EAM Asaduzzaman

Academic activities at Gar Dharmapal Government Primary School in Jaldhaka upazila have been seriously hampered for the last two months as the school authorities have been using all the classrooms as 'godowns' to store bricks, corrugated iron sheets and rods.

Four-year-old Sumon Hossain is groaning in pain at Domar Upazila Health Complex in the district as treatment by a village quack led to a deadly gangrene in his injured leg.

Before the start of the FIFA friendly match between hosts Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, the new-look Sheikh Kamal Stadium bore a festive look as spectators young and old turned out in joyful droves to make the the event a memorable one for Nilphamari.

Farmers in Sonarai village in Domar upazila are gradually adopting an environment-friendly procedure to enrich their farmland for a better yield of crops by growing dhaincha, a green bushy plant.

Vast areas of croplands in the district are still empty in the ongoing peak Aman cultivation season as farmers are facing difficulties to prepare the land due to insufficient rain in the monsoon.

Betel nut farming is gaining popularity among Nilphamari farmers due to its increasing demand as entertaining guests with betel leaf and nut has been a tradition for long in the country.

Sharmin Akhtar, 26, a housewife from a lower middle class family in Sadar upazila, who prefers to deposit coins in earthen banks, a traditional method of storing surplus income or savings, desired to buy new dresses for her children during Eid.

Sheets of corrugated iron tied to bamboo poles make the roofs and the walls on one particular side. The remaining sides are left open. The floor is left in its natural state with parts of it growing clusters of grass. Benches, strewn inside the structure, are the only indication that this building is the Purba Satunama Aminpara govt primary school.

Saidpur Airport in the district will be upgraded soon to an international one.

The three-day long Jatiyo Nazrul Sammelan was inaugurated at the local Shilpakala academy in the northern district town of

A bridge that was built nine years ago over a side channel of Teesta river at a remote char in Dimla upazila has remained unused since then as there is no approach road on either side.

The government plan to upgrade Saidpur airport from domestic to international has had an unexpected consequence--a rush to build homes around the runway.

A group of 70 to 80 gypsies, including women and children, with all their belongings got down from a dilapidated bus at Sutipara

The 37th Jatiyo Rabindra Sangeet Sammelan concluded at midnight on Sunday with the rejuvenating melody of Tagore song

A helper at a grocery store in Nilphamari, 26-year-old Ershad Ali lived a nondescript life.

A huge amount of low quality imported Indian wheat seized by Banglabandha Land Port authorities in Panchagarh on January 17 is still

Two bridges at Tepa Kharibari union in Dimla upazila have been without approach roads for around three years, causing immense suffering to residents of the village.

Around 1,000 acres of land in Dimla upazila beside the Teesta river have turned barren as a new channel of the Teesta opened up

Many private organisations and even individuals in Nilphamari hang their signboards and banners from busy roadside trees unethically

A bridge, which was built just a year ago over a canal beside the Teesta river in Dimla upazila, broke into six pieces during the flood