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Rangpur region / Continuous rain floods paddy, maize fields

2 hour(s) ago
Vast low-lying areas across Rangpur, including mature Boro paddy and maize fields across its five districts, have been inundated after the last five days of continuous rainfall.
2 hour(s) ago
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Fenced in: Rabidas family confined in own home over land dispute in Kurigram

4 hour(s) ago
Bamboo fencing around the homestead has left the marginalised family struggling to move, work and send their children to school
4 hour(s) ago
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Schoolboy by day, breadwinner by night: Al Amin starts new life at a new school

29 April 2026, 14:57 PM
After a Daily Star report highlighted his struggle, the eight-year-old secures full support at a Manikganj institution
29 April 2026, 14:57 PM
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Solar power shields farmers from energy crisis

28 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Rights activists noted that solar projects are highly important for increasing agricultural production
28 April 2026, 00:00 AM
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Solar power shields farmers from energy crisis

27 April 2026, 22:02 PM
Times are bad for Bangladesh's farmers. Right when they needed a steady diesel supply to irrigate vast swathes of cropland -- Boro paddies, seasonal vegetables, maize -- the world entered what the head of the International Energy Agency called “the biggest energy security threat in history.”
27 April 2026, 22:02 PM
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Haribhanga mango orchards eye bumper yield

27 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Growers across Rangpur are hopeful of a bumper harvest of Haribhanga mango, with trees now laden with fruit and advance orders already flowing in, just weeks after nor’wester storms lashed orchards in the region and dampened their spirits.
27 April 2026, 00:00 AM
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Hailstorm shatters hopes days before boro harvest in Teesta–Brahmaputra chars

26 April 2026, 13:07 PM
Extent of damage yet to be determined as farmers count losses in Lalmonirhat, Kurigram
26 April 2026, 13:07 PM
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Roumari upazila in Kurigram: Erosion devours 120 hectares of cropland

26 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Fresh erosion by the Brahmaputra has swallowed at least 120 hectares of cropland in over the past two weeks, leaving more than a hundred homesteads, educational institutions, and rural infrastructure newly at risk and deepening anxiety among riverbank communities.
26 April 2026, 00:00 AM
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Rangpur tomato growers recouping yesteryear’s losses

Last year most farmers of Rangpur had no option but with a heavy heart let tomatoes rot in the fields as prices they were selling for were far from recouping labour and transportation costs.
20 February 2022, 18:00 PM
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Improved cook stoves: saving lives, cutting fuel cost

Samiul Islam, a resident of Fulgachh village in Lalmonirhat sadar upazila, began his journey as a sole proprietorship several years ago by peddling sanitary products to low-income households in the area.
10 February 2022, 18:00 PM
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Cauliflower, cabbage growers cheered by unexpected profits

Around 20,000 farmers in Lalmonirhat and Kurigram who cultivated cauliflower and cabbage have been left pleasantly surprised by unexpected profits this year following significant losses in 2021, when nationwide lockdowns were imposed to curb the spread of Covid-19.
6 February 2022, 18:00 PM
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Pushti Apa making a difference in safe pregnancy

Aklima Begum, 22, wife of farmer Mohor Ali of remote char ‘Karai Barisal’ in Chilmari upazila of Kurigram, gave birth to her first child four years ago suffering from various complications.
30 January 2022, 18:00 PM
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Horse-drawn carts key mode of transport in char areas

Although horse-drawn carts are a thing of the past in most parts of the world, these outdated buggies still facilitate movement across 450 char areas in Kurigram and Lalmonirhat.
26 January 2022, 18:00 PM
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Peanuts a blessing for char farmers along Brahmaputra river

The biggest peanut market in Rangpur is almost never found on the same spot two years in a row due to the changing waters of Brahmaputra river in Chilmari upazila of Kurigram.
22 January 2022, 18:00 PM
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Where have all the fish in Brahmaputra gone?

Prafulla Chandra Das’ (48) fishing boat and nets have been drying out in the sun. His entire ancestry has been devoted to the same trade, and as such, Prafulla knows no other craft.
22 January 2022, 18:00 PM
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Punak fair in Lalmonirhat amid high risk of Covid

A fair of the Police Women Welfare Association (Punak) is being held in Lalmonirhat since January 12, despite the district being at high risk of coronavirus infection.
22 January 2022, 04:12 AM
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The rat catcher

Anwar Hossain has been trapping and killing rats since he was 16.
20 January 2022, 18:00 PM
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We can’t even get a fair trial

It has been 11 years since Felani, a Bangladeshi teenager, was shot dead by a member of India’s Border Security Force and left hanging from the barbed fence of the border along Kurigram, but her family is still waiting for justice.
7 January 2022, 18:00 PM
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11 years of Felani killing: Family still waiting for justice

Today marks the 11th anniversary of Felani Khatun killing. On this day in 2011, Bangladesh woke up to the dreadful image of the teenage girl hanging from the barbed fence at the India border.
7 January 2022, 05:24 AM
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Preserve, not demolish

Constructed in 1916 during the British rule, it was initially used as a police station. But eventually, it started decaying, and soon enough rainwater began to seep in through the roof. After it was declared abandoned, a new police station building was built next to old one.
2 January 2022, 18:00 PM
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Mobarak, with challenges, aces SSC

Despite having no fingers to grip a pen, Mobarak Ali, 16, has passed last year’s SSC examination obtaining GPA-3.84. Despite an insurmountable odd, Mobarak clung to the hope to pursue his education. He would write with his leg up to class two. Later, he learnt how to write gripping pen with his wrists.
2 January 2022, 18:00 PM
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Gifted tabla player Milon stares at a bleak future

Milon Islam (25), a visually impaired student who received a national award in tabla in 2014, has been passing his days amid hardship and uncertainty over his further studies. Due to the lack of financial support, his aspiration for higher studies is getting blurred.
23 December 2021, 18:00 PM
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Maggots creeping their way into farms

The larvae of black soldier flies, a common insect in the Stratiomyidae family, can be used as organic poultry and fish feed, providing farmers with a cheap alternative to the comparatively high priced products currently available.
20 December 2021, 18:00 PM
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On a mission to build an enlightened society

“For the last 18 years, there has been not a single day when I have not reached out to my readers with books. I am on a journey to build a knowledge-based society,” says Bikash Chandra Roy Tarun.
1 December 2021, 18:00 PM
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Wig-making makes a difference for rural women

Laizu Khatun Lima, a resident of Chandrakhana Balatari village in Kurigram’s Phulbari upazila, has brought a unique job opportunity for many women in the area, especially those from poor families.
24 November 2021, 18:00 PM
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Age-old MT Hossain Institute lies in neglect

Cultural workers and civil society members are ringing an alarm as the age-old moveable theatre stage ‘MT Hossain Institute’ of Lalmonirhat is being pushed to the brink of further destruction even though it was supposed to be protected as promised.
23 November 2021, 18:00 PM
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Now they know nothing!

Ruling Awami League (AL) men have allegedly raised Tk 69 lakh from the grassroots of Kurigram’s Roumari upazila with fake promises of giving them houses in government-funded housing projects. The allegation of swindling poor people’s money has surfaced in Dantbhanga union of the upazila.
17 November 2021, 18:00 PM
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Piper chaba bringing extra earnings for farmers in north

A creeper resembling betel whose vines are used to make meat dishes spicier is bringing some extra cash for around 10,000 farmers growing traditional crops in Lalmonirhat and Kurigram districts.
15 November 2021, 18:00 PM

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