WDB work makes people suffer
The 40-km-long Barokhata-Jaldhaka road connecting Burimari land port with Dinajpur-Dhaka highway is in an awful state.
12 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Cold spell takes toll on banana plants
The recent spell of biting cold has affected bananas on vast tracts of fields in Rangpur agriculture region, including Nilphamari,
5 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Saidpur Airport wall lies broken for five months
Security at Saidpur Airport in the district remains vulnerable as a good portion of its east wall that collapsed during flood in August
31 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Innovative duck farming in open water body
A retired government employee is running a duck farm in Kishoreganj upazila of the district in a big canal under the Teesta irrigation
27 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Risky railway crossing
With bustling markets on either side, Dhelapir railway crossing near Saidpur station in Nilphamari is predictably busy. Thousands of people and vehicles cross the tracks there each day.
16 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Bird hunter flees as boys take action
Young volunteers of Setubandhan, a bird-friendly organisation in Saidpur upazila under the district, taught a good lesson to a callous bird hunter yesterday.
30 December 2017, 18:00 PM
Abdullah's medicinal garden blessing for the poor
Understanding the medicinal properties of plants is a world of wisdom, a bank of knowledge which has often been handed down
28 December 2017, 18:00 PM
Tree stealing unabated
The trees that were planted by Water Development Board (WDB) near the Teesta Barrage in Dalia upazila of the district are being stolen regularly, but the authorities concerned seem to be indifferent to it.
13 December 2017, 18:00 PM
Students scared to go to class
Many parents in Ranachandi and Garagram unions in Nilphamari's Kishoreganj upazila are nervous to send their children to school.
4 December 2017, 18:00 PM
Nilphamari budget furniture market a bustling success
Every Tuesday and Friday, Dhelapir Haat, a flourishing rural market in Nilphamari Sadar upazila alongside the Nilphamari to Saidpur
18 October 2017, 18:00 PM
The school of hope
To find a good school for their children is many a parent's dilemma. It's a task made harder if the child happens to be on the autism
13 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Poor’s card for the rich!
Afiton Bewa, a 48-year-old woman, lives with her ailing husband in a broken hut on other's land in Chandkhana union of Kishoreganj upazila.
7 October 2017, 18:00 PM
At risk of losing eyesight
Having lost one eye due to a bizarre act of cruelty by her father, six-year-old Swapna Begum is facing the risk of total blindness for lack of proper treatment.
5 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Flash flood turns them pauper
“The flood had turned me a street beggar overnight,” said Iliasuddin, 64, as he was sitting on a piece of wood on the embankment of
17 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Coffee of Kuddus
Bangladesh has a long, established history as a producer of quality tea. As for that other hot beverage, coffee, despite rising
8 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Where there's a will
When he's in the field labouring as a farmhand, Abdul Mazid from Songolshi Kachari village in Nilphamari sadar upazila hardly stands
24 June 2017, 18:00 PM
Threshers get popular with paddy farmers in N dists
Threshing machines are particularly active across the northern districts of the country this year, during the harvest of Boro paddy. The
3 June 2017, 18:00 PM
Sweet potato gains popularity
Farmers in the district are inclining to cultivating sweet potato for its high yield and good market prices.
10 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Nawab, an innovative farmer
Nawab Mia has set a unique example of innovative farming, bringing quality onion seeds to farmers' doorsteps for
9 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Air pollution from fumes
Burning of discarded shoes made of synthetic materials to melt pitch is causing severe air pollution in Dakkhin Motukpur village of Domar upazila.
4 May 2017, 18:00 PM