S Dilip Roy

Some local ruling party men have allegedly grabbed eight acres of land belonging to a minority Hindu family in Hatibandha upazila.

“I’m earning less than half what I used to earn 10 years ago. People now are not intending to invest in cultural practice, so the need for musical instruments is that minimal,” said Parimal Chandra Monidas.

The day-to-day life of people in some upazilas of Kurigram and Lalmonirhat has been severely affected by the cold and dense fog

Orange and malta growers in Bangladesh are enjoying higher prices for their produce as the ongoing US dollar crunch has reduced the availability of imported alternatives

Construction work of a model mosque-cum-Islamic cultural centre in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila sees very slow progress, much to the inconvenience of the people from local Muslim community.

Narendra Nath Barman often visits the bank of the Teesta. Tears roll down his eyelids as the 75-year-old stands silently on the riverbed in Rajpur village of Lalmonirhat Sadar -- a place he once called home.

Farmers in Gaibandha cultivated maize on 10,185 hectares of land in 2019, up by just 79 hectares in 2008

A local influential man has continued illegal digging of a pond on Bangladesh Railway (BR) land in Kurigram’s Rajarhat upazila, hampering flow of water to the surrounding croplands through the Teesta Canal.

Labourers in Lalmonirhat are deprived of facilities at the district’s Labour Welfare Centre as it is not providing the necessary services.

Although stone crushers help provide a key raw material for construction in Bangladesh, these workers have long been overlooked when it comes to ensuring fair wages and suitable working conditions, according to industry people.

Felling of roadside trees along the Lalmonirhat-Burimari Highway in Aditmari upazila is raising concern among the people living at different villages under Palashi union.

The increase in price of fertilisers has made farmers in Lalmonirhat worried ahead of the crucial vegetable-producing winter season

Electricity supply system of Kurigram Palli Bidyut Samity (PBS) had been severely affected due to faults in the submarine cable during the flash flood in July this year.

A life support ambulance, gifted by India, remains unused and has been left under the open sky on the Lalmonirhat Sadar Hospital premises for nearly two years due to the lack of a driver.

A life support ambulance, gifted by India, remains unused and has been left under the open sky on the Lalmonirhat Sadar Hospital premises for nearly two years due to lack of a driver

Residents of two shoal areas along the Teesta riverbed in Lalmonirhat used to endure the hardships of flooding. This year, the situation is quite different. Floodwaters failed to breach their elevated homesteads.

People often talk about ghostly electricity bills that are absurdly high. In case of Social Welfare Minister Nuruzzaman Ahmed and his family, the bills are nonsensically low.

Illegal stone extraction in three rivers in Lalmonirhat’s Patgram upazila resumed in full swing after a six-year pause, resulting in massive damage to the water bodies, which may lead to erosion.

Despite going through the arduous task of stone crushing, along with loading and unloading, about 40,000 labourers at Lalmonirhat’s Burimari and Kurigram’s Sonahat land ports are deprived of fair wages.

With excruciating pain in his broken right leg, Subas Chandra Rabidas was seen lying on a bed at Kurigram Sadar Hospital on Friday afternoon.