Fertiliser protest: Case leaves Kurigram farmers living in fear
21 September 2026
Farmers in at least five villages under Kurigram’s Bhurungamari upazila say they are living in fear of arrest and harassment after a case was filed over a protest demanding adequate fertiliser earlier this month that left the upazila agriculture officer briefly confined by an agitated crowd.
21 September 2026
Century-old boat race draws thousands on Dharla river
16 September 2026
Boat race revives a fading tradition of rural Bengal
16 September 2026
Locals suffer as Teesta devours key road
9 September 2026
Nearly 300 metres of an unpaved road along the Teesta riverbank in Khuniagachh union of Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila have been eroded over the past one month, causing severe hardship for more than 2,000 families living in several shoals nearby.
9 September 2026
Fertiliser still stuck in supply chain maze
9 September 2026
Bangladesh has enough fertiliser, the government says. Dealers say they have stocks. Yet farmers in several districts say authorised dealers are refusing to sell or capping them at one sack, forcing many to buy from unauthorised sellers at inflated prices.
9 September 2026
Teesta swallows 300-metre road, disrupts lives of 2,000 families in Lalmonirhat
7 September 2026
Farmers bear extra time, labour and transport costs after erosion makes road unusable
7 September 2026
Rangpur murders: Two weeks on, motive is still unclear
4 September 2026
Two weeks have passed, and police still cannot explain the motive behind the gruesome killing of four members of a family in Rangpur city.
4 September 2026
Where did around Tk 15 lakh go? Ganapati withdrew it weeks before family killings
30 August 2026
Relatives and former colleagues say the slain Rangpur teacher withdrew the provident fund money 22 days before the killings; police are still trying to trace it
30 August 2026
Police reveal new details in Rangpur family killings
27 August 2026
Commissioner says the killings took place last Friday morning, after Ganapati saw the accused taking yaba on the roof
27 August 2026
Physically challenged face trouble as ramp at railway station locked
Physically challenged train passengers at Lalmonirhat railway station have been suffering a lot for long as the flat entrance to the station platform, especially built for them, was kept locked for four years, thanks to the authorities indifferent to the nuisance.
2 April 2019
Two years on, damaged bridge yet to be replaced
A bridge on a canal was damaged and its approach roads, part of Kakina-Aminganj road in Lalmonirhat's Kaliganj upazila, were washed away by floodwaters in August of 2017, but the authorities are yet to replace or repair those.
27 March 2019
Hard-pressed FF Protap gets recognition, not benefits
Protap Chandra Roy is yet to get the government allowances meant for freedom fighters (FFs) due to a 'slow process'.
25 March 2019
Poor road affects goods transport
An 11-kilometre-long portion of the highway connecting Burimari land port with Lalmonirhat via Patgram is in such a state that at least five to six trucks break down there every day.
14 March 2019
Of a farmer with passion for education
Abdur Rashid is a marginal farmer revered and respected for a completely different role he has been playing for the last nine years in the remote village of Lalmonirhat's Dakkhin Dalgram Parshurampara.
8 March 2019
Uttama, an inspiration for female entrepreneurs
The farm had only one cow and a hundred chickens. Now, ten years later, it has 75 hybrid dairy cows, 20 goats, 6 thousand chickens and 200 pigeons. The farm now spans over 11 acres of land in three separate plots where special grass for livestock, fruits, flower and spices are also grown.
7 March 2019
Youth at 90
Ninety-year-old Language Movement veteran Abdul Quader Bhasani still works hard at his spice field amid enthusiasm while most people in his age stay indoors and live a passive life.
20 February 2019
A laudable initiative for maternal care
The Sindurna char in Lalmonirhat that once saw at least three maternal deaths in a year is now free of the menace, thanks to the free of cost prenatal services being arranged in the remote char.
14 February 2019
Stone crushing pollutes air, poses health risk at Burimari
Rampant use of stone crushers is causing severe noise and air pollution in Lalmonirhat's Burimari land port area under Patgram upazila.
14 February 2019
Use of children at tobacco farms
When other children of his age are at school, it was third grader Golam Rabbani's turn to tend plants at a field. His parents are growing tobacco in the field in Baje Majurai village of Mahendranagar union under Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila.
7 February 2019
Rural roads face threat
Many rural roads under different upazilas of the district have been facing threat of collapse as local brick kiln owners continued removing the topsoil from roadside farmlands, using excavator machines.
5 February 2019
Female cattle farmers struggle for solvency
A good number of women in char (landmass emerging from riverbed) areas of Teesta and Dharla rivers are now engaged in cattle rearing to bring solvency to their families.
4 February 2019
Selfless service
A man from ultra-poor family has been working at BDR Gate in the town as a volunteer traffic signalman for over a decade for people's welfare.
31 January 2019
Lalmonirhat rice mills lie idle as govt's paddy purchase scanty
Following the government's decision to procure less rice from the local rice mills (chatal) this year than that of the previous years, most of the rice mills in the district are idle now.
27 January 2019
Bridge work on Ratnai river misses second deadline
Several thousand villagers of 10 ten villages under Mogholhat union in Sadar upazila have been suffering immensely as construction of a bridge on Ratnai river is yet to be completed.
24 January 2019
Farmers upset as paddy prices fall in Lalmonirhat
Farmers in the district are upset due to fall in prices of paddy in the local markets to below the production cost, and some of them have lost interest in cultivating paddy in future.
23 January 2019
Erosion checked at ex-enclave
Over 2000 families in former enclave Banshkata of Patgram upazila are now safe from the Dharla river erosion as river dredging and embankment protection works have been completed costing Tk 24.72 crore.
16 January 2019
Teesta, Dharla turn into canals
Twelve small rivers have already dried up and two major rivers -- Teesta and Dharla -- have been turned into canals in the district due to lack of water flow from upstream India.
10 January 2019
Cold paralyses life in Lalmonirhat
Normal life is being disrupted in Lalmonirhat as an intense cold wave is sweeping over and thick fog blanketing all five upazilas of the northern district.
5 January 2019
Shirina, a role model for female farmers
Housewife Shirina Begum, who set an example of producing bumper crops, especially vegetables, on a small land, has now become a role model for many female growers at her native Maynakuti village in Rangpur Sadar upazila.
3 January 2019