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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
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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 River erosion Lalmonirhat

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
Ganapati Chakraborty family murder case Rangpur

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
Ganapati Chakraborty family murder case Rangpur

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
Ganapati Chakrabarty, 65, his wife, Pritilata Chakrabarty, 50, and their daughter, Agami Chakrabarty, 25, were killed on the roof, while their son, Priyam, 12, was killed on a bed inside the house, the police commissioner said at a press briefing at his office this morning. Photo: Collected

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
Bangladesh fertiliser stock 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
Ganapati Chakraborty family murder case Rangpur

‘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
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Challenged Aminul fights for survival

A hearing and speech impaired man with other physical challenges is struggling to survive with family by selling newspapers at
6 September 2016
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Cow theft rampant

Cattle lifting has increased in the district ahead of Eid Ul-Azha, forcing farmers to guard their cattle during the night.
4 September 2016
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700 rly quarters under illegal occupation

At least 700 of 1050 railway staff quarters under Lalmonirhat Railway Division of West Zone Railway went under
3 September 2016
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Bailey bridge at risk of collapse in Lalmonirhat

The Bailey bridge over Swarnamati River on Lalmonirhat-Burimari Highway at Sarpukur village at Aditmari upazila of the district may
1 September 2016
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Indian cattle trade in syndicate's grip

An organised syndicate controls 10 markets selling Indian cattle in border areas of the district, thanks to the lax vigilance of Border
27 August 2016
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Children suffer most

Children affected with different diseases due to fluctuation of temperature are being admitted in large numbers to Lalmonirhat Sadar
25 August 2016

Razzak, an inspiring tree lover

A youth of Hatibandha upazila of the district has been planting trees to save the green world since his school life.
24 August 2016

Peddlers pledge to check drugs

The drug peddlers, who surrendered to police in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila on Tuesday, pledged to refrain from taking, carrying and
24 August 2016

Villagers guard grave to protect slain farmer's body

Villagers have been guarding the grave of slain farmer Shafiqul Islam from Sunday night for fear that the body may be taken away by the killers.
23 August 2016

Flood-affected people decline Jamaat's help

In a gesture of aversion to Jamaat-e-Islami's politics, the people of Teesta River basin village Thangjhara in Saniazan union of
17 August 2016
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Growers happy over bumper aus production in Lalmonirhat

Farmers are happy following the bumper production of aus paddy this season in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila this season while an acute
15 August 2016
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Croplands turn into fish farms

A number of farmers in the district are using their lands for fish cultivation as they are losing their interest in paddy farming due to low prices.
10 August 2016
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Jute retting pollutes rivers, canals, ponds

Many water bodies like rivers, canals and ponds are becoming polluted due to retting of jute plants in these water bodies as ribbon retting, a method for retting the plants with less water, is yet to gain popularity in the district.
2 August 2016
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They return, happy with Bangladeshi generosity

Around 4,000 flood-affected people from India, who took shelter in villages along the Lalmonirhat border on Sunday
28 July 2016
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Lalmonirhat-Burimari road turns risky for traffic

Lalmonirhat-Burimari national highway has become risky for traffic movement due to the many potholes that have developed at different points on the road.
27 July 2016
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Schooling eludes Bede children in Lalmonirhat

Almost all the children of the Bede (gypsy) community in Lalmonirhat are deprived of education due to absence of awareness among their guardians and lack of proper facilities. Instead of sending them to school, the parents teach the children magic tricks to earn money.
20 July 2016
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So close, yet so far

This distance of just about six feet between them seems painfully huge. And agonising, too. When they come to see each other here as two bamboo fences separate them, they know they are so close and yet so far.
18 July 2016
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50 thousand marooned as Teesta crosses danger level

Around 50 thousand people were marooned in 80 villages of 16 unions under the district as the low-lying char lands of Teesta and
17 July 2016
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Risky journey on weak Bailey bridge

The Bailey bridge over the river Swarnamoti on Lalmonirhat-Burimari Highway is on the verge of collapsing at Sarpukur area under
14 July 2016
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Cattle farmers in trouble as flood damages fodder

“I had to sell three of my six cows for low prices in the local market on Sunday as the recent flood damaged all the grasses at fields,
11 July 2016

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