Maddhapara Granite faces financial woes amid weak sales
Despite a doubling of local demand over the past decade, the country’s lone state-owned hard rock mining venture Maddhapara Granite Mining Company Limited (MGMCL) is facing challenges with declining sales and mounting stockpiles.
16h ago
Imported onions rot at Hili Port amid adverse weather
With onion prices soaring in domestic markets, hundreds of tonnes of imported onions from India are spoiling in warehouses at Dinajpur's Hili Land Port due to adverse weather conditions, fluctuating temperatures, and untimely rain, report importers and traders
4d ago
669 rural families now have access to better sanitation in Dinajpur
The move comes in response to a survey conducted by the upazila administration in collaboration with four non-government organisations in March this year that revealed that these 669 families had no access to proper sanitation
6d ago
Spiralling seed prices shock potato farmers
Dhiraj Roy, a farmer from Maljhar village in Biral upazila of Dinajpur, is reconsidering plans to cultivate early varieties of potatoes on his 50-decimal plot of land as the rising cost of seeds and agricultural inputs is straining his limited budget.."Each kilogramme (kg) of Çhalisa varie
1w ago
Power supply may not improve anytime soon
The power supply situation has further deteriorated across the country as another power plant has completely shut and there is no sign of increasing generation in the immediate future.
1m ago
Baby girl sold to pay injured father’s hospital bills
An infant has been sold for Tk 37,000 to pay the hospital bills of the father, who was shot and injured during the student-led mass uprising, according to the mother
1m ago
Bullets end life of family’s brightest star
Abu Sayed, the youngest of nine siblings, was studying in the English department at Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur.
3m ago
Bullet ends life of a family’s brightest star
Abu Sayed, the youngest of nine siblings, was studying in the English department at Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur.
3m ago
November 5, 2024
Maddhapara Granite faces financial woes amid weak sales
Despite a doubling of local demand over the past decade, the country’s lone state-owned hard rock mining venture Maddhapara Granite Mining Company Limited (MGMCL) is facing challenges with declining sales and mounting stockpiles.
October 31, 2024
Imported onions rot at Hili Port amid adverse weather
With onion prices soaring in domestic markets, hundreds of tonnes of imported onions from India are spoiling in warehouses at Dinajpur's Hili Land Port due to adverse weather conditions, fluctuating temperatures, and untimely rain, report importers and traders
October 29, 2024
669 rural families now have access to better sanitation in Dinajpur
The move comes in response to a survey conducted by the upazila administration in collaboration with four non-government organisations in March this year that revealed that these 669 families had no access to proper sanitation
October 23, 2024
Spiralling seed prices shock potato farmers
Dhiraj Roy, a farmer from Maljhar village in Biral upazila of Dinajpur, is reconsidering plans to cultivate early varieties of potatoes on his 50-decimal plot of land as the rising cost of seeds and agricultural inputs is straining his limited budget.."Each kilogramme (kg) of Çhalisa varie
September 11, 2024
Power supply may not improve anytime soon
The power supply situation has further deteriorated across the country as another power plant has completely shut and there is no sign of increasing generation in the immediate future.
September 8, 2024
Baby girl sold to pay injured father’s hospital bills
An infant has been sold for Tk 37,000 to pay the hospital bills of the father, who was shot and injured during the student-led mass uprising, according to the mother
July 17, 2024
Bullet ends life of a family’s brightest star
Abu Sayed, the youngest of nine siblings, was studying in the English department at Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur.
July 17, 2024
Bullets end life of family’s brightest star
Abu Sayed, the youngest of nine siblings, was studying in the English department at Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur.
July 14, 2024
Finding hope in hair!
Farsia Ara was distraught when her van-puller husband, the sole earner of her family, left her and their three daughters two years ago.
July 4, 2024
Flood deals a blow to peanut cultivation
Severe flash floods across Rangpur division since mid-June have dealt a blow to peanut cultivation in the region.
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