S Dilip Roy

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.

On the occasion of International Mother Language Day and Language Martyrs’ Day, no patriotic songs were played on the central Shaheed Minar premises in Lalmonirhat district yesterday, drawing flak from local eminent citizens and cultural activists.

Rangpur’s native language survives in the speech of elders and Bhawaiya songs, but faces extinction under 'modern pressures'

The long-stalled Teesta Mega Plan has once again emerged as a central election issue for hundreds of thousands of voters across 10 Teesta river basin constituencies in five northern districts -- Lalmonirhat, Kurigram, Rangpur, Gaibandha and Nilphamari.

Candidates from nearly all political parties have pledged to implement the plan in their election manifestos

In an election season dominated by blaring loudspeakers and long motorcades, Rangpur-4 candidate Pragati Barman Toma is taking a different approach: a quiet, door-to-door campaign, focused entirely on a manifesto centred on farmers’ rights, women’s dignity and basic public services.

With pledges on women’s dignity, she campaigns alone, going door to door

Jatiya Party counts on Awami League votes as BNP and Jamaat make inroads

Trade through one of Bangladesh’s busiest land crossings with India has fallen sharply, squeezing government revenues and forcing businesses to suffer as economic slowdown, political instability and strained diplomatic relations choke cross-border commerce.

Drawing on her father’s legacy, she campaigns beyond party symbols

Jatiya Party is branded as criminals and collaborators if the party seeks the barred Awami League’s votes but not the BNP, Jamaat or the National Citizen Party, said its Chairman GM Quader.

Video of primary school students chanting BNP slogans goes viral

Sugarcane cultivation, once a key cash crop in the Rangpur region, has shrunk by more than 90 percent over the past five years following the closure of local sugar mills.

Favourable weather conditions for chilli farming and increased market demand have boosted earnings for farmers in the Rangpur region this season.

Absence of flooding forces farmers to spend more on fertiliser, raising fears over crop yields

Farmers say achieving production target will be harder as rice drives half of food inflation

The number of voters registered for the 13th National Parliamentary Election in Rangpur district has increased significantly across its six parliamentary constituencies, with young voters emerging as a decisive force.

First-time voters emerge as key factor

Family awaits justice amid stalled legal proceedings in India

Traders say sales may more than double this year