S Dilip Roy

Joy once dreamed of studying and building a bright future for himself and his family. But on August 9, that dream was dashed forever.

Around three kilometres of the approach road on Kurigram’s Chilmari side of the newly built Mawlana Bhashani Bridge remain unfinished, forcing buses and goods-laden trucks to navigate it at risk every day.

On the northern border with India, in Kurigram’s Phulbari upazila, stands the decaying Naodanga Zamindar Palace, once a hub of aristocratic power and cultural celebration, now abandoned to neglect and ruin.

Over 1,7500 families have already lost homesteads this year, thousands more at risk in Kurigram, Lalmonirhat and Rangpur

Family alleges distortion

Once brimming with life, the Teesta is now a shadow of its past. Once home to dozens of native fish species in abundance, it today yields little more than a few scattered catches, pushing thousands of fisher families along its banks to the edge of survival.

Chilmari–Haripur Bridge to boost trade, cut travel time

Four arrested, some culprits have gone into hiding, local police say

On Saturday night, Ruplal was hurrying home on a rickshaw van to begin planning for his daughter’s wedding. His relative Pradip was driving the van as they were possibly talking about all that was still left to do.

In the flood-prone riverine regions of northern Bangladesh, a grassroots survival strategy called the “cluster homestead” is emerging as a beacon of resilience.

As floodwaters begin to recede, erosion has hit vast areas along the Teesta shoal in the northern districts of Lalmonirhat, Rangpur, Kurigram, and Gaibandha.

Among those pushed across were Bangladeshi, Indian, and Myanmar nationals

Three days after the first round of attacks on Hindu homes in Rangpur’s Gangachara upazila, a case was filed last night against 1,200 unidentified individuals on vandalism and looting charges.

The erosion of the Dharla has left riverside families in disarray across Kurigram and Lalmonirhat districts.

Many farmers are still holding out, hoping for rain

Thousands of farmers across the Rangpur region are unable to harvest their mature jute crops due to a severe water crisis, as a prolonged dry spell and scant rainfall have left local water bodies nearly dry.

A total of 32 agricultural markets were constructed across seven districts of Rangpur division to enable farmers to sell their produce directly to consumers,

It is monsoon season in Bangladesh, but the Teesta River paints an unusually dry picture. Instead of swelling channels and submerged sandbars, vast stretches of the riverbed remain exposed, a rare and worrying sight for locals who have lived along its banks for decades.

This season, marginal farmers in eight districts of Rangpur division have stored a total of 6,775 tonnes of potatoes in 394 non-refrigerated model storage units established with support from the Department of Agricultural Marketing under the Ministry of Agriculture..These locally built sto

Abu Sayed is no longer just a name. The English department student of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR) was brutally shot dead by police on this very day a year ago.