Blast attack worries Nilphamari boro farmers
Farmers in Dimla upazila are worried as around 200 bighas of boro paddy fields have been attacked by blast disease
10 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Untimely rain damages litchi flowers
Untimely rain and strong wind, along with attack by an insect called red mite, are worrying litchi farmers in five
29 March 2017, 18:00 PM
A struggle for survival
Divorced twice, for giving birth to daughters one after another, instead of a son, 30-year-old Fatema is struggling to earn her bread
28 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Maize production setback
Maize farmers at Baishpukur village in Teesta char area of Dimla upazila are bewildered as the crop on around 500 acres of fields has
27 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Bridge without approach road
The newly constructed concrete bridge over Dola Nala canal in Bahagli union under Kishoreganj upazila of the district is lying unused
21 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Boro farmers opt for other crops as fair price denied
Boro cultivation area in five northern districts of Rangpur agriculture region has been decreasing for the last few years, raising concern
18 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Saleha, a symbol of humanity
Throughout her entire life, 50-year-old Saleha has witnessed only denial and cruelty from the world around her.
14 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Drastic water fall in Teesta
Farmers under the Teesta irrigation project are cultivating crops other than boro paddy as they are not getting required quantity of
9 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Filariasis, a curse to northerners
Two years ago, Asma Begum, then 18, had everything to look forward to. She was a newlywed, having married Enamul Hossain who
2 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Glorious role of female activists in Nilphamari
The then sub-divisional town Nilphamari wrote a glorious chapter in the Language Movement of 1952 as a large
22 February 2017, 18:00 PM
Bridge without approach road
A newly constructed bridge on the Charalkata river in Sadar upazila of the district could not be opened to traffic as there is no
5 February 2017, 18:00 PM
Begging for son's schooling
Last Sunday afternoon, neatly dressed 12-year-old boy with books in hand was crossing busy Shaheed Dr Zikrul Huq Road in Nilphamari's Saidpur municipality.
31 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Nilphamari not leprosy-free yet
Nineteen years after declaration of Bangladesh as leprosy free, the district, regarded as the country's worst leprosy affected area for long, sees some people contacting the disease anew.
28 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Protector turns predator
An influential person backed by ruling party men has illegally occupied the Social Welfare Department's land at Paitpara village in the district.
12 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Innovative way to reduce irrigation cost
Farmers in the district are growing rice with reduced irrigation cost, thanks to a water-saving system developed by
29 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Hospital on verge of closure
Medical service in the Divisional Railway Hospital at Saidpur under West Zone of Bangladesh Railway is on the verge
15 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Mass grave in utter neglect
Golahat mass grave near Saidpur railway station in the district bearing the horrifying memory of the massacre of 437 Marwaris by
12 December 2016, 18:00 PM
Fakes enjoy privileges
A good number of outsiders are illegally enjoying various government facilities meant for the residents of former Indian enclaves, now merged with Dimla upazila of the district, as they got their names falsely listed in government documents
10 November 2016, 18:00 PM
In-laws' brutality for dowry
A housewife and her infant daughter were confined to a locked room for five days without food by her husband and
24 October 2016, 18:00 PM
Saidpur people suffer as new bridge construction delayed
Thousands of people in Saidpur municipality under the district are facing immense suffering for want of a concrete bridge over Pocha
23 October 2016, 18:00 PM