S Dilip Roy

Maize has been cultivated on large areas of land at five upazilas in Lalmonirhat this year, exceeding the target set by the Department of

Although she is not a doctor by profession, villagers of Gotmari in Lalmonirhat lovingly call her “Dakter Apa”.

Women labourers are preferred for the arduous work of breaking stones in Patgram upazila under the district as they can be exploited,

Farmers in three Lalmonirhat upazilas are pleased with a bumper pumpkin crop grown on uninhabited chars of the Teesta River. This profitable cultivation has the potential to significantly improve the lot of the impoverished local farmers.

Potato growers in the district are happy to get good yield and fair prices of the item this season.

In Lalmonirhat, over a thousand growers of jujube, a small fruit known locally as boroi, are upset over the low prices of the fruit this year. They have to sell the produce for less than the production cost in the local market, resulting in their losing interest in farming the fruit in future, growers said.

A huge quantity of urea fertiliser stored in the open in front of the Mahendranagar Warehouse in Lalmonirhat sadar upazila is at risk of being lost due to rainfall.

A physically challenged man with sound higher education in Lalmonirhat returned all his academic certificates to the government yesterday.

Boro sapling markets in the district see much less than expected buyers during the ongoing peak cultivation season as farmers are

Some influential local bigots had always stopped others from setting up a Shaheed Minar in Durakuti village of Aditmari upazila in Lalmonirhat.

A newly married housewife was tortured by her mother in-law and other members of the family, allegedly for dowry, at Karnapur village

Having no use of any hands since birth and being born in an ultra poor family would probably kill off any aspirations one might have. Not Arifa Akhter though.

She is unable to do anything with her hands since her birth. But it could never stop Arifa Akhter from pursuing her dreams. Defying all predicaments, the indomitable Lalmonirhat girl sits for her Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations. She became the subject of curiosity as she started writing with her legs.

Construction of the 850-metre-long Second Teesta Bridge over the river in Kaliganj of Lalmonirhat is yet to be completed even though a deadline for its completion expired in June last year.

Huge quantities of rejected oranges illegally brought from Bhutan and India see open sale in Burimari land port area of Patgram upazila under the district, posing risk to the consumers.

At least 35 cows have died of foot and mouth disease (FMD) at six villages in Aditmari upazila in Lalmonirhat district in the last one week while around one thousand cows in five upazilas of the district have been infected.

Man-made intervention in the upstream turns Teesta a wild river in monsoon and a desert in winter.

Chemical-free molasses prepared from date juice at Bhatibari village of Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila attracts buyers from different areas during the ongoing peak season.

The weighbridge under the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) for controlling load in Mirzar Court area of

“We used to have bumper crops here,” says farmer Mahir Uddin of Char Kalmati village in Lalmonirhat. “The Teesta River used to flow year-round but nowadays there's not enough water in winter for optimal agriculture.”