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Potato farmers struggling for cold storage space

9 March 2025, 18:00 PM
Potato farmers in the country’s northern districts are struggling to manage space in cold storages for storing their produce.
9 March 2025, 18:00 PM
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Potato farmers struggling for cold storage space

9 March 2025, 16:23 PM
Transport costs have allegedly been hiked by double the usual rate
9 March 2025, 16:23 PM
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53 from a Saidpur college pass medical entry test

20 January 2025, 07:41 AM
Among the successful candidates, 33 are female and 20 are male
20 January 2025, 07:41 AM
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Potato cultivation expands as prices rise

27 November 2024, 18:00 PM
Potato cultivation has increased across Bangladesh as farmers have been getting higher prices year-round amid elevated inflation in the country.
27 November 2024, 18:00 PM
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Old potato prices stay firm despite arrival of new crops

13 December 2023, 16:35 PM
Old and new potatoes are being sold at the same price in kitchen markets of several districts across Bangladesh, including Dhaka, according to traders.
13 December 2023, 16:35 PM
Rice price in Bangladesh is rising and the rate of coarse grain has crossed Tk 50 a kilogramme nearly after a year

How much do the poor pay for rice? At least Tk 50 a kg

11 December 2023, 00:05 AM
Rice price in Bangladesh is rising and the rate of coarse grain has crossed Tk 50 a kilogramme nearly after a year
11 December 2023, 00:05 AM
Falling egg prices leave poultry farmers in a bind

Falling egg prices leave poultry farmers in a bind

23 November 2023, 23:00 PM
price of each egg at farm level has fallen by between Tk 3 to Tk 3.5 in one month
23 November 2023, 23:00 PM
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Jamaishashthi Maacher Mela / A festival of fish lovers

18 November 2023, 18:00 PM
If someone visits Joypurhat’s Panchsira Bazar now, they will observe the place has transformed into a bustling fish market, with buyers and sellers engaging in spirited transactions over a wide variety of fish from early hours of the day.
18 November 2023, 18:00 PM
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Jamaishashthi Maacher Mela

A festival of fish lovers
18 November 2023, 15:01 PM
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No polls under AL government

The BNP yesterday said its lawmakers were ready to resign and the parliament must be dissolved before the election.
29 October 2022, 18:00 PM
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Rangpur rally amid transport hurdle: Skirting strike, many BNP men arrive early

BNP leaders and activists from seven northern districts started for Rangpur city as early as Thursday afternoon so that they could reach the city for today’s rally before the start of a bus strike at 6:00am yesterday.
29 October 2022, 02:10 AM
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As if rules do not apply to it

In a step of blatant violation of relevant rules, a multi-storey office building of the ruling Awami League is being constructed on the bank of the Chhoto Jamuna in Dinajpur.
27 August 2022, 18:00 PM
Rex IT Owner Abdus Salam Palash arrested

3 cops arrested for kidnapping

Five people, including three police personnel, were arrested for allegedly abducting a man and his mother from Dinajpur’s Chirirbandar on Monday night and demanding ransom for their release.
25 August 2021, 18:00 PM
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Spreading Eid joy among those hardest-hit by pandemic  

At a time when the pandemic has left scores of people without jobs and livelihoods, making it difficult to earn even daily wages, a group of youths in Rangpur have come forward to spread the joy of Eid among the impoverished people of Rangpur city. 
20 July 2021, 12:12 PM
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A father’s Herculean effort

A rickshaw puller drove his vehicle at least 110km to take his ailing daughter to Rangpur from Thakurgaon for treatment, as ambulance drivers were charging high during this countrywide lockdown.
18 April 2021, 18:00 PM

Suspended, yet charging Tk 10 lakh for admission

Despite the government’s suspension on Northern Private Medical College’s educational activities in Rangpur five years ago, the medical college authorities have continued student enrollment, taking a huge amount of money from them.
4 March 2021, 18:00 PM
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A submerged city

Since Saturday night, almost all areas of Rangpur city got inundated in record-breaking overnight rainfall in the district, causing untold sufferings to thousands of residents.
27 September 2020, 18:00 PM

Rangpur residents suffer as roads, homes get inundated after rain

Rangpur residents are suffering as rain-induced waterlogging has inundated many city streets and areas.
24 July 2020, 18:00 PM
1971 Bangladesh Liberation War story of Tepri Rani

Her war wasn’t over in 1971

She does not talk that much nowadays. She has hardly been in talking terms for long 46 years. It is not the way Tepri Rani wished to live, but it was imposed upon her when she was 16.
24 May 2019, 18:00 PM
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Garlic price stays high

The price of garlic has remained high since the beginning of Ramadan.
19 June 2016, 18:00 PM
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Joypurhat Sugar Mill staff unpaid for 3 months

The salaries of the officials and employees of Joypurhat Sugar Mill have remained unpaid for the last three months as the mill's sugar
17 June 2015, 18:00 PM
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