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.
6m ago
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.
1y ago
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.
1y ago
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.
1y ago
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.
1y ago
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.
2y ago
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.
2y ago
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.
2y ago
December 30, 2018
14 agents of BNP candidates detained
Police picked up at least 14 polling agents of BNP candidates in three constituencies of Natore yesterday, creating fear among the party's leaders and activists on the eve of today's election.
November 8, 2018
Water chestnut farming on rise in Natore, Naogaon
Cultivation of water chestnut (paniphal in Bangla) has increased greatly in two northern districts of the country in the last couple of years.
September 16, 2018
Natore's princess poet
For seven generations from the early-eighteenth century, the zamindars of Dighapatia near Natore were landlords of a vast estate,
August 29, 2018
25 buses fill in for slow vehicles in Natore
In an unprecedented move, the district administration of Natore has stopped movement of human hauliers and three-wheelers on the highways and introduced at least 25 buses in association with the owners association.
August 26, 2018
Yet another road crash,15 lives lost
At least 15 people, including five members of two families, were killed and 20 others injured as a bus collided head-on with a human haulier on Natore-Pabna highway in Baraigram upazila yesterday.
August 26, 2018
No lessons learned
Following several road accidents in Natore, the authorities concerned formed probe committees which came up with recommendations to curb such incidents.
November 7, 2017
Lalon death anniv observed in Natore
To mark the 127th death anniversary of the mystic bard Lalon Shah, Lalon academy arranged a programme in Natore.
September 23, 2017
Lalon academy begins journey in Natore
The Lalon academy of Natore began its journey on September 20, with a view to promote Lalon's ideology.
May 24, 2017
Corruption marks job scheme for ultra poor
The government's 40-day employment generation programme for the ultra poor people is running in the district amid allegations of
May 4, 2017
Mother, son pass SSC exams in Natore
A mother and her son set a precedent passing this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination in Bagatipara upazila of Natore.
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