EAM Asaduzzaman

School health centre fails to serve purpose

The school health centre in Saidpur municipality town, the lone hospital of its kind in the district, has virtually failed to achieve its goal due to lack of awareness campaign and publicity.

30 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Chilahati govt college limps

Academic activities at Chilahati Government College in Domar upazila are being hindered badly as the institution has been facing different problems for long.

11 January 2024, 18:00 PM

Primary schools see huge dropouts

Several government primary schools situated in the Teesta river basin areas in Dimla upazila are witnessing an increase in their dropout rate due to relocation of those institution far from the actual place.

23 December 2023, 18:00 PM

Remote village thriving on handicraft export

Haziganj village is becoming a hub for handmade products crafted from recycled materials as a few factories in the remote area of Gorgram union under Nilphamari sadar upazila are enjoying success in this regard.

18 October 2023, 02:15 AM

Indigo farming moving towards promising future

The history of indigo farming under British rule is still cause for indignation among many in Bangladesh as it reminds of the tyranny faced in having to cultivate the plant in place of food crops.

1 September 2023, 00:00 AM

Freedom fighter’s decade-long fight ends

After a decade-long battle, Nripendra Nath Roy is now a freedom fighter officially.

12 June 2023, 01:20 AM

Ceramic factories in north struggle for survival

Ceramic factories in underdeveloped regions of northern Bangladesh are struggling for survival as other than absence of natural gas, the ongoing US dollar crisis has led to a roughly 40 to 50 per cent increase in production costs.

1 June 2023, 02:30 AM

Saidpur railway workshop starved of manpower, funds

While the government aims to expand railway services across Bangladesh, the country’s largest locomotive workshop in Saidpur of Nilphamari is still unable to operate at full capacity as it lacks adequate manpower, funds and machinery.

11 April 2023, 03:30 AM

3,000 boro farmers denied cheap irrigation

Around 3,000 boro farmers in Saidpur upazila under Nilphamari district have to count more than double the usual cost for irrigation this season as 37 government-owned deep tube-wells did not get power connection from the Rural Electrification Board (REB).

8 March 2015, 18:12 PM

Tube-wells meant for poor go to officers' club, rich men's houses

Government tube-wells meant for providing pure drinking water to poor people have been set in on the premises of the officers' club in Nilphamari town, and in the houses of rich ruling party men and union parishad (UP) chairmen and their relatives in most unions of Sadar upazila under the district.

24 February 2015, 18:51 PM