00 PM

Traditional scenic spots losing out to modern parks

Stirring archaeological sites and the wonders of nature across the eight districts in the Rangpur division attracted holidaymakers in droves in the past, but a lack of contemporary infrastructure at those spots has made those days a distant memory.
22 November 2024, 18:00 PM
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From gravel beds to tourists’ treasure

A couple of decades ago, Panchagarh, the northernmost district of Bangladesh, was primarily known for its abundance of gravel beds. With thousands of acres of land devoted to digging for the resource, the backbone of the region’s rural economy was based on those natural resources.
22 November 2024, 18:00 PM
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Production at Barapukuria coal mine may halt amid storage crisis

Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limited (BCMCL) is at risk of being forced to halt production as its storage yard is currently overloaded.
14 November 2024, 18:00 PM
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Maddhapara Granite faces financial woes amid weak sales

Despite a doubling of local demand over the past decade, the country’s lone state-owned hard rock mining venture Maddhapara Granite Mining Company Limited (MGMCL) is facing challenges with declining sales and mounting stockpiles.
4 November 2024, 18:00 PM
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Imported onions rot at Hili Port amid adverse weather

With onion prices soaring in domestic markets, hundreds of tonnes of imported onions from India are spoiling in warehouses at Dinajpur's Hili Land Port due to adverse weather conditions, fluctuating temperatures, and untimely rain, report importers and traders
31 October 2024, 16:40 PM
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669 rural families now have access to better sanitation in Dinajpur

The move comes in response to a survey conducted by the upazila administration in collaboration with four non-government organisations in March this year that revealed that these 669 families had no access to proper sanitation
29 October 2024, 14:44 PM
Potato planting

Spiralling seed prices shock potato farmers

Dhiraj Roy, a farmer from Maljhar village in Biral upazila of Dinajpur, is reconsidering plans to cultivate early varieties of potatoes on his 50-decimal plot of land as the rising cost of seeds and agricultural inputs is straining his limited budget.."Each kilogramme (kg) of Çhalisa varie
22 October 2024, 18:00 PM
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Power supply may not improve anytime soon

The power supply situation has further deteriorated across the country as another power plant has completely shut and there is no sign of increasing generation in the immediate future.
10 September 2024, 18:00 PM
baby girl sold to pay hospital bills

Baby girl sold to pay injured father’s hospital bills

An infant has been sold for Tk 37,000 to pay the hospital bills of the father, who was shot and injured during the student-led mass uprising, according to the mother
8 September 2024, 15:43 PM
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Bullet ends life of a family’s brightest star

Abu Sayed, the youngest of nine siblings, was studying in the English department at Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur.
16 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Abu Sayed: Begum Rokeya University quota reform student death

Bullets end life of family’s brightest star

Abu Sayed, the youngest of nine siblings, was studying in the English department at Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur.
16 July 2024, 18:00 PM
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Finding hope in hair!

Farsia Ara was distraught when her van-puller husband, the sole earner of her family, left her and their three daughters two years ago.
13 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Flood deals a blow to peanut cultivation

Flood deals a blow to peanut cultivation

Severe flash floods across Rangpur division since mid-June have dealt a blow to peanut cultivation in the region.
3 July 2024, 18:00 PM
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Flood damages 39 schools in Rangpur

At least 39 government primary schools across Rangpur division have either sustained damages to their infrastructure or washed away due to recent flash floods and river erosion.
2 July 2024, 18:00 PM
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Collapsed bridge affects 300 families

Residents of Purba Nazirdah in Haragachh union of Rangpur’s Kaunia upazila are facing severe hardship after a 140-foot bamboo bridge over the Manas river collapsed due to heavy rainfall and flooding.
29 June 2024, 18:00 PM
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Eid festivities cut short litchi season in Dinajpur

The adverse weather conditions, including severe heat and lack of rain, have significantly impacted this season's litchi yield
18 June 2024, 06:59 AM
Karupanya Rangpur's innovative green factory design

Is it a forest? Is it a garden? No, it’s a factory!

From a distance, it appears as a forest. But as one gets closer, it becomes evident that it’s in fact a seven-story factory building covered with vines and leaves. After entering the premises, one will see a 30-foot-tall white sculpture of a woman.
24 May 2024, 18:00 PM

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