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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Indomitable Firoz
Defying the double challenge of inoperative hands since birth and parents' poverty, Ferdous Alam Firoz has successfully continued his
21 March 2017
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Who is genuine?
Two persons appeared before the freedom fighters' verification committee, claiming as the genuine freedom fighter
26 February 2017
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
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