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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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Serving poor for 3 decades

When he came to the modest rural dispensary for his regular consultation yesterday noon, Shambhu Sarkar was surprised to find it closed. He knew the doctor to be there on time. But today was different.
19 November 2015, 18:00 PM
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Early potato farming starts in Dinajpur

Farmers of Dinajpur and adjoining districts have started cultivating early variety potato with a hope of good profit this year.
29 October 2015, 18:00 PM
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Leaf blight worries aman farmers of Dinajpur

Bacterial leaf blight has appeared in aman fields of Chirirbandar and Sadar upazilas under the district, much to the worry of farmers
7 October 2015, 18:00 PM
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Production cut to one-third for shortage of equipment

The rock production at Madhyapara Granite Mining Company Ltd [MGMCL] has reduced to one-third as the mine development underground halted due to lack of equipment.
6 August 2015, 18:00 PM
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Storm-hit power system lies damaged for 10 days

The people of Phulbari upazila under the district are badly suffering in the scorching summer as the electricity connection, disrupted
4 June 2015, 18:00 PM
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Water crisis grips Dinajpur Medical College Hospital

Scarcity of water brings woe to the patients and their attendants at 500-bed Dinajpur Medical College Hospital, especially during the
3 June 2015, 18:00 PM
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Bumper cucumber yield makes growers happy

Bumper production of cucumber and its good market price have made Dinajpur farmers happy.
19 May 2015, 18:00 PM
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Potato chip making brings them solvency

Around 300 families of Srikishnapur village in Akkelpur upazila of Joypurhat district earned prosperity by producing potato chips on commercial basis.
29 April 2015, 18:00 PM
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Country sees bumper wheat yield this year

The country's wheat cultivation area as well as per hectare yield sees significant rise this year.
2 April 2015, 18:00 PM
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What's in a name?

Mujibur Rahman Devdas is one of the recipients of Ekushey Padak this year.
19 February 2015, 22:27 PM
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