Even a little rain leaves campuses swamped
All it takes in Birganj upazila of Dinajpur is a little rain, a few millimetres of precipitation are sufficient, to submerge education.
18 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Sundari's livelihood on grass sale
Fifty-year-old Sundari Bala, displaced by the erosion of the mighty Teesta river years ago, has chosen something different to earn her
13 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Disability fund swindled
A staggering half of the money allocated for 26 people with disabilities has been pocketed by union parishad (UP) members in Badalgachhi upazila of Naogaon.
10 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Woman resists rape, tortured
Villagers in in Badarganj upazila of Rangpur on Thursday allegedly tortured a woman and cut off her hair moments after she had narrowly escaped being raped by a stalker.
8 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Dinajpur temple sheds new light on distant past
Long-renowned for its archaeological wealth, the importance of the Dinajpur region to the study of ancient Bengali civilisation has
7 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Train ticket crisis in Joypurhat
Although it has been a week since Eid was celebrated across the country, people are still rescheduling their travelling date to reach
5 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Bamboo bridge over Sati river
People of seven villages in Kaunia upazila of Rangpur erected a 400-foot-long bamboo bridge over the Sati river as they had been
5 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Train schedules collapse
Thousands of Dhaka-bound passengers suffered long delays due to a collapse in train schedules on Dinajpur-Dhaka
5 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Giver of blessings
Abdul Jalil, 52, from Nayanpur in Dinajpur municipality is well-known throughout the district town, but not always by name.
29 June 2017, 18:00 PM
Culvert of no use
The culvert over a canal in Atrai upazila of Naogaon is of no use to the people due to absence of approach roads.
19 June 2017, 18:00 PM
Iftar for street people
When the clock strikes 6:30pm, people, mostly poor and street people, sit in several rows at Rangpur Railway Station platform, and a bunch of young people start serving Iftar to them.
19 June 2017, 18:00 PM
Double blow for burnt victims
Burn patients at Rangpur Medical College Hospital (RMCH) are in agony as none of the air conditions (ACs) is working since May 10 in the Burn and Plastic Surgery Unit in the scorching heat.
15 June 2017, 18:00 PM
Rice mills still lack monitoring
The authorities concerned are yet to develop a minimum monitoring system for overseeing rice mill boilers, even after the April 19 deadly boiler explosion in Dinajpur Sadar.
14 June 2017, 18:00 PM
2 boiler blast survivors leave hospital
Md Badal Ali, who lost his three brothers in a deadly boiler explosion in Dinajpur Sadar upazila on April 19, returned home at Uttar
6 June 2017, 18:00 PM
Friend of fasting people
Kamal has been supplying cold drinking water for the last eight years free of cost to the poor people of his locality, helping them to
5 June 2017, 18:00 PM
Rain water inundates paddy in Rangpur
Almost ripe paddy on 200 hectares of land on the bed of the nearly dead Sati river in Kaunia upazila of Rangpur has become flooded,
25 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Bad news for litchi lovers
"Modhumash is nothing if you do not taste the litchi of Dinajpur."
22 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Peanut farming gets popular in Naogaon
Peanut farming is gaining popularity among farmers in Naogaon as they can cultivate it at a little cost and get good profit.
18 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Sajna boon for growers
Sajna is a boon for its growers of two upazilas in the district as they are getting high price for this seasonal, highly nutritious vegetable.
10 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Rokeya University: BCL men confine VC to his office
Chhatra League leaders and activists of Begum Rokeya University (BRU) in Rangpur confined Vice Chancellor Prof AKM Nurun Nabi to his office around 11:30am yesterday demanding the VC appoints BCL leaders to several university posts on an ad hoc basis.
3 May 2017, 18:00 PM