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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
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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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Rejected foreign oranges on sale at Burimari land port

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.
20 January 2016
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35 cows in Aditmari UZ die in a week

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.
16 January 2016
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The piece of land which was once a raging river Teesta

Man-made intervention in the upstream turns Teesta a wild river in monsoon and a desert in winter.
12 January 2016
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Chemical-free date juice molasses attracts buyers

Chemical-free molasses prepared from date juice at Bhatibari village of Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila attracts buyers from different areas during the ongoing peak season.
10 January 2016
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Weighbridge goes inoperative 2 weeks after installation

The weighbridge under the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) for controlling load in Mirzar Court area of
7 January 2016
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Dried up Teesta hits livelihood

“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.”
1 January 2016
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84 curves, 9 level crossings create havoc

The 100-km highway from Lalmonirhat town to Burimari land port remains problematic for vehicular movement as there are as many as
31 December 2015
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Agri loans often fraudulent, controlled by brokers

A good number of sharecroppers and marginal farmers at villages in 45 unions of five upazilas under the district are recorded as loan
23 December 2015
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[WATCH] Physically challenged man brings hope to helpless women

Never learning how to walk, 28-year-old Abul Kalam Azad vowed never to get beat down and instead hardened his resolve to “stand his own ground” all his life. It was not easy for him, growing up in the rural town of Lalmonirhat as a physically challenged individual – undermined by the society and often considered a burden.
21 December 2015
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Warm clothes sale on rise as chill grips Lalmonirhat

As biting cold continues to cause sufferings to the people, sellers of warm clothes are doing brisk business in
16 December 2015
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Syndicate extorts truckers at Burimari land port

A syndicate has continued forcing transport workers to pay huge illegal toll for loading and unloading imported and exported goods at
15 December 2015
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Early potato brings high profit to farmers

Growers of early variety potatoes in the district are happy to get good yield as well as high prices of the crop.
10 December 2015
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Farmers using dolomite for better crop yield

Farmers in the district are using dolomite to neutralise acidity in the soil for better yield of crops.
9 December 2015
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Fresh areas targeted for tobacco cultivation

Several companies are encouraging farmers to grow tobacco with free seeds and assurance to purchase it from the fields for fair prices
8 December 2015
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3G goes to Dahagram

People of Dahagram in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat are now connected to 3G network service launched in the area by Grameenphone yesterday.
25 November 2015

Early winter brings woe to poor people in Lalmonirhat

Early arrival of winter in the northern district this year adds to the sufferings of poor people, especially those living in the char (landmass emerged from riverbed) areas.
18 November 2015
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67 people go to India today

Sixty-seven of 197 former enclave people who chose to become Indian nationals will say goodbye to their native villages at erstwhile Gotamari enclave in Hatibandha upazila and Banshkata in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat today.
18 November 2015
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40-day job scheme starts in Lalmonirhat

The government-run 40-day job scheme meant for providing employment facility to the seasonally jobless farm labourers and ultra
17 November 2015
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Tale of a visually impaired teacher

As the children in the classroom open their English grammar books for the day's lesson, their teacher Fazlul Haque picks up his book too. But it is a bit different than the students' classroom books. It is in Braille, a system of raised dots that can be read with the fingers by people who are blind or who have low vision.
9 November 2015
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[WATCH NOW] The blind Teacher

Fazlul Haque is visually impaired but he is teaching voluntarily at two schools including a govt primary school and a junior high school at the same campus at a remote village Charkhatamari in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila at the Dharla river basin.
9 November 2015

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