The school health centre in Saidpur municipality town, the lone hospital of its kind in the district, has virtually failed to achieve its goal due to lack of awareness campaign and publicity.
Academic activities at Chilahati Government College in Domar upazila are being hindered badly as the institution has been facing different problems for long.
Several government primary schools situated in the Teesta river basin areas in Dimla upazila are witnessing an increase in their dropout rate due to relocation of those institution far from the actual place.
Haziganj village is becoming a hub for handmade products crafted from recycled materials as a few factories in the remote area of Gorgram union under Nilphamari sadar upazila are enjoying success in this regard.
The history of indigo farming under British rule is still cause for indignation among many in Bangladesh as it reminds of the tyranny faced in having to cultivate the plant in place of food crops.
After a decade-long battle, Nripendra Nath Roy is now a freedom fighter officially.
Ceramic factories in underdeveloped regions of northern Bangladesh are struggling for survival as other than absence of natural gas, the ongoing US dollar crisis has led to a roughly 40 to 50 per cent increase in production costs.
While the government aims to expand railway services across Bangladesh, the country’s largest locomotive workshop in Saidpur of Nilphamari is still unable to operate at full capacity as it lacks adequate manpower, funds and machinery.
The collaborators of the occupation army killed 200 innocent Bangalees at the directive of the Pakistan army just there. Of the 200, 100 were killed on April 12.
The Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) has taken the initiative to expand soybean cultivation in northern Bangladesh in order to meet the country’s growing demand for edible oil.
The jute industry in Rangpur is facing collapse as four small mills in the region have shut down while others may follow suit at any time after being compelled to shrink production due to multiple issues.
The government has initiated a move to transform the growers’ markets in Rangpur into hubs for small agro entrepreneurs since they have been lying idle for more than a decade owing largely to farmers and wholesalers’ lack of interest and a propaganda carried out by a vested group.
Within one and a half years into the dredging of the Charalkata river, the riverbed has filled up again at different points as sand and earth kept on the banks of the river got deposited to the riverbed in the rainy season.
While rain can be a blessing in providing life-sustaining water, recent showers have turned into the bane of many brick manufacturers’ lives for their use of traditional kilns.
A poor man has set an example of magnanimity voluntarily guarding an unmanned rail crossing defying the bone-chilling cold and dense fog at the daybreak to caution Uttara EPZ workers about approaching trains, who are in a mad rush to reach factories in time.
The incidents of throwing stones on moving trains in the West Zone (WZ) of Bangladesh Railway (BR) have been continuing unabatedly despite a campaign by BR to raise awareness.
Although sunflower cultivation previously gave the hope of better economic prospects while also delivering healthy edible oil to the common people, farmers are losing interest in the plant for want of a good marketing network.
Spice cultivation has enhanced the incomes of farmers in Nilphamari thanks to their higher yield and elevated prices, helping growers overcome losses they incurred in the previous years by producing traditional crops such as paddy, wheat and jute.