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Bangladesh Railway launched the Chilmari-Kurigram railway rehabilitation and modernisation project in 2023 under two packages. Photo: Star

Rail project misses fourth deadline, Kurigram-Ramna passengers left waiting

19 July 2026, 12:11 PM
Tk 63 crore rehabilitation work remains unfinished as trains run at 10-15 km/h and services drop to one a day
19 July 2026, 12:11 PM
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Jute farmers expanded acreage, extreme weather cut harvests

19 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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.
19 July 2026, 00:00 AM
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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
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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 river erosion in Kurigram

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
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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
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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
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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
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Remote villagers make living from online jobs

Jahangir Sarker could have been just another unemployed postgraduate the country has so many of. But the zeal within the
2 May 2016, 18:00 PM
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Farmers all smiles as bitter gourd yield high

Cultivation of bitter gourd in Lalmonirhat has increased from last year as farmers are earning good profits from selling high-yield
4 April 2016, 18:00 PM
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Lalmonirhat farmers expect bumper maize yield

Maize has been cultivated on large areas of land at five upazilas in Lalmonirhat this year, exceeding the target set by the Department of
30 March 2016, 18:00 PM
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Elderly men used as drug carriers in border areas

Smugglers in border areas of Lalmonirhat and Kurigram districts are hiring old people to transport contraband drugs.
30 March 2016, 18:00 PM
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Mission mother's safety

Although she is not a doctor by profession, villagers of Gotmari in Lalmonirhat lovingly call her “Dakter Apa”.
18 March 2016, 18:00 PM
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Plight of women stone breakers in Lalmonirhat

Women labourers are preferred for the arduous work of breaking stones in Patgram upazila under the district as they can be exploited,
10 March 2016, 18:00 PM
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Pumpkins a blessing for Teesta char farmers

Farmers in three Lalmonirhat upazilas are pleased with a bumper pumpkin crop grown on uninhabited chars of the Teesta River. This profitable cultivation has the potential to significantly improve the lot of the impoverished local farmers.
9 March 2016, 18:00 PM
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Good yield, fair prices bring cheer to potato growers

Potato growers in the district are happy to get good yield and fair prices of the item this season.
6 March 2016, 18:00 PM
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Lalmonirhat jujube growers upset over low prices

In Lalmonirhat, over a thousand growers of jujube, a small fruit known locally as boroi, are upset over the low prices of the fruit this year. They have to sell the produce for less than the production cost in the local market, resulting in their losing interest in farming the fruit in future, growers said.
2 March 2016, 18:00 PM
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Huge amount of fertiliser kept out in the open

A huge quantity of urea fertiliser stored in the open in front of the Mahendranagar Warehouse in Lalmonirhat sadar upazila is at risk of being lost due to rainfall.
28 February 2016, 18:00 PM
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Frustrated, post-graduate returns all his certificates

A physically challenged man with sound higher education in Lalmonirhat returned all his academic certificates to the government yesterday.
24 February 2016, 18:00 PM
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Boro sapling sale falls in Lalmonirhat

Boro sapling markets in the district see much less than expected buyers during the ongoing peak cultivation season as farmers are
23 February 2016, 18:00 PM
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Love for language wins finally

Some influential local bigots had always stopped others from setting up a Shaheed Minar in Durakuti village of Aditmari upazila in Lalmonirhat.
21 February 2016, 18:00 PM

Housewife tortured for 'dowry' hospitalised

A newly married housewife was tortured by her mother in-law and other members of the family, allegedly for dowry, at Karnapur village
2 February 2016, 18:00 PM
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No fetters could tie her down

Having no use of any hands since birth and being born in an ultra poor family would probably kill off any aspirations one might have. Not Arifa Akhter though.
1 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Arifa Akhter, Lalmonirhat

No fetters could tie her down

She is unable to do anything with her hands since her birth. But it could never stop Arifa Akhter from pursuing her dreams. Defying all predicaments, the indomitable Lalmonirhat girl sits for her Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations. She became the subject of curiosity as she started writing with her legs.
1 February 2016, 10:15 AM
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Second Teesta bridge misses deadline

Construction of the 850-metre-long Second Teesta Bridge over the river in Kaliganj of Lalmonirhat is yet to be completed even though a deadline for its completion expired in June last year.
29 January 2016, 18:00 PM
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Rejected foreign oranges on sale at Burimari land port

Huge quantities of rejected oranges illegally brought from Bhutan and India see open sale in Burimari land port area of Patgram upazila under the district, posing risk to the consumers.
20 January 2016, 18:00 PM
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35 cows in Aditmari UZ die in a week

At least 35 cows have died of foot and mouth disease (FMD) at six villages in Aditmari upazila in Lalmonirhat district in the last one week while around one thousand cows in five upazilas of the district have been infected.
16 January 2016, 18:00 PM
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The piece of land which was once a raging river Teesta

Man-made intervention in the upstream turns Teesta a wild river in monsoon and a desert in winter.
12 January 2016, 09:02 AM

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