Locals suffer as Teesta devours key road
9 September 2026
Nearly 300 metres of an unpaved road along the Teesta riverbank in Khuniagachh union of Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila have been eroded over the past one month, causing severe hardship for more than 2,000 families living in several shoals nearby.
9 September 2026
Fertiliser still stuck in supply chain maze
9 September 2026
Bangladesh has enough fertiliser, the government says. Dealers say they have stocks. Yet farmers in several districts say authorised dealers are refusing to sell or capping them at one sack, forcing many to buy from unauthorised sellers at inflated prices.
9 September 2026
Teesta swallows 300-metre road, disrupts lives of 2,000 families in Lalmonirhat
7 September 2026
Farmers bear extra time, labour and transport costs after erosion makes road unusable
7 September 2026
Rangpur murders: Two weeks on, motive is still unclear
4 September 2026
Two weeks have passed, and police still cannot explain the motive behind the gruesome killing of four members of a family in Rangpur city.
4 September 2026
Where did around Tk 15 lakh go? Ganapati withdrew it weeks before family killings
30 August 2026
Relatives and former colleagues say the slain Rangpur teacher withdrew the provident fund money 22 days before the killings; police are still trying to trace it
30 August 2026
Police reveal new details in Rangpur family killings
27 August 2026
Commissioner says the killings took place last Friday morning, after Ganapati saw the accused taking yaba on the roof
27 August 2026
Fertiliser prices soar amid ‘artificial crisis’
25 August 2026
For farmers racing against the crop calendar, fertiliser is becoming a source of anxiety.
25 August 2026
‘Their faces had been burned’: Relatives say after receiving Rangpur victims’ bodies
23 August 2026
CID official says a flammable substance appears to have been poured on the victims’ faces
23 August 2026
Cauliflower sold for just Tk 1 a kg
A sudden fall of the price of cauliflowers frustrates the farmers in the district as they are not even close to getting the production cost from the sales.
19 February 2018
Flood turns arable land sandy
The prolonged flood last year covered farmlands in two villages of Sadar upazila with a huge quantity of sand, worrying farmers as
19 February 2018
Maize replaces tobacco farming
Many tobacco growers in the district have switched to maize farming instead of tobacco this year, thanks to the awareness building
8 February 2018
Boro saplings sell at high price
Taking advantage of a shortage of Boro saplings, caused by damage due to prolonged cold and dense fog, a section of traders in the district are doing brisk business by selling saplings at high price.
8 February 2018
Black Bengal goat rearing gets popular in Lalmonirhat
Black Bengal variety of goat is gaining popularity among the breeders in the district as the she-goat give birth to up to five kids twice a year.
7 February 2018
Cattle rearers worried
Paddy growers in the district are happy as they are getting unexpected earning from selling straw, but cattle farmers are unhappy over
31 January 2018
Urea fertiliser under open sky
A huge quantity of urea fertiliser has been stored in the open in front of the buffer godown (warehouse) at Mahendranagar in Sadar
24 January 2018
Cold, fog damage Boro seedlings
Prolonged cold spell and dense fog in the district has damaged a large portion of Boro seedlings in seedbeds and many more are
18 January 2018
Earthen approach roads the woe
People's suffering has worsened as the bridge over the Swarnamoti river was opened to traffic in September last year without completion of the approach roads.
17 January 2018
Cultural heritage still under threat
The authorities of Bangladesh Railway as well as the cultural-minded people are worried about protection of cultural heritage MT
14 January 2018
Mobile, source of their livelihood
Two siblings, who are visually impaired by birth, are earning their livelihood through using mobile technology at Teesta river char
11 January 2018
Bolt from the blue
Receiving the notice from Water Development Board (WDB) to free the embankment was like a bolt from the blue, said landless Azizul Islam.
10 January 2018
Ailing comrade Shamsul seeks help
A seriously ill Language Movement hero and freedom fighter of the town has appealed to the prime minister and kind hearted people to
10 January 2018
Illegal sand lifting from Teesta bed unabated
Illegal sand lifting from the beds of Teesta, Dharla, Ratnai and Saniyazan rivers continues unabated at 50 points in five upazilas of the
4 January 2018
Historic theatre at risk of eviction
Regular patrons of cultural events, along with performers in Lalmonirhat town, are in anguish over the likely loss of the historic theatre
3 January 2018
Rain-damaged ground deprives kids of sport
As at any government primary school, many of the 208 students of the school in Balapukur village in Lalmonirhat's Aditmari upazila are
24 December 2017
Expert paddy seed farmer
If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing well. It's a saying that farmer Jatindranath Barmon Jatin, 70, from Batrishazari village in
20 December 2017
Plea for bridges
At least 10,000 villagers in Sadar and Aditmari upazilas of the district have been suffering due to lack of concrete bridges over Ratnai,
14 December 2017
Survivors of '71 massacre
Two siblings, who survived bullet injuries after a brutal massacre by the Pakistan occupation force in the town during the 1971
12 December 2017
Hindu widow cries for justice
A hapless Hindu widow is passing hard days at a hut on another perosn's land, failing to get back her ancestral land from a land
12 December 2017