Dev projects threaten Chalan Beel
Development projects around Natore’s Chalan Beel, a significant freshwater reservoir, are obstructing its natural water flow, leading to waterlogging and harming agriculture, according to locals and experts.
Putting everything at risk to build a park
Houses, roads, shops, bridges and culverts near Atrai river in Natore’s Singra upazila are at risk of being ruined, all because the local UP chairman has reportedly been lifting sand from the riverside for a hi-tech park that is being constructed in the upazila.
Zilla Parishad polls: Natore MP Shimul enters voting centre violating rule
Shafiqul Islam Shimul, lawmaker from Natore-2 (Sadar, Naldanga) constituency, reportedly entered a polling station violating electoral code of conduct during the ongoing zilla parishad elections.
Natore-Bogura highway: another name for suffering
The work to widen the busy Natore-Bogura highway was scheduled to be completed in December 2021. Later, it was extended to June 30, 2022.
Narco ‘let go’ from Rab custody?
A court in Natore has directed the Police Bureau of Investigation to probe into an allegation that Rab let go a suspected drug dealer in custody in Lalpur upazila of Natore.
Road-crash tragedies stalk his family
Munira Akter, mother of Rajshahi University student Mahmud Habib Himel, could not shed any tears seeing the coffin of her only son, but her blank eyes made everyone around her choke up.
Natore ‘Work for Money’: Poor deprived as graft rules
A government scheme aiming at generating income and ensuring food security for the rural poor has plunged into corruption and irregularities in Natore.
Saving cultivable land: Govt going for eco-friendly Uni-Block in road construction
To protect cultivable land and save the environment, the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) in Natore has been using environment-friendly Uni-Block -- made of sand, cement and gravel -- for the development of rural roads as an alternative to bitumen and ordinary bricks.
January 3, 2021
Domestic cotton production may rise this year
Local cotton production is likely to increase this year thanks to rising acreage and expansion of cultivation of hybrid varieties, stakeholders said.
July 12, 2020
Winning against colour discrimination
Her only ‘crime’ was her dark complexion. It led to her divorce only 34 days after marriage and during that short period her in-laws even tried to kill her.
March 2, 2020
High price boosts onion farming
A large number of farmers in Natore are opting for onion cultivation this year due to the high market price of the vegetable used a common cooking ingredient.
February 3, 2020
Chalan Beel fishers cash in on dried fish prospect
Despite good catches after a day’s hard work, fishers in Natore’s Chalan Beel region often had to dump the unsold fish. A little thinking outside the box has changed all that.
January 31, 2020
Kumrabori brings solvency to many Natore women
Usually, poor people of the northern district pass their days in hardship between the months of October and February.
May 15, 2019
Life passing by in chains
He spent more than half his life, nearly 22 years, being chained to a tree next to a mud hut that belongs to his family.
April 11, 2019
Irregularities tarnish Ashrayan project in Naldanga
The government's Ashrayan project has been lauded for rehabilitating hundreds of destitute people in different districts. But oftentimes the commendable effort has been tainted by allegations of corruption by a handful of dishonest individuals.
April 11, 2019
Bridges that bridge little
More than half of the 45 bridges, built in two Natore upazilas a couple of years ago, are not bringing much benefit to the local people.
December 31, 2018
No privacy while voting
Jamshed Ali had to cast his vote for “boat” openly in front of the polling officials and agents, which is a blatant violation of the electoral code of conduct.
December 31, 2018
Son casts vote on behalf of sick father!
It was 2:42pm when these correspondents entered a voting booth at Lalbagh Government Primary School in Natore sadar. A voter named Mobarak Hossain, 35, told the polling official his serial number -- 169 -- and his name.
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