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Rangpur region / Continuous rain floods paddy, maize fields

1 May 2026, 00:00 AM
Vast low-lying areas across Rangpur, including mature Boro paddy and maize fields across its five districts, have been inundated after the last five days of continuous rainfall.
1 May 2026, 00:00 AM
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Fenced in: Rabidas family confined in own home over land dispute in Kurigram

30 April 2026, 21:32 PM
Bamboo fencing around the homestead has left the marginalised family struggling to move, work and send their children to school
30 April 2026, 21:32 PM
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Schoolboy by day, breadwinner by night: Al Amin starts new life at a new school

29 April 2026, 14:57 PM
After a Daily Star report highlighted his struggle, the eight-year-old secures full support at a Manikganj institution
29 April 2026, 14:57 PM
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Solar power shields farmers from energy crisis

28 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Rights activists noted that solar projects are highly important for increasing agricultural production
28 April 2026, 00:00 AM
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Solar power shields farmers from energy crisis

27 April 2026, 22:02 PM
Times are bad for Bangladesh's farmers. Right when they needed a steady diesel supply to irrigate vast swathes of cropland -- Boro paddies, seasonal vegetables, maize -- the world entered what the head of the International Energy Agency called “the biggest energy security threat in history.”
27 April 2026, 22:02 PM
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Haribhanga mango orchards eye bumper yield

27 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Growers across Rangpur are hopeful of a bumper harvest of Haribhanga mango, with trees now laden with fruit and advance orders already flowing in, just weeks after nor’wester storms lashed orchards in the region and dampened their spirits.
27 April 2026, 00:00 AM
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Hailstorm shatters hopes days before boro harvest in Teesta–Brahmaputra chars

26 April 2026, 13:07 PM
Extent of damage yet to be determined as farmers count losses in Lalmonirhat, Kurigram
26 April 2026, 13:07 PM
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Roumari upazila in Kurigram: Erosion devours 120 hectares of cropland

26 April 2026, 00:00 AM
Fresh erosion by the Brahmaputra has swallowed at least 120 hectares of cropland in over the past two weeks, leaving more than a hundred homesteads, educational institutions, and rural infrastructure newly at risk and deepening anxiety among riverbank communities.
26 April 2026, 00:00 AM
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Joy of Eid to remain elusive for Lalmonirhat char people

Eid-ul-Fitr will hardly bring any joy for thousands of people in char villages of the Teesta and Dharla river basin areas of five upazilas
16 July 2015, 18:05 PM
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205 newborn babies get registered at 42 Indian enclaves

As many as 205 children have got registered with a joint survey team at 42 out of 59 Indian enclaves located in three upazilas in Lalmonirhat in the last four days.
10 July 2015, 18:00 PM
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Family faces tear in tears

It was a depressing day for Prabhati Rani, an eight-year-old girl.
9 July 2015, 18:00 PM
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Good prices bring smile to brinjal growers

The brinjal growers in the district are happy to get good prices of the vegetable amid high demand during this Ramadan,
8 July 2015, 18:00 PM
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Paddy price fall upsets Lalmonirhat farmers

The prices of paddy have fallen sharply in absence of buyers in the local markets, much to the frustration of growers in the district.
4 July 2015, 18:00 PM
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Growers happy with good prices of haribhanga mango

Cultivation of Haribhanga mango has brought windfall profit to the growers as it is being sold at expected prices in the local markets in Lalmonirhat. The
1 July 2015, 18:00 PM
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Growers deprived as wheat procured from middlemen

Depriving the growers, a section of unscrupulous food officials have already completed wheat procurement from the middlemen at six
25 June 2015, 18:00 PM
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Lalmonirhat farmers grow chemical-free vegetables

Farmers of 10 villages under Lalmonirhat Sadar, Aditmari and Kaliganj upazilas are growing chemical-free vegetables, using
17 June 2015, 18:00 PM
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Mobile court destroys 38 dredgers in Lalmonirhat

At least 38 dredgers used for illegal stone lifting from three rivers were destroyed by a mobile court at some villages of Patgram
11 June 2015, 18:00 PM
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Defying visual impairment, they do brilliant results

Two visually impaired students of Saptibari High School in Aditmari upazila under the district have set laudable examples by obtaining
31 May 2015, 18:00 PM
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Defying visual impairment, they do brilliant results

Two visually impaired students of Saptibari High School in Aditmari upazila under the district have set laudable examples by obtaining
31 May 2015, 18:00 PM
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Tobacco markets on school premises in Lalmonirhat

Classes as well as extra-curricular activities of 25 schools in the district are badly hampered as a section of local influential people use the grounds of the educational institutions for tobacco trading for a couple of months during this period of the year.
27 May 2015, 18:00 PM
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Baby corn farming gains

Cultivation of baby corn, an item used for producing baby food, is gaining popularity in Sadar upazila of Lalmonirhat district.
26 May 2015, 18:00 PM
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High yield, fair price make growers happy

Lalmonirhat farmers are happy as they are getting ample production of maize and its fair prices in the local market this year.
23 May 2015, 18:00 PM
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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

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