Embankment collapse puts Chilmari at risk
18 July 2026, 00:00 AM
A section of the embankment on Brahmaputra river’s right bank has collapsed, leaving the entire Chilmari upazila in Kurigram at renewed risk of flooding and riverbank erosion.
18 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Croplands buried under sand as floodwaters recede
18 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Although floodwaters receded just a day ago, vast stretches of cropland along riverbanks in Lalmonirhat and Kurigram are buried under thick layers of sand, leaving hundreds of local farmers uncertain about cultivating Aman paddy and other seasonal crops.
18 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Brahmaputra embankment collapse puts Chilmari at risk
17 July 2026, 12:59 PM
Residents warn of devastating floods unless urgent action taken
17 July 2026, 12:59 PM
July Martyrs’ Day: ‘Before I die, I want the killers punished’
16 July 2026, 00:00 AM
The afternoon sun filters through the veranda of a modest semi‑pucca house in Babanpur village of Madankhali union under Pirganj upazila of Rangpur.
16 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Locals unite against narcotics in Kurigram
9 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Once known for agriculture and cross-border trade, Naodanga union in Kurigram’s Phulbari upazila has, over the years, gained notoriety as one of northern Bangladesh’s major drug hotspots.
9 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Dharla erosion threatens Lalmonirhat town
8 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Jatramohan Barman, 77, experienced a lifetime of losses due to the Dharla river’s erosion.
8 July 2026, 00:00 AM
After devouring farmland, Dharla now threatens Lalmonirhat town
7 July 2026, 15:42 PM
Hundreds of bighas of farmland have already been lost, while a vulnerable town protection embankment has renewed fears of widespread flooding
7 July 2026, 15:42 PM
Illegal sand extraction from Teesta continues
7 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Illegal sand extraction using dredgers continues at several points along the Teesta river in Lalmonirhat despite repeated enforcement drives.
7 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Man buys elephant to fulfill wife’s ‘divine dream’
In a rare incident, a farmer from Ratidhar Dewti village of Lalmonirhat has bought an elephant worth Tk 16.5 lakh in order to obey “divine instructions received by his wife in her dreams”.
22 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Lalmonirhat farmer buys elephant following wife’s dream
In a rare incident, a farmer from Ratidhar Dewti village of Lalmonirhat has bought an elephant worth Tk 16.5 lakh in order to obey “divine instructions received by his wife in her dreams”.
22 September 2020, 06:58 AM
Centuries-old building turned into land research museum
A centuries-old building (kachari-ghar), which is locally known as Maharajar Kachari-ghar of Cooch Behar, has been turned into land research museum.
13 September 2020, 18:00 PM
A beacon with books for all
A schoolboy who started a library in his village with only 10 books back in 2014 now supplies books to 30 salon-based mini-libraries in two upazilas with money earned from part-time jobs.
12 September 2020, 18:00 PM
Hydroponics grass could be the answer to Kurigram’s fodder crisis
At least twenty women from Kurigram’s Sadar, Ulipur, Chilmari and Rajarhat upazilas have been using hydroponics method to grow grass for the last month. Many farmers are also crowding around to see this way of growing grass without soil or land.
11 September 2020, 16:14 PM
Tale of river island cowboys
Bangladesh is home to various cattle breeds but the tale of the struggles of cowboys, especially those hailing from the riverine chars, often goes unheard.
29 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Kurigram-3 AL MP defiant as locals, mayor oppose his beautification project
Locals of Ulipur upazila in Kurigram have expressed mixed reactions over the construction of a bridge -- Swadhinata Setu -- over the age old Swarnamayee Sarovar (lake) in the upazila.
25 August 2020, 15:43 PM
1,500 trainee artisans await promised govt grant
Eight months have passed since 1,500 artisans from different marginal communities in Lalmonirhat took part in a government-run training programme. But they are yet to receive their financial assistance as promised.
23 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Traders stopped import-export business protesting double parking charges in Burimari land port
Trade through the Burimari land port in Lalmonirhat has remained suspended since yesterday centring protests over a sudden doubling of parking fees, which the port officials denied bringing about.
22 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Move to build bridge over century-old pond for beautification
The initiative to construct a bridge over ‘Swarnamoyee Sarobar’, a two-century-old pond in Ulipur upazila town under Kurigram, has given rise to protest by a section of locals.
19 August 2020, 18:00 PM
Teesta erosion: A village in Lalmonirhat erased from the map
Even two days before the Eid-ul-Azha, Singimari village existed in the shoal area of Teesta River, where 385 families resided. Now, the village is no more, as the river devoured the entire village in a matter of days, erasing it from the map.
15 August 2020, 13:37 PM
Covid-infected nurse attending patients ‘under pressure’ from authorities
As bizarre as it may sound, a Covid positive nurse has been discharging duties at the children ward of Lalmonirhat Sadar Hospital for about a week allegedly due to the pressure from the hospital authorities.
14 August 2020, 18:00 PM
No scope to study in shelters: Flood-hit children lagging behind
"When will we return home, mother?’ eight-year-old Rabbi Islam, a second-grader, asks his mother. “I can’t read here, I want to go home so I can study,’ he says.
30 July 2020, 09:17 AM
Lalmonirhat SI threatens “crossfire”, extorts Tk 19 lakh from ‘drug dealer’
Selim Reza Chowdhury, a sub-inspector (SI) of Aditmari Police Station in Lalmonirhat, extorts Tk 18.90 lakh from an alleged drug smuggler, after threatening to “put him in a crossfire”.
29 July 2020, 14:53 PM
No smiles this Eid for people in flood-hit Kurigram, Lalmonirhat
Nearly four lakh people in the flood affected regions of Kurigram and Lalmonirhat districts will be spending Eid-ul-Azha in despair this year.
29 July 2020, 07:50 AM
Over 50,000 people marooned in Teesta and Dharla shoals in Lalmonirhat
Around 50,000 people in five upazilas in Lalmonirhat have been marooned as the Teesta and Dharla rivers swelled above danger levels yesterday evening.
22 July 2020, 18:30 PM
Pregnant women in Kurigram flood shelters at high risk
Pregnant women in the flood-hit areas of Kurigram who have left home and taken shelter on the government roads, dykes built by the Water Development Board and railway lines are facing health risks.
20 July 2020, 05:51 AM
Plight of long-time volunteers at Lalmonirhat Sadar Hospital
As many as 36 men and women, working as voluntary staff at Lalmonirhat Sadar Hospital for years, are passing days amid hardship as the authorities are yet to put them on the regular payroll.
18 May 2020, 18:00 PM
61 Indian truckers stranded at Burimari land port for weeks
It has been more than two weeks when they came to Bangladesh’s Burimari land port in Patgram with their trucks carrying jute seeds imported from India. But 61 drivers of the vehicles from that country are still stranded there.
20 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Illegal structures on govt canal
A local Awami League (AL) leader is building illegal structures, filling up about 20 decimals of land of a government canal at Kartimari Haat, a village market in Jadur Char union under Kurigram’s Roumari upazila.
16 April 2020, 18:00 PM