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S Dilip Roy

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Rain brings relief to Rangpur’s Boro farmers, cuts irrigation costs

11 hour(s) ago
Water accumulates in paddy fields after two days of rainfall, sparing farmers from pumping groundwater and reducing diesel expenses
11 hour(s) ago
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Decay threatens 250-yr-old Lalmonirhat mosque

7 March 2026, 03:30 AM
Worshippers at Nidaria Jame Mosque, a protected 18th-century monument in Lalmonirhat, are facing safety risks as parts of the boundary wall and a tin-shed veranda remain in a fragile condition due to a lack of renovation.
7 March 2026, 03:30 AM
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Bumper harvest, low prices

7 March 2026, 02:24 AM
Farmers from shoal areas within the Teesta, Brahmaputra and Dharla rivers in Rangpur region reaped a bumper harvest of sweet pumpkins this season, but low market prices have left many struggling to recover the production costs.
7 March 2026, 02:24 AM
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Rangpur eyes bumper Haribhanga mango harvest

5 March 2026, 12:23 PM
Favourable weather boosts flowering across five districts; production likely to surpass 95,000 tonnes
5 March 2026, 12:23 PM
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The poison tree of Rangpur

28 February 2026, 00:00 AM
While farmers in other parts of the country are improving their livelihoods by producing high-quality crops using modern methods, many in the agriculture-dependent northern Rangpur region remain tied to the “poison tree” of tobacco.
28 February 2026, 00:00 AM
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Absence of Ekushey songs sparks outrage in Lalmonirhat

22 February 2026, 04:06 AM
On the occasion of International Mother Language Day and Language Martyrs’ Day, no patriotic songs were played on the central Shaheed Minar premises in Lalmonirhat district yesterday, drawing flak from local eminent citizens and cultural activists.
22 February 2026, 04:06 AM
It is the elderly people of the Rangpur region—especially those rooted in the soil—that have kept the Ampuria language alive. Photo: S Dilip Roy

Ampuria, a voice fading into silence

18 February 2026, 15:41 PM
Rangpur’s native language survives in the speech of elders and Bhawaiya songs, but faces extinction under 'modern pressures'
18 February 2026, 15:41 PM
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Teesta plan takes centre stage in river basin seats

12 February 2026, 00:00 AM
The long-stalled Teesta Mega Plan has once again emerged as a central election issue for hundreds of thousands of voters across 10 Teesta river basin constituencies in five northern districts -- Lalmonirhat, Kurigram, Rangpur, Gaibandha and Nilphamari.
12 February 2026, 00:00 AM
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Farmers give in to lure of profits

Despite the risks to soil and the environment, tobacco companies are encouraging farmers in Lalmionirhat to expand tobacco cultivation this year. Influenced by previous profits, farmers are now choosing new areas for planting tobacco seedlings
12 January 2024, 14:00 PM
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Catkin growers all smiles

Bumper yield of catkin, locally called kashia, this season has brought smiles to many farmers in Kurigram’s Chilmari upazila as they are earning a handsome profit by selling the produce at good prices due to its high demand.
7 January 2024, 18:00 PM
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Erosion renders over 1 lakh homeless in 10yrs

Unabated erosions by the Brahmaputra, Teesta, Dharla, Dudhkumar and Gangadhar rivers rendered more than one lakh people homeless in Kurigram in the last 10 years.
1 January 2024, 18:00 PM
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Farmer’s land grabbed by AL men

Some local ruling party men have allegedly grabbed eight acres of land belonging to a minority Hindu family in Hatibandha upazila.
27 December 2023, 18:00 PM
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Tough times for musical instrument makers

“I’m earning less than half what I used to earn 10 years ago. People now are not intending to invest in cultural practice, so the need for musical instruments is that minimal,” said Parimal Chandra Monidas.
17 December 2023, 18:00 PM
People in Lalmonirhat, Kurigram hit hard by cold, fog

People in Lalmonirhat, Kurigram hit hard by cold, fog

The day-to-day life of people in some upazilas of Kurigram and Lalmonirhat has been severely affected by the cold and dense fog
11 December 2023, 10:11 AM
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Orange growers see better earnings as stronger dollar cuts imports

Orange and malta growers in Bangladesh are enjoying higher prices for their produce as the ongoing US dollar crunch has reduced the availability of imported alternatives
11 December 2023, 00:00 AM
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Lalmonirhat Model Mosque: Construction work goes on at snail’s pace

Construction work of a model mosque-cum-Islamic cultural centre in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila sees very slow progress, much to the inconvenience of the people from local Muslim community.
10 December 2023, 18:00 PM
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12,500 families left homeless in 10 years

Narendra Nath Barman often visits the bank of the Teesta. Tears roll down his eyelids as the 75-year-old stands silently on the riverbed in Rajpur village of Lalmonirhat Sadar -- a place he once called home.
10 December 2023, 18:00 PM
Maize cultivation sees slow growth in north

Maize cultivation sees slow growth in north

Farmers in Gaibandha cultivated maize on 10,185 hectares of land in 2019, up by just 79 hectares in 2008
27 November 2023, 23:00 PM
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Pond on railway land

A local influential man has continued illegal digging of a pond on Bangladesh Railway (BR) land in Kurigram’s Rajarhat upazila, hampering flow of water to the surrounding croplands through the Teesta Canal.
23 November 2023, 18:00 PM
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Labour welfare centre serving no purpose

Labourers in Lalmonirhat are deprived of facilities at the district’s Labour Welfare Centre as it is not providing the necessary services.
17 November 2023, 18:00 PM
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Stone crushers left uncared for

Although stone crushers help provide a key raw material for construction in Bangladesh, these workers have long been overlooked when it comes to ensuring fair wages and suitable working conditions, according to industry people.
17 November 2023, 01:00 AM
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Felling of roadside trees causes concern

Felling of roadside trees along the Lalmonirhat-Burimari Highway in Aditmari upazila is raising concern among the people living at different villages under Palashi union.
2 November 2023, 18:00 PM
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Fertiliser price hike: Lalmonirhat farmers fear losses

The increase in price of fertilisers has made farmers in Lalmonirhat worried ahead of the crucial vegetable-producing winter season
24 September 2023, 18:22 PM
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Kurigram villagers without power for 2 months

Electricity supply system of Kurigram Palli Bidyut Samity (PBS) had been severely affected due to faults in the submarine cable during the flash flood in July this year.
18 September 2023, 18:00 PM
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Ambulance, gifted by India, lies idle for 2yrs

A life support ambulance, gifted by India, remains unused and has been left under the open sky on the Lalmonirhat Sadar Hospital premises for nearly two years due to the lack of a driver.
18 September 2023, 18:00 PM
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Life support ambulance, gifted by India, lying idle at Lalmonirhat hospital

A life support ambulance, gifted by India, remains unused and has been left under the open sky on the Lalmonirhat Sadar Hospital premises for nearly two years due to lack of a driver
18 September 2023, 10:36 AM
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A relief for victims

Residents of two shoal areas along the Teesta riverbed in Lalmonirhat used to endure the hardships of flooding. This year, the situation is quite different. Floodwaters failed to breach their elevated homesteads.
8 September 2023, 18:00 PM
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Tk 37 power bills for a minister’s home!

People often talk about ghostly electricity bills that are absurdly high. In case of Social Welfare Minister Nuruzzaman Ahmed and his family, the bills are nonsensically low.
7 September 2023, 18:00 PM

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