Labourers in Rangpur region left without work due to absence of employment scheme
15 March 2026, 13:46 PM
Forced to rely on loans and advance wages during Chaitra
15 March 2026, 13:46 PM
Rains pile misery on potato farmers in North
15 March 2026, 03:28 AM
Heavy rains on Wednesday and Thursday nights submerged Rabi-season crops, including potatoes, across several northern districts.
15 March 2026, 03:28 AM
3,484-hectare arable land lost in 5yrs in Rangpur
14 March 2026, 02:22 AM
Agricultural land across Rangpur district is gradually shrinking, with vast stretches of arable land are being used for non-agricultural purposes such as housing development and industrial establishments, brick kilns, and other infrastructures.
14 March 2026, 02:22 AM
Rain brings relief to Rangpur’s Boro farmers, cuts irrigation costs
13 March 2026, 13:49 PM
Water accumulates in paddy fields after two days of rainfall, sparing farmers from pumping groundwater and reducing diesel expenses
13 March 2026, 13:49 PM
Decay threatens 250-yr-old Lalmonirhat mosque
7 March 2026, 03:30 AM
Worshippers at Nidaria Jame Mosque, a protected 18th-century monument in Lalmonirhat, are facing safety risks as parts of the boundary wall and a tin-shed veranda remain in a fragile condition due to a lack of renovation.
7 March 2026, 03:30 AM
Bumper harvest, low prices
7 March 2026, 02:24 AM
Farmers from shoal areas within the Teesta, Brahmaputra and Dharla rivers in Rangpur region reaped a bumper harvest of sweet pumpkins this season, but low market prices have left many struggling to recover the production costs.
7 March 2026, 02:24 AM
Rangpur eyes bumper Haribhanga mango harvest
5 March 2026, 12:23 PM
Favourable weather boosts flowering across five districts; production likely to surpass 95,000 tonnes
5 March 2026, 12:23 PM
The poison tree of Rangpur
28 February 2026, 00:00 AM
While farmers in other parts of the country are improving their livelihoods by producing high-quality crops using modern methods, many in the agriculture-dependent northern Rangpur region remain tied to the “poison tree” of tobacco.
28 February 2026, 00:00 AM
People of enclaves to gain access to state services
“We face difficulty in almost every sphere of life in the enclave. Although situated in Bangladesh, ours is an Indian enclave. We don't
19 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Drive against child marriage at Aditmari
Underprivileged people are the ones who commonly marry off their daughters when they are still children in Bangladesh, and the
19 May 2015, 18:00 PM
A glimmer of hope in the life of Taramoni Das
Taramoni Das, living at Teesta River basin's Baishshopara village of Mahishkhocha union at Aditmari upazila in Lalmonirhat has
28 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Bumper pumpkin yield brings smile to farmers
Char farmers in the Teesta and Dharla river basin area in Lalmonirhat district are smiling because there has been a bumper output of pumpkin this year.
23 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Fifty vegetable villages of Lalmonirhat
Fifty villages in the district Lalmonirhat are known as 'vegetable villages' because all the farmers in these villages specialize in vegetable farming round the year and they have been earning good returns as well.
21 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Group farming in Teesta char areas changes their life
Around one thousand landless women belonging to 40 groups are now engaged in growing different crops on sandy char (landmass
15 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Lalmonirhat mint farmers hit hard by blockade
Good yield of mint in the district this season fails to make farmers happy as they are facing problem to market the aromatic plant
28 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Bangladeshi vegetable farmer trains Nepalese farmers
A Bangladeshi farmer has been successful in farming different kinds of hybrid vegetables in Nepal's remote village Ina-ruar of
24 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Vermicompost making brings him solvency
Once a landless farmer, Nazrul Islam has gained solvency by selling vermicompost fertiliser prepared at his Modhupur village home in
15 March 2015, 18:34 PM
One-handed typist of Lalmonirhat
A physical challenged man, despite having only one hand, is working as a typist at Weekly Lalmonirhat Barta, a local newspaper. To everyone's surprise, he is very fast in typing compared to his peers. He earns a meager wage with which he supports his poor family. Farooque Hossain, 44, son of Khayrat Hossain and Fatema Begum resides at Khochabari Nazrultari village in Lalmonirhat sadar upazila. He is the youngest of four siblings, and he got married to Janufa Begum of Durakuti village in Lalmonirhat sadar upazila two years back. He obtained first division in SSC result from Gias Uddin High School in 1990, second division in HSC from Lalmonirhat Government College in 1992 and second division in BA from Kaliganj Karim Uddin Public Degree College in 1995.
3 March 2015, 18:41 PM
Blockade, hartals bring woe to carrot growers
Bumper yield of carrots in the district this season cannot make farmers happy as the prices see drastic fall due to lack of buyers amid the non-stop countrywide blockade and frequent hartals enforced by BNP-led 20-party alliance since January 6.
2 March 2015, 18:22 PM