New bridge over Teesta off limits to public transport
Sheikh Hasina Teesta Bridge in Lalmonirhat’s Kaliganj upazila has remained off limits to public transport and heavy vehicles like buses and trucks since its construction over a year ago, much to the dissatisfaction of the locals.
29 December 2019
Fog, cold harm Boro seedbeds
Boro seedbeds in many areas of Lalmonirhat district are turning yellowish under the impact of the ongoing cold wave and dense fog.
24 December 2019
Schooling suffers in ex-enclaves of Patgram
Ten primary schools founded by the inhabitants of former enclave areas in Lalmonirhat’s Patgram upazila are yet to get government funding for teachers’ salary and stipend and school feeding programme for around 1600 students, much to the frustration of the stakeholders.
17 December 2019
Vegetable growers all smiles
Vegetable growers in Lalmonirhat are earning more than expected profits from selling their produces this season.
12 December 2019
Age is just a number for centenarian Gazar
November 20, 1911 is the date of birth of Gazar Uddin as per his national ID. The affable gentleman, however, claims that he is 125 not 108.
2 December 2019
Illegal felling of roadside trees causes concern
Illegal felling of roadside green trees continues, allegedly by the auction winner for 1200 trees prior to renovation of Patgram-Dahagram road at Dahagram union in Lalmonirhat’s Patgram upazila, much to the grievance of nearby villagers.
14 November 2019
Chained for a year
While Abu Hossain, a rickshaw-van puller by profession, is struggling to run his seven-member family with his meagre income, treatment of his 18-year-old mentally challenged son seems a dream for him.
13 November 2019
A health centre without regular health service
Dahagram-Angarpota 10-bed Hospital on two acres of land has everything--a one-storied hospital building, staff quarters, garden, signboards and even patients.
12 November 2019
Female workers denied equal pay
Thousands of women work hand in hand with men at nearly 2,000 stone crushing plants around Burimari land port in Patgram upazila, but their daily wage remain far below than that of their male counterparts.
31 October 2019
Stone- Crushers Dying of silicosis, failed by courts
Burimari union, a border village nestling in a nook of the Indian district of Cooch Behar, is a village of stones and stone-crushing yards.
24 October 2019
Amenities elude tourists, set-ups decaying amid neglect
The structures built to facilitate tourism at the 82-acre Sal forest in Nawdabansh village in Lalmonirhat’s Hatibandha upazila have been lying unused for about five years now due to lack of necessary utility connections.
23 October 2019
Thousands leave home for seasonal work
Thousands of people from the district leave home to work as brick kiln labourers in different areas of the country during the dry season from mid-October to April every year.
16 October 2019
Blame game bars road renovation work
Local people have been suffering for the last seven years due to the awful state of the station road beside the district central mosque and Islamic Foundation office in the town.
8 October 2019
Jute farming in serious decline
Jute production in Lalmonirhat has decreased to less than one-third in the last two decades as low profitability of the cash crop discourages farmers.
5 October 2019
SI ‘forced marriage of rapist, victim’
Father of a rape victim in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila has filed a complaint with the deputy inspector general of police in Rangpur alleging that a sub-inspector had forced his family to marry off their daughter with a man who raped her.
19 September 2019
A resolute champion of education
About three decades ago, Lokman Ali of Baroghariya Adarshapara village in Lalmonirhat’s Aditmari upazila had lost his land and other
18 September 2019
Audit finds fund embezzlement by madrasa principal
An audit report has found serious anomalies regarding spending of fund of Nechhariya Kamil Madrasa at Sadar Hospital Road in
9 September 2019
Traders, commuters suffer due to awful road
Import and export businessmen as well as locals are badly suffering due to awful condition of the three-kilometre road under the
27 August 2019
Country’s first aviation univ will be in Lalmonirhat
The Lalmonirhat Airport, abandoned since World War II, is set to be transformed into Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Aviation and Aerospace University (BSMRAAU), the first of its kind in the country.
25 August 2019
Mindless garbage disposal brings woe to townspeople
Garbage cans haphazardly placed across Lalmonirhat town have become a nuisance for its residents.
20 August 2019