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
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
Zahurul the inspiration
A farmer at Shivram village in Barabari union under Sadar upazila has successfully farmed vegetables on fallow land,
14 February 2017
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
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
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
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
Bumper mustard yield likely
Many farmers in the district have started growing mustard as its production cost is less and there is no need for irrigation.
8 February 2017
Bamboo crafts on decline
Only five years ago, around 900 craftsmen in six villages under the district were involved in producing items made of bamboo, but
24 January 2017
Second Teesta bridge misses deadline again
Construction of the Second Teesta Bridge in the district is yet to be completed even though the second deadline for its completion
24 January 2017
Rats' deposit their seasonal earning
During the harvesting period, a good number of people, especially kids from ultra poor families, are seen moving in fields in search of rat holes to dig out paddy deposited by the rodents.
4 January 2017
Ecology, livelihood under threat as Teesta loses flow
Once mighty Teesta river has turned into a thin flow at the beginning of the dry season, thanks withdrawal to water
29 December 2016
Teacher couple's success in mandarin farming
A couple in a remote village under Hatibandha upazila has successfully grown mandarin for the first time in the district.
25 December 2016
Tortured FF in hospital, family under open sky
Injured and ousted from home by land grabbers two weeks ago, freedom fighter Farid Uddin is still reeling from the
24 December 2016
Poverty drives kids to bidi factory in Lalmonirhat
Sumi Akhter, 10, read up to Class II, but she could not continue going to school as her parents put her to work in a bidi factory at
22 December 2016
Shoddy construction makes U-drains vulnerable
The cracks that developed due to use of poor quality materials during construction of twelve U-drains and a box-culvert in a former
7 December 2016
Labourers resume work as wage rises
Following rise in wage, the workers at Burimari land port in the district resumed work yesterday, ending the two-day strike they had
5 December 2016
Horrors of '71 still haunt war heroine Ganobala
War heroine Ganobala breaks into tears when she recalls the horrible days of torture on her by the Pakistani soldiers during the War of Liberation.
1 December 2016
Farmers happy, labourers upset
Farmers are happy but farm labourers are very upset over the use of mobile paddy threshers in the district.
29 November 2016
Growers, consumers at risk
Indiscriminate spraying of pesticides in crop fields, especially those used for vegetable cultivation, poses serious health hazards for both the farmers and consumers across the district.
23 November 2016
Market on school premises
Academic activities are being hampered in Durakuti Government Primary School at Durakuti village under Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila as a market is set up in front of the school on Saturday and Tuesday every week for the last two years.
17 November 2016