Jute farmers expanded acreage, extreme weather cut harvests
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Nader Ali Mondal, a farmer from Jadurchar village in Kurigram’s Roumari upazila, expanded jute cultivation from eight to 10 bighas this season after earning good returns last year. But heavy rainfall during April and May reduced yields, and he now fears losses.
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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
Youth at 90
Ninety-year-old Language Movement veteran Abdul Quader Bhasani still works hard at his spice field amid enthusiasm while most people in his age stay indoors and live a passive life.
20 February 2019, 18:00 PM
A laudable initiative for maternal care
The Sindurna char in Lalmonirhat that once saw at least three maternal deaths in a year is now free of the menace, thanks to the free of cost prenatal services being arranged in the remote char.
14 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Stone crushing pollutes air, poses health risk at Burimari
Rampant use of stone crushers is causing severe noise and air pollution in Lalmonirhat's Burimari land port area under Patgram upazila.
14 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Use of children at tobacco farms
When other children of his age are at school, it was third grader Golam Rabbani's turn to tend plants at a field. His parents are growing tobacco in the field in Baje Majurai village of Mahendranagar union under Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila.
7 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Rural roads face threat
Many rural roads under different upazilas of the district have been facing threat of collapse as local brick kiln owners continued removing the topsoil from roadside farmlands, using excavator machines.
5 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Female cattle farmers struggle for solvency
A good number of women in char (landmass emerging from riverbed) areas of Teesta and Dharla rivers are now engaged in cattle rearing to bring solvency to their families.
4 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Selfless service
A man from ultra-poor family has been working at BDR Gate in the town as a volunteer traffic signalman for over a decade for people's welfare.
31 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Lalmonirhat rice mills lie idle as govt's paddy purchase scanty
Following the government's decision to procure less rice from the local rice mills (chatal) this year than that of the previous years, most of the rice mills in the district are idle now.
27 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Bridge work on Ratnai river misses second deadline
Several thousand villagers of 10 ten villages under Mogholhat union in Sadar upazila have been suffering immensely as construction of a bridge on Ratnai river is yet to be completed.
24 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Farmers upset as paddy prices fall in Lalmonirhat
Farmers in the district are upset due to fall in prices of paddy in the local markets to below the production cost, and some of them have lost interest in cultivating paddy in future.
23 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Erosion checked at ex-enclave
Over 2000 families in former enclave Banshkata of Patgram upazila are now safe from the Dharla river erosion as river dredging and embankment protection works have been completed costing Tk 24.72 crore.
16 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Teesta, Dharla turn into canals
Twelve small rivers have already dried up and two major rivers -- Teesta and Dharla -- have been turned into canals in the district due to lack of water flow from upstream India.
10 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Cold paralyses life in Lalmonirhat
Normal life is being disrupted in Lalmonirhat as an intense cold wave is sweeping over and thick fog blanketing all five upazilas of the northern district.
5 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Shirina, a role model for female farmers
Housewife Shirina Begum, who set an example of producing bumper crops, especially vegetables, on a small land, has now become a role model for many female growers at her native Maynakuti village in Rangpur Sadar upazila.
3 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Farmlands lose fertile topsoil to brick fields in Lalmonirhat
The topsoil of vast areas of farmlands in the agriculture based northern district is being used for manufacturing bricks, which is having a harmful impact on agriculture and the environment.
3 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Stone lifting spree in Dharla river
A syndicate of influential people allegedly started lifting stone illegally from the Dharla river at four villages in Patgram upazila in the last week of November, threatening erosion by the river and damaging village roads by transporting stones on trucks.
1 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Voting in Lalmonirhat-3: First 3 hours peaceful, then come AL men
The first three hours were peaceful, even festive at times as people came in to cast their vote at the polling centres in the Lalmonirhat 3 constituency since early morning.
30 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Lalmonirhat-3: No respite for BNP even before polls day
While BNP supporters remained out of the field even on the day before the national polls fearing arrest and police harassment in Lalmonirhat-3 constituency, Awami League activists were active with last moment electioneering in support of the Jatiya Party candidate.
29 December 2018, 18:00 PM
The broken promises
Voters in char areas of Lalmonirhat seem to have lost hope as several promises regarding the area's development had been announced in previous elections over the decades but nothing was done in reality.
27 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Schoolgirls fight child marriage in Teesta char
Incidents of child marriages have significantly reduced on remote Char Sindurna on the Teesta in Hatibandha upazila under the district, thanks to the efforts of 25 schoolgirls.
26 December 2018, 18:00 PM