Chilli growers in Rangpur cash in on higher prices
Favourable weather conditions for chilli farming and increased market demand have boosted earnings for farmers in the Rangpur region this season.
20 January 2026, 00:00 AM
20 January 2026, 00:00 AM
No floods, no silt: Farmers struggle as Brahmaputra chars miss seasonal floods
Absence of flooding forces farmers to spend more on fertiliser, raising fears over crop yields
19 January 2026, 14:46 PM
19 January 2026, 14:46 PM
Cold wave takes a toll on Boro seedbeds
Farmers say achieving production target will be harder as rice drives half of food inflation
14 January 2026, 00:00 AM
14 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Number of voters increases by 1.28 lakh across Rangpur
The number of voters registered for the 13th National Parliamentary Election in Rangpur district has increased significantly across its six parliamentary constituencies, with young voters emerging as a decisive force.
10 January 2026, 01:00 AM
10 January 2026, 01:00 AM
Voters increase by 1.28 lakh across 6 Rangpur seats
First-time voters emerge as key factor
9 January 2026, 15:54 PM
9 January 2026, 15:54 PM
Fifteen years on, justice remains elusive for Felani killed at Bangladesh-India border
Family awaits justice amid stalled legal proceedings in India
7 January 2026, 04:31 AM
7 January 2026, 04:31 AM
Sales of cheap winter clothes surge in Rangpur
Traders say sales may more than double this year
6 January 2026, 18:00 PM
6 January 2026, 18:00 PM
Burning topsoil for bricks rampant in Rangpur
Agricultural land across the Rangpur region has been experiencing a decline in productivity, coupled with environmental damage due to the loss of fertile topsoil, which is being openly extracted and supplied to around 595 brick kilns in the four districts.
5 January 2026, 18:00 PM
5 January 2026, 18:00 PM
Govt canal grabbed for fish farming
A canal of Bangladesh Water Development Board has allegedly been encroached by a local influential in Kurigram’s Rajarhat upazila for fish farming.
23 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Tk 50cr embankment sinks under sand in a month
Construction of an embankment on Teesta river was completed on June 30 in Gobordhan area of Mahishkhocha union under Aditmari upazila of Lalmonirhat.
24 August 2024, 18:00 PM
Floodwater sweeps away fish worth Tk 6cr
Recent floods have wreaked havoc on fish farms across Kurigram and Lalmonirhat, with floodwaters sweeping away fish and fish fries worth Tk 6 crore from 3,550 ponds and enclosures.
31 July 2024, 18:00 PM
A first-hand look into devastation
Is it a vast river, or a habitable land?
19 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Govt canal grabbed for fish farming
A section of local influential people allegedly grabbed a portion of Mahendranagar Canal on government’s land in Nakhenda area of Kurigram’s Rajarhat upazila for a fish farming project.
14 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Preserving Mughal-era mosque: No step taken even 23 months after publishing gazette
The Department of Archaeology had published a gazette notification on August 1, 2022 mentioning that it would take measures to preserve the Puran Jame Masjid, a Mughal-era mosque in Saptibari Gilabari village under Lalmonirhat’s Aditmari upazila.
13 July 2024, 18:00 PM
As flood worsens, food crisis mounts
Hundreds of families in Kurigram’s shoal areas have been facing untold sufferings amid deteriorating flood situation.
12 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Flood situation worsens in Kurigram
The ongoing flood situation in Kurigram has deteriorated further as the water levels of the Brahmaputra, Dudhkumar, and Dharla rivers started rising again in 12 hours till yesterday morning.
11 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Rain increases flood woes in the north
With the ongoing flood already making the lives of Kurigram residents miserable, more downpour further added to their woes.
10 July 2024, 18:00 PM
6,500 hectares of agri land under water
Farmers have suffered significant losses due to the ongoing flood in Kurigram, as around 6,500 hectares of agricultural land -- including Aman seedbeds and vegetable fields -- have been under water over the past week.
8 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Sisters die from electrocution in flood-hit village
A family in Kurigram’s Nageshwari upazila is devastated after two sisters were electrocuted by a submerged live cable during the recent floods.
7 July 2024, 18:00 PM
They make jute braids to send their kids to school
Women from Rajpur, Khuniagach, and Gokunda unions along the Teesta river in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila have been crafting jute braids for the past five years to supplement their family incomes.
5 July 2024, 18:00 PM
Heavy vehicles putting Teesta bridge in danger
Due to excessive plying of stone-laden trucks, the Sheikh Hasina Teesta Bridge over the Teesta river and its connecting roads are getting dilapidated and risky.
28 June 2024, 18:00 PM
Former state minister accused of threatening farmer with gun
A farmer yesterday accused Zakir Hossain, former state minister for primary and mass education and president of Roumari upazila Awami League in Kurigram, of threatening him with a pistol
25 June 2024, 11:32 AM
Country’s first post office in shabby state
Located in the heart of Kurigram’s Rowmari upazila, the country’s first ever post-office remains in an awful state for long due to negligence of the authorities concerned.
24 June 2024, 18:00 PM
Illegal sand extraction plagues Dharla, two other rivers
Illegal stone and sand extraction has caused severe erosion in three transboundary rivers -- Dharla, Singimari, and Saniajan.
1 June 2024, 18:00 PM
‘It may collapse any time’
The 50-metre bridge over the Ratnai River between Marichbari and Kalirhat on the Bhelabari-Durgapur road in Aditmari upazila, Lalmonirhat, has been in a dilapidated state for four years.
26 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Library with 15,000 books on verge of collapse
A village with its own library, that too with a collection of around 15,000 books, is a wonderful, yet rare feat in our country’s context.
19 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Buri Teesta to get a new life
To rejuvenate the Buri Teesta river in Kurigram and save the riverside people from bearing the brunt of extensive floods during monsoon, the Barendra Multipurpose Development Authorities have begun excavation work in the river.
17 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Mother to 74 orphans
With a vow to change the lives of as many orphaned children as she could, Bilkis Banu built the Golap Khan Shishu Sadan at College Para area of Nageshwari upazila, Kurigram.
2 May 2024, 18:00 PM