Bulbul Ahmed

OMS programme: Corruption found in distribution in Natore

The authorities have found irregularities and corruption in the distribution of Open Market Sale (OMS) in Natore

1m ago

Dev projects threaten Chalan Beel

Development projects around Natore’s Chalan Beel, a significant freshwater reservoir, are obstructing its natural water flow, leading to waterlogging and harming agriculture, according to locals and experts.

1y ago

Putting everything at risk to build a park

Houses, roads, shops, bridges and culverts near Atrai river in Natore’s Singra upazila are at risk of being ruined, all because the local UP chairman has reportedly been lifting sand from the riverside for a hi-tech park that is being constructed in the upazila.

1y ago

Zilla Parishad polls: Natore MP Shimul enters voting centre violating rule

Shafiqul Islam Shimul, lawmaker from Natore-2 (Sadar, Naldanga) constituency, reportedly entered a polling station violating electoral code of conduct during the ongoing zilla parishad elections.

2y ago

Natore-Bogura highway: another name for suffering

The work to widen the busy Natore-Bogura highway was scheduled to be completed in December 2021. Later, it was extended to June 30, 2022.

2y ago

Narco ‘let go’ from Rab custody?

A court in Natore has directed the Police Bureau of Investigation to probe into an allegation that Rab let go a suspected drug dealer in custody in Lalpur upazila of Natore.

2y ago

Road-crash tragedies stalk his family

Munira Akter, mother of Rajshahi University student Mahmud Habib Himel, could not shed any tears seeing the coffin of her only son, but her blank eyes made everyone around her choke up.

2y ago

Natore ‘Work for Money’: Poor deprived as graft rules

A government scheme aiming at generating income and ensuring food security for the rural poor has plunged into corruption and irregularities in Natore.

3y ago
January 29, 2021
January 29, 2021

Natore Shutki Production on the rise

Chalanbil's freshwater shutki (dried fish) is in demand all over the country. However, due to lack of competitive markets, the sole proprietor in the region is paying exploitative amounts to the fishermen and those who prepare the shutki.

January 3, 2021
January 3, 2021

Domestic cotton production may rise this year

Local cotton production is likely to increase this year thanks to rising acreage and expansion of cultivation of hybrid varieties, stakeholders said.

July 12, 2020
July 12, 2020

Winning against colour discrimination

Her only ‘crime’ was her dark complexion. It led to her divorce only 34 days after marriage and during that short period her in-laws even tried to kill her.

March 2, 2020
March 2, 2020

High price boosts onion farming

A large number of farmers in Natore are opting for onion cultivation this year due to the high market price of the vegetable used a common cooking ingredient.

February 3, 2020
February 3, 2020

Chalan Beel fishers cash in on dried fish prospect

Despite good catches after a day’s hard work, fishers in Natore’s Chalan Beel region often had to dump the unsold fish. A little thinking outside the box has changed all that.

January 31, 2020
January 31, 2020

Kumrabori brings solvency to many Natore women

Usually, poor people of the northern district pass their days in hardship between the months of October and February.

May 15, 2019
May 15, 2019

Life passing by in chains

He spent more than half his life, nearly 22 years, being chained to a tree next to a mud hut that belongs to his family.

April 11, 2019
April 11, 2019

Irregularities tarnish Ashrayan project in Naldanga

The government's Ashrayan project has been lauded for rehabilitating hundreds of destitute people in different districts. But oftentimes the commendable effort has been tainted by allegations of corruption by a handful of dishonest individuals.

April 11, 2019
April 11, 2019

Bridges that bridge little

More than half of the 45 bridges, built in two Natore upazilas a couple of years ago, are not bringing much benefit to the local people.

December 31, 2018
December 31, 2018

No privacy while voting

Jamshed Ali had to cast his vote for “boat” openly in front of the polling officials and agents, which is a blatant violation of the electoral code of conduct.