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Rangpur region / Continuous rain floods paddy, maize fields

1 May 2026, 00:00 AM
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.
1 May 2026, 00:00 AM
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Fenced in: Rabidas family confined in own home over land dispute in Kurigram

30 April 2026, 21:32 PM
Bamboo fencing around the homestead has left the marginalised family struggling to move, work and send their children to school
30 April 2026, 21:32 PM
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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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Face to Face with People in Lalmonirhat-3: Three MP aspirants vow to fight crime, corruption

Three Member of Parliament (MP) candidates out of four vying for Lalmonirhat-3 constituency (Sadar upazila) have pledged to the voters that they will work for checking crime and enhance development work for the welfare of the local people, if elected.
19 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Tobacco farms on rise

Tobacco farms on rise

Fresh areas in the district have been targeted for tobacco farming during this current season as different tobacco companies allure the growers with payment of fair price of their produce.
18 December 2018, 18:00 PM
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Struggle of an allowance deprived FF

Sixty-five-year-old Portap Chandra Roy in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila is waiting for over four decades to get his montly allowance as a freedom fighter (FF) while another man using the same serial number in Rangpur's Gangachara upazila is enjoying the benefits.
15 December 2018, 18:47 PM
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Vast Teesta char lands under onion farming

Char farmers have cultivated onion on vast tracts of char lands in the Teesta river this year as they got unexpected profit from selling the produce last year.
11 December 2018, 18:00 PM
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Road getting damaged, substandard work alleged

Potholes and bumps have developed on some sections of the newly repaired and renovated Barabari-Burimari Highway in Kaliganj and Aditmari upazilas, disrupting traffic movement and causing accidents.
9 December 2018, 18:00 PM
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Lalmonirhat labour centre lies idle

A large amount of money is being spent for salaries of the staff and maintenance of Lalmonirhat Labour Welfare Centre, but labourers are not getting any benefit due to lack of welfare activities there.
6 December 2018, 18:00 PM
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Pest attack worries Aman farmers in Lalmonirhat

Pest (current poka) attack on Aman paddy has upset farmers in the district as they are worried that they may not get expected production this year, in spite of spraying prescribed pesticide on the affected fields.
20 November 2018, 18:00 PM

Substandard materials used in Lalmonirhat road work

The contractor of the under-construction Sreekhata Sonamari-Khodorpara road in Kaliganj upazila has not yet removed the substandard materials from the site although he was sent letters by Lalmonirhat Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), asking him to remove those by November 4.
15 November 2018, 18:00 PM
School system fails Bedey children

School system fails Bedey children

Many children from the traditionally nomadic Bedey community dream of school. But the formal schooling system wasn't designed with nomads in mind. While it's technically
14 November 2018, 18:00 PM
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Fertiliser of Tk 2.5cr becomes rock solid

Nobody wants around 1,100 tonnes of Chinese urea fertiliser worth around Tk 2.5 crore stored at a government warehouse at Mahendranagar in the district.
13 November 2018, 18:00 PM
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Bumper yield brings smile to farmers

Harvesting of Aman paddy is going on full swing in the chars of the district and farmers are very happy at getting good production this year.
10 November 2018, 18:00 PM
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Floating Aman seedbeds to meet urgent need

Many farmers have prepared floating Aman seedbeds in small water bodies for using them during an emergency as they faced saplings crisis after the floods last year.
19 September 2018, 18:00 PM
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Koel farming makes him solvent

Shafiul Alam Sarker of Mostofi Gobdha village in Kurigram's Rajarhat upazila has set a laudable example of self-employment through koel farming alongside inspiring others to follow suit.
13 September 2018, 18:00 PM
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Thousands marooned by flood

Over twenty thousand people at 40 villages in chars and river basins in five upazilas were marooned by flash flood caused by rise in the water levels of the Teesta and Dharla rivers yesterday.
11 September 2018, 18:00 PM
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Tea farming in plainland

A chartered accountant of Dulali village in Bhelabari union under Aditmari upazila is encouraging farmers to cultivate tea instead of tobacco on their fields in the plainland by cultivating tea himself and earning good profit.
10 September 2018, 18:00 PM
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A noble initiative

Residents of Dhubni village in the Teesta river basin area of Hatibandha upazila rebuilt a collapsed dyke with their own efforts and funds and assistance from the local administration as the district Water Development Board (WDB) did not any steps to build the collapsed dyke.
8 September 2018, 18:00 PM
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Construction incomplete in 4 yrs

Aditmari Upazila Fire Station has not started operation as construction of the building is yet to be completed even four years after construction started.
12 August 2018, 18:00 PM
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Maimed for protesting drug abuse

As a result of protesting against drug abuse, 50-year-old Mominul Islam has been lamed. He can't move his left hand and right leg
8 August 2018, 18:00 PM
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Vegetables brighten their life

Farming activities at Fulgachh village in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila have taken a turn for the better, changing the economic fate of its people.
5 August 2018, 18:00 PM
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The village of bamboo handicrafts

Almost all the 320 families at Parshuram village of Chandrapur union in Lalmonirhat's Kaliganj upazila earn their livelihood by making and selling bamboo made things, especially fishing tools.
1 August 2018, 18:00 PM

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