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
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
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
A glimmer of hope in the life of Taramoni Das
Taramoni Das, living at Teesta River basin's Baishshopara village of Mahishkhocha union at Aditmari upazila in Lalmonirhat has
28 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Bumper pumpkin yield brings smile to farmers
Char farmers in the Teesta and Dharla river basin area in Lalmonirhat district are smiling because there has been a bumper output of pumpkin this year.
23 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Fifty vegetable villages of Lalmonirhat
Fifty villages in the district Lalmonirhat are known as 'vegetable villages' because all the farmers in these villages specialize in vegetable farming round the year and they have been earning good returns as well.
21 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Group farming in Teesta char areas changes their life
Around one thousand landless women belonging to 40 groups are now engaged in growing different crops on sandy char (landmass
15 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Lalmonirhat mint farmers hit hard by blockade
Good yield of mint in the district this season fails to make farmers happy as they are facing problem to market the aromatic plant
28 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Bangladeshi vegetable farmer trains Nepalese farmers
A Bangladeshi farmer has been successful in farming different kinds of hybrid vegetables in Nepal's remote village Ina-ruar of
24 March 2015, 18:00 PM
Vermicompost making brings him solvency
Once a landless farmer, Nazrul Islam has gained solvency by selling vermicompost fertiliser prepared at his Modhupur village home in
15 March 2015, 18:34 PM
One-handed typist of Lalmonirhat
A physical challenged man, despite having only one hand, is working as a typist at Weekly Lalmonirhat Barta, a local newspaper. To everyone's surprise, he is very fast in typing compared to his peers. He earns a meager wage with which he supports his poor family. Farooque Hossain, 44, son of Khayrat Hossain and Fatema Begum resides at Khochabari Nazrultari village in Lalmonirhat sadar upazila. He is the youngest of four siblings, and he got married to Janufa Begum of Durakuti village in Lalmonirhat sadar upazila two years back. He obtained first division in SSC result from Gias Uddin High School in 1990, second division in HSC from Lalmonirhat Government College in 1992 and second division in BA from Kaliganj Karim Uddin Public Degree College in 1995.
3 March 2015, 18:41 PM
Blockade, hartals bring woe to carrot growers
Bumper yield of carrots in the district this season cannot make farmers happy as the prices see drastic fall due to lack of buyers amid the non-stop countrywide blockade and frequent hartals enforced by BNP-led 20-party alliance since January 6.
2 March 2015, 18:22 PM