Lalmonirhat

MT Hossain Institute: A fading chapter of Bangladesh’s cultural history

Cultural ministry has requested railways ministry to transfer ownership of the long neglected theatre before starting conservation work
15 August 2026

Just one teacher for 550 students

Every morning, hundreds of students arrive at Dahagram Government High School hoping to learn. Yet, most return home without attending regular classes, as only one teacher remains for the school’s 550 students.
5 August 2026

From 10 books to 15,000: Lalmonirhat youth turns village library into cultural hub

Sarpukur Jubo Forum Pathagar now hosts cultural events, computer training and community activities
11 May 2026

Hailstorms batter northern districts, destroy crops in over 100 villages

Over 2,000 farmers affected as seed fields, homes and standing crops suffer heavy losses across Lalmonirhat, Kurigram and Rangpur
30 March 2026

Trapped Within Borders

“The sun rises, but the light of life seems to be stuck at the gate of the Tinbigha Corridor.”
23 May 2025

Teesta flooding should be a wake-up call

Bangladesh must push India to sign the treaty
27 August 2023

Dried-up Teesta continues to haunt farmers

Bangladesh needs to find a realistic solution to a persistent problem
6 January 2023

Journalist assaulted, camera vandalised in Lalmonirhat

A journalist is assaulted and his camera vandalised while taking photos of procession and counter procession of two Awami League factions in Hatibandha upazila town of Lalmonirhat.
26 March 2019

Of a farmer with passion for education

Abdur Rashid is a marginal farmer revered and respected for a completely different role he has been playing for the last nine years in the remote village of Lalmonirhat's Dakkhin Dalgram Parshurampara.
8 March 2019

Flood in North, Northeast: Over 1 lakh marooned

Floodwater has stranded over one lakh people in Lalmonirhat and Kurigram districts, following the inundation in Sylhet region.
6 July 2018

College teacher gets life term for rape in Lalmonirhat

A college teacher in Lalmonirhat was given life term jail today for raping a student back in 2014.
2 July 2018

House of knowledge

A few years ago when Jamal Hossain, from Tiparbazar village in Lalmonirhat's Aditmari upazila, was a student of class 10, he wanted to enter a literature competition. He hoped to recite a Nirmalendu Goon poem for Brac's Taray Taray Deepshika programme in Dhaka.
21 November 2017

Flood-hit people's plight not over

For the last 42 days, the Water Development Board's dyke has been Delwar Hossain's home.
22 September 2017

Flood-Affected North: Crises of food, drinking water worsen misery

All she had left was two kilograms of rain soaked rice. Seeing the sunlight finally break through days of heavy clouds yesterday, a
15 August 2017

800 flood-hit Indians take shelter in Lalmonirhat

Around 800 flood-hit Indian citizens took shelter in several villages of Lalmonirhat Sadar and Aditmari upazilas on Monday night.
15 August 2017

The little family with big dreams

In Bangladesh, people affected with dwarfism are often mocked and the disability is considered limitation and the affected are treated as burden. But this is not one of those stories.
19 June 2016

Illegal sand lifting poses erosion threat

Up to 17 times a day tractor driver Nabir Hossain from Kulaaghat village in Lalmonirhat sadar upazila carts a trailer-load of sand away from the Darla riverbed. “Each trailer load sells for up to Tk. 1,400 on the mainland,” he says. Like Hossain many locals earn their keep
5 June 2016

Bumper crop inflict loss for Lalmonirhat farmers

Bumper boro rice production should make farmers happy. But farmers in Lalmonirhat are unable to smile because they are compelled to sell their paddy at a price much lower than the production cost.
24 May 2016

Lalmonirhat imam, 2 others sent to jail for ‘demeaning Islam’

An imam (religious leader) and two others have been sent to jail in Lalmonirhat over a case filed for allegedly demeaning Islam.
23 May 2016

Bus-covered van collision kills 4 in Bogra

Four people are killed and 15 injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a covered van on Dhaka-Bogra highway in Sherpur upazila of Bogra .
7 May 2016