July 13, 2020
Pineapple chips in Rangamati hills: An experiment with bright prospects
Soon it may be time to try pineapple chips, made in Bangladesh!
July 1, 2020
Mangoes from Rangamati’s Naniarchar being exported to Europe for the first time
Mangoes produced organically in Naniarchar upazila of Rangamati are being exported to several European countries including Italy and the United Kingdom for the first time.
April 13, 2020
Boisabi limited to indoors
The indigenous communities of the hill tracts will not celebrate their new year amid the coronavirus fears.
March 22, 2020
World Water Day Today: Water crisis grips Rangamati people as springs, runnels drying up
“All the 35 families in our village have to collect water daily from a distant chhara [spring in the hills]. Our sufferings mount during the dry season,” said Karna Rani Tanchangya, 32, of Debotachari village under Ghagra union of Rangamati’s Kawkhali upazila.
March 21, 2020
Measles Outbreak: 5 kids die in Rangamati
At least five Tripura children died of measles over last three weeks and 130 others were also infected in Rangamati’s Baghaichhari upazila.
March 16, 2020
Safety of thousands compromised for decades
Thousands of residents in ten villages under two unions of Dighinala upazila have been risking their lives to cross the Maini river for ages, without a permanent bridge on the hilly river.
February 21, 2020
Dormitory lies unused for 9yrs
There are bushes inside the boundary wall. The playground has almost become a jungle. Doors and windows are broken.
December 19, 2019
Hopes big, school small
When reconstruction of Chowdhury Para Government Primary School building was completed back in 1998, its three rooms -- two for classes and the other for administrative purposes -- were probably more than enough for a sparsely populated hill tract upazila such as Kawkhali.
October 30, 2019
Vermicompost gaining popularity
Vermicomposting, the natural process of converting organic wastes into fertilisers using earthworms, is bringing extra income to many farmers in Rangamati.
October 3, 2019
Students 12,000, dormitory none
Rangamati Government College (RGC), once regarded as one of the acclaimed educational institutions in the district, has been struggling to live up to expectations for at least two decades now.