Rezia's fight against early marriage
Defying mother's bid to marry her off, 15-year-old Rezia has been continuing studies from her grandmother's house in Aditmari
27 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Mint and herbs help bring solvency
The parcel of land required for a cottage garden may be small, but as enterprising Lalmonirhat villager Anowara Begum, 44, from Karnopur village in Sadar upazila has discovered, the reward for growing herbs and vegetables in such a plot can be large.
15 May 2017, 18:00 PM
A dying hospital
A couple of weeks ago, Dhanful Begum, a long-time asthma patient, had a sudden attack at her home in Dahagram of Lalmonirhat's Patgram upazila. Unfortunately, she had run out of inhaler and her condition deteriorated fast.
15 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Reducing Pollution: Plastic bottle house holds promises
A house being built with discarded plastic bottles in the northern border district of Lalmonirhat might be the first of its kind in the country.
10 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Will her dream come true?
Amid smiling villagers congratulating her for achieving 'golden' GPA-5 in the SSC examinations, Akhimoni Akhter remains calm, thinking about the finances for her higher education.
6 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Yoke on shoulder for Tk 200 a day
Believe it or not, some farm labourers do the arduous task of pulling yoke on their shoulders to plough the land for a meagre daily wage of Tk 200.
3 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Banglar Nani gets new cycle, mobile
Jahiron Bewa, who has continued providing free healthcare services to rural people at a ripe old age of 90, yesterday got a new bicycle
2 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Rain upsets vegetable seed growers
Untimely and incessant rain throughout this month is worrying vegetable seed producers in two upazilas as their seedbeds are being
27 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Change Makers: UNSTOPPABLE
In the villages of Lalmonirhat's Aditmari upazila the sight of a jolly, very elderly woman moving about house to house on a bicycle, from morning into the afternoon, isn't unusual.
22 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Priority to cattle smugglers!
Farmers of Dahagram-Angorpota in Patgram upazila have no free access to take their cattle through the Tinbigha corridor to mainland
20 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Fairy floss a favourite
In Lalmonirhat and across the country, no village fair can truly be complete without stalls selling fairy floss, the sweet called hawai
18 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Livelihood on collecting oyster
Collecting oysters from the Sati and Ratna rivers in the district is a means of earning a livelihood for ultra poor women in three
18 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Greedy son's brutality on mother
When a festive mood prevailed in the area on the morning of Bangla New Year Pahela Baishakh, an elderly woman was seen crying
15 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Bricks smaller than standard size!
Smaller bricks are being manufactured in several brick kilns in the district, defying the government manual.
13 April 2017, 18:00 PM
No protection from deadly silicosis
In the Burimari land port area of Lalmonirhat's Patgram upazila there are around thirty limestone grinding factories producing lime
11 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Police action makes Swapon's HSC exams uncertain
A Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinee in Patgram upazila is facing uncertainty about attending the examinations starting today as he has been sent to jail, after being shown arrested in a cow stealing case filed over three months ago.
1 April 2017, 18:00 PM
No Man's Land : Tea farming in Indian side
Hazrat Ali of bordering Patgram upazila under the district often observes tea plantations in no-man's land area on the other side of
30 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Stone lifting makes 3 rivers dry
Illegal stone lifting with dredgers was stopped in June last year, but vast areas of arable lands in Patgram upazila of the district had
28 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Under-construction road collapses in Lalmonirhat
A road being rebuilt under the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) in Sadar upazila is breaking down in some places,
27 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Stone dust a health risk at Burimari
Due to thick cloud of stone dust from the stone crushing machines, people of Lalmonirhat's Burimari Land Port area are facing serious health hazards.
25 March 2017, 18:00 PM