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.
This needs to be stopped immediately, says a truck driver
Most of the major roads in Rangpur city are riddled with potholes, cracks, and eroded surfaces due to years of neglect and lack of maintenance, causing immense suffering for commuters.
A prolonged dry spell over the past three weeks has severely disrupted Aman paddy cultivation across the Rangpur region, leaving farmlands parched and seedbeds wilting.
The project deadline was initially set for December 30, 2024
The 366-metre-long iron bridge is part of the only route linking Sonahat Land Port
As a result, despite the hospital's official upgrade to a 250-bed facility, its operational capacity remains limited to that of a 100-bed hospital
On paper, the concept of a fully digital Bangladesh can sound wonderful. In many cases, it promises an exciting future where we can be rid of long queues and time-consuming government applications.
Rahima Begum, 78, was married at the age of 15 to a prosperous man in Dhubani village on the Teesta shoal under Lalmonirhat’s Hatibandha upazila.
Farmers in five districts under the Rangpur division -- Lalmonirhat, Kurigram, Rangpur, Gaibandha, and Nilphamari -- are delighted as their winter vegetable yields have significantly increased after using vermicompost, following advice from the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE).
Vermicompost is an organic fertiliser made by composting cow dung, eggshells, vegetable scraps, used tea leaves, and rotting tree bark with the help of earthworms
Biting cold and dense fog sweeping through the northern region of the country have left the low-income people in Lalmonirhat and Kurigram districts struggling to survive.
Farmers in the district of Lalmonirhat are suffering from an acute shortage of fertiliser just as the Rabi season started. Meanwhile, fertiliser stock in the warehouses of Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) and Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) has run out.
In the quiet village of Uttar Baravita in Kurigram’s Phulbari upazila, a unique tribute to Bangla literature stands as a testament to one man’s dedication.
Farmers in the Rangpur region have become enthusiastic to cultivate tobacco on more land this year after making profits from selling tobacco last year..The representatives of seven domestic and foreign tobacco companies are also reportedly encouraging local farmers to expand tobacco cultiv
Regnam Builders-Penta Global, a joint venture, was the previous lessee for a contract value worth Tk 48,54,54,654 for three years
