December 17, 2021
Nilphamari has good potential for tourism
Tourism in Rangpur’s Nilphamari could be a boon for the national economy as the district has glorious historical and natural sites to see, including some related to the Liberation War.
December 7, 2021
Farmers trying out alternative edible oil
Bangladesh is trying out cultivation of a plant which various Asian regions consider a handy source of ingredients essential to health.
November 18, 2021
Delays in govt procurement irk Aman farmers
Although Aman paddy farmers are harvesting the crop in full swing, the government is yet to make good on its promise to buy the kitchen staple through a national procurement drive that began earlier this month.
November 3, 2021
Improve Chilahati rail station to facilitate trade
Trade between Bangladesh and India through the Haldibari-Chilahati rail link resumed on August 1 after a 56-year hiatus but infrastructure of Chilahati rail station in Nilphamari district has remained inadequate.
October 26, 2021
Zakaria’s quest for self-dependence still elusive
Thirty-two-year-old Zakaria Hossain, a resident of Dakkhin Sonakhuli village in Nilphamari’s Dimla upazila, was not born blind.
October 6, 2021
Fast-yielding aman a lifesaver for farmers in lean period
Farmers in Nilphamari district of Rangpur division began harvesting their early-flowering aman paddy halfway through September, bringing a sense of festivity to the area.
September 30, 2021
Farmers pass busy days cultivating early-harvest potatoes
Farmers in Nilphamari district are cultivating a fast-growing variety of potato in order to maximise their profits before the year ends.
September 27, 2021
Nilphamari primary schools see dwindling attendance
The attendance of primary students in Nilphamari has seen a decrease of 13pc to 16pc after reopening of school following a long hiatus, which guardians and teachers say may be the result of the end of the school feeding programme.
September 9, 2021
Small jute mills attempt revival
Small jute mills of Rangpur division in the country’s northwest have resumed production after remaining shut for several months as raw jute prices soared after last year’s harvests and for the pandemic-induced business losses.
September 3, 2021
Low potato prices leave traders, farmers in a quandary
Potato farmers and traders have been left bewildered by a drastic fall in potato prices this year as many of them had packed their produce into cold storages to sell during the rainy season, when most crops die of flooding and before the arrival of winter crops, in order to maximise profits.