Summer onion project wilts as seeds cannot withstand heat
Farmers welcome project but say they need heat-tolerant seeds
3 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Jamaat, allies set to agree to referendum on election day
Rangpur rally will deliver final message on reforms, says Abdul Halim
2 December 2025, 12:47 PM
Transhipment truck finally leaves for Bhutan through Burimari
The goods had been stuck at the port for four days
1 December 2025, 15:15 PM
Bhutan cargo stuck at Burimari over India’s clearance delay
Indian authorities have not issued the required transit clearance for transporting Bhutan’s transhipment goods through Bangladesh’s road network and across Indian territory.
30 November 2025, 18:00 PM
Business Plus / The economic rise of river islands
Northern chars evolved from temporary settlements into thriving agricultural hubs
28 November 2025, 18:00 PM
Teesta in Lalmonirhat / Centuries-old rail bridge puts commuters at risk
More than two decades after the Teesta Railway Bridge in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila exceeded its lifespan, around 20 passenger trains continue to cross the weakened structure every day, putting thousands of commuters at risk.
27 November 2025, 18:00 PM
Rangpur Chest Disease hospital: TB patients left without indoor care
Patient admissions at the only 20-bed Chest Disease Hospital in the Rangpur division have remained suspended since June after the stoppage of dietary supply for inpatients.
24 November 2025, 22:29 PM
A village entirely devoured by the Brahmaputra
Once a vibrant and self-reliant agrarian village with around 350 families, Char Montola, a shoal in Kurigram's Chilmari upazila, has disappeared from the map as the Brahmanputra devoured it entirely following two years of intensified river erosion.
23 November 2025, 21:35 PM
Dhundal farming gaining popularity in Lalmonirhat
Ridge-gourd, a vegetable locally known as dhundal, sees cultivation on a commercial basis in the district for the last
16 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Maize farming a boon for Lalmonirhat char farmers
Maize cultivation on the abandoned sandy chars of the district has brought prosperity to the farmers.
15 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Rly land under illegal occupation
Illegal commercial structures are being built on Lalmonirhat-Mogholhat abandoned railway track at Uttara Road in Lalmonirhat town,
9 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Healthcare limping due to shortage of doctors
Lalmonirhat Sadar Hospital cannot provide healthcare to the patients due to a shortage of doctors.
8 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Jackfruit yield high, prices low in Lalmonirhat
In spite of the bumper production of jackfruit, farmers are disappointed because this seasonal delicious fruit is being sold at low prices in the markets of the district.
8 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Nowhere to play, children's park abandoned
Children are deprived of a place to play as the railway children's park at the station area in Lalmonirhat town has been abandoned for
7 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Green chilli price doubles in Lalmonirhat markets
The price of green chilli doubled in local markets in the district yesterday, two days ahead of the holy month of Ramadan. One kg of
5 June 2016, 18:00 PM
They feel sick yet they have to work
One can easily count the ribcage bones of the 11-year-old bidi (local cigarette) factory worker. Stunted Monir Islam suffers from health problems such as frequent fevers, headaches, nausea and cough but has to work due to poverty.
30 May 2016, 18:00 PM
High yield, fair price make maize farmers happy
Lalmonirhat farmers are happy as they are getting ample production of maize and its fair prices in the local markets this year.
26 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Bumper litchi yield delights growers in Lalmonirhat
Litchi cultivation has brought smiles to a good number of farmers at many villages in the district, with a bumper yield of the juicy
15 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Poor buyers deprived as OMS rice, flour go to black market
Most of the rice and ata (coarse flour) allocated for the government's Open Market Sale (OMS) programme in the district are finding way
12 May 2016, 18:00 PM
'Outcast' by fatwa, back into society after 45 years
For the first time since independence, the Hindu community of Mahishkhocha village in Lalmonirhat's Aditmari upazila yesterday set foot in restaurants and tea stalls at the local bazaar and tasted the food and drink.
10 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Mindless stone lifting from rivers triggers erosion
Vast tracts of farmland in different villages under Patgram upazila of the district are turning sandy and unfit for
10 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Remote villagers make living from online jobs
Jahangir Sarker could have been just another unemployed postgraduate the country has so many of. But the zeal within the
2 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Farmers all smiles as bitter gourd yield high
Cultivation of bitter gourd in Lalmonirhat has increased from last year as farmers are earning good profits from selling high-yield
4 April 2016, 18:00 PM
Elderly men used as drug carriers in border areas
Smugglers in border areas of Lalmonirhat and Kurigram districts are hiring old people to transport contraband drugs.
30 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Lalmonirhat farmers expect bumper maize yield
Maize has been cultivated on large areas of land at five upazilas in Lalmonirhat this year, exceeding the target set by the Department of
30 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Mission mother's safety
Although she is not a doctor by profession, villagers of Gotmari in Lalmonirhat lovingly call her “Dakter Apa”.
18 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Plight of women stone breakers in Lalmonirhat
Women labourers are preferred for the arduous work of breaking stones in Patgram upazila under the district as they can be exploited,
10 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Pumpkins a blessing for Teesta char farmers
Farmers in three Lalmonirhat upazilas are pleased with a bumper pumpkin crop grown on uninhabited chars of the Teesta River. This profitable cultivation has the potential to significantly improve the lot of the impoverished local farmers.
9 March 2016, 18:00 PM