Farmers in the northern district are passing busy time for planting Boro seedlings, ignoring the biting cold during the peak cultivation season.
At least two century-old rail bridges on Santahar-Lalmonirhat rail tracks, which connects the capital with cities in northern districts, continue to be in service despite their ramshackle state.
Over a thousand people, mostly women, living in extreme poverty in Palashbari upazila have found a way to bring home some extra income without investing any money.
After meeting winter clothing needs of the country’s low and limited-income groups, knitwear factories in Kochashahar union of Gobindaganj upazila are now looking to export their goods overseas.
Obstructing outdoor games, the headmaster of a high school in Gaibandha’s Fulchhari upazila has been cultivating black lentils on the school playground for the last two years.
Petbhata village in Rangpur is now known as Oushodhi Gram (village of herbs) as hundreds of families there are gaining solvency by planting herbs.
Prolonged flood in the char lands of Gaibandha district has completely damaged aman seedlings causing local farmers to worry about their crops. However, with advice from agriculture officers, farmers found a solution in the floating seedbed technology.
The famous red chilli market on the bank of the Jamuna at Gajaria in Gaibandha’s Fulchhari upazila has been running under the open sky for over a decade, much to the sufferings of sellers and buyers.
On the remote shoals in the Jamuna river in Gaibandha district, life is tough. Household dairy farms have long been pursued by village
Parents in Gaibandha's Harijan community often worried about their children's schooling. Due to the failure of mainstream primary schools to provide a congenial study environment, one that was free of discrimination and prejudice, Harijan children often found the
Forty-four children, who lost either or both of their parents in the Rana Plaza disaster on April 24 in 2013, are living in a homely
At least 26 people were killed at different level crossings along Santahar-Kaunia section in the northern region during the last year due to lack of protective devices at the crossings.
Kismat Ali, an associate of freedom fighters, set up a school at remote Kachuahat near his Putimari village home of the district's Saghata upazila in memory of his wife and two children who lost their lives in a mine blast during the Liberation War.
Pest attack badly affects aman plants in some areas of the district, much to the worry of farmers.
A good number of farmers of Sadullapur, Palashbari and Gobindaganj upazilas under the district are now cultivating litchi, switching
Eight people were electrocuted in last six months as the victims came in contact with uncovered power supply lines and illegally drawn lines in different areas of the district, said police, referring to unnatural death cases filed in connection with the incidents.
Cultivation of HYV sugarcane Q-16 sees gradual increase in Gobindaganj upazila under the district as the soft variety, chewed with
Cultivation of vitamin A enriched improved varieties of sweet potatoes is getting popular in Gaibandha Sadar and Fulchhari upazilas, as
