"I didn't force them; they did it willingly," said Omor Faruk

Awami League leaders and activists have been heading to the Madrasa Maidan in Rajshahi since 6:00am to join the party's rally today.

A lawyer today filed a case against Rajshahi's Godagari Upazila Nirbahi Officer, Md Jana Alam, for filling a pond without regard to environmental laws.

A man staged a solo protest today against "torture and harassment" by Rajshahi-3 lawmaker Md Ayeen Uddin and his aides.

Today's temperature in Rajshahi was the lowest of the season after the city had already been shivering in a bitter cold wave for the previous week.

Dil Afroze Khuki of Rajshahi is known nationwide for her struggles for self-reliance and donating money earned by selling newspapers to marginalised women.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said the country’s law and order situation is good and the police force is working with patriotism and bravery to maintain that situation.

BNP's move to force journalists -- covering today's rally in Rajshahi -- to put on press cards with photos of BNP's top leaders has triggered a wave of criticism from local journalists.

BNP's divisional rally began on Madrasa Maidan in Rajshahi city this morning.

Hundreds of thousands of BNP men have come to Rajshahi today to join the party's divisional rally. The city is now bustling with processions, and slogans. There are arrays of tents and fire pits for cooking around the venue at Hazrat Shah Makhdum Central Eidgah ground and surrounding areas.

Commuters are struggling to find ways to get to their destinations following the transport strike that began in eight districts under Rajshahi division this morning.

Police today gave BNP permission to hold a mass rally in Rajshahi on December 3 under eight conditions.

Followers of Rajshahi-3 lawmaker have allegedly beat up a Krishak League leader at Mohanpur upazila of the district this afternoon.

Novoair has launched direct flights between Rajshahi and Cox's Bazar.

Nine policemen have been sued over the custodial death of a BNP leader in Rajshahi seven years ago.

A Rajshahi court today (November 10, 2022) sentenced a man to seven years of rigorous imprisonment in a case filed under the Information and Communications Technology Act.

Intern doctors at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital announced a fresh strike today (October 22, 2022) aftert Rajshahi University authority filed a separate complaint agaisnt them and hospital staffers.

Intern doctors at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital went on indefinite strike early today protesting attacks and vandalism in the hospital premises by students of Rajshahi University over death of their classmate.

Four employees of Bioherbs Ayurvedic Factory in Rajshahi were arrested and the factory authorities were fined Tk 2lakh for irregularities after a journalist was assaulted by factory staffers.

Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said that the ongoing drive against illegal hospital and clinics will continue so that no one can do business with peoples’ lives.