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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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Mother waits for martyred son's recognition

Forty five years after the country's final victory against the Pakistan occupation forces, mother of a martyred freedom fighter is still
23 March 2017, 18:00 PM
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Indomitable Firoz

Defying the double challenge of inoperative hands since birth and parents' poverty, Ferdous Alam Firoz has successfully continued his
21 March 2017, 18:00 PM
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Three rubber dams unused for four years in Lalmonirhat

Rubber dams were built over three rivers in three upazilas of the district four years ago, but they have not been put
16 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Lalmonirhat farmers

Low quality seeds cause sterility in maize in Lalmonirhat

Allegedly poor quality seeds of maize is worrying maize farmers in Hatibandha and Patgram upazilas as the grain does not develop on the cob.
15 March 2017, 18:00 PM
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Cattle rearing changes Rajo Bala's lot

A housewife in Sadar upazila has achieved immense success in cattle rearing, which she started with one cow given by her father 30
14 March 2017, 18:00 PM
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Squash farming shows promise

For small-scale and landless farmers living on the river char (landmass emerging from riverbed) areas of the Teesta, Dharla and
14 March 2017, 18:00 PM
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Solar pump reaches water to poor Lalmonirhat villagers

One hundred and sixty five people of 28 families in Purbo Bejgram village under Hatibandha upazila of the district have been getting
9 March 2017, 18:00 PM
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The man behind Tepurgari's fairytale

They don't have a playground in their school. They don't have fans or lights in their classroom. They live in extreme poverty and their fathers temporarily migrate to big cities including Dhaka to pull rickshaws when they are done with the seasonal harvesting.
6 March 2017, 18:00 PM
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Jujube growers all smile

Over 1,000 growers of jujube, a small fruit known locally as boroi, are happy at getting bumper production and much higher
6 March 2017, 18:00 PM

Fishing preferred to schooling for children

Most of the fishermen in the district prefer sending their children for fishing to schooling and so, a large number of
28 February 2017, 18:00 PM
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Begging is not a job

Paresh Chandra Barmon, 46, from Kacharipara village in Bhadai union of Lalmonirhat's Aditmari upazila doesn't
28 February 2017, 18:00 PM
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Who is genuine?

Two persons appeared before the freedom fighters' verification committee, claiming as the genuine freedom fighter
26 February 2017, 18:00 PM
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Landless farmers make sandy land green

Many sandy chars of Teesta, Dharla and Brahmanputra rivers have turned green as thousands of landless char farmers are growing
21 February 2017, 18:00 PM
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Plough pan hits crops

Production of deep-rooted crops in the district is decreasing day by day due to the bad impact of plough pan on the soil.
19 February 2017, 18:00 PM
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Smuggled Indian cattle flood Lalmonirhat markets

Indian cattle smuggled from India have flooded local markets in the district while border guards claim that no cattle
18 February 2017, 18:00 PM
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Zahurul the inspiration

A farmer at Shivram village in Barabari union under Sadar upazila has successfully farmed vegetables on fallow land,
14 February 2017, 18:00 PM
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Gourd seed produced in courtyard

Farmers in rural areas of the district are producing quality gourd seeds, as well as seeds of other vegetables, at home due to
11 February 2017, 18:00 PM

Road mishap frequent in Lalmonirhat

Vehicles sometimes fall into the roadside ditch while using a risky diversion road in Mahendranagar area beside the Mahendranagar-
9 February 2017, 18:00 PM
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40 kg of radish at Tk 20!

One maund (40kg) of radish is being sold for Tk 20 at the fields in the district, worrying the growers.
9 February 2017, 18:00 PM

Struggle for schooling

Underprivileged children in char areas of the district are suffering while attending school during winter as they do not have warm clothes or shoes.
8 February 2017, 18:00 PM

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