Lalmonirhat
Teesta flooding should be a wake-up call
Bangladesh must push India to sign the treaty
Dried-up Teesta continues to haunt farmers
Bangladesh needs to find a realistic solution to a persistent problem
Journalist assaulted, camera vandalised in Lalmonirhat
A journalist is assaulted and his camera vandalised while taking photos of procession and counter procession of two Awami League factions in Hatibandha upazila town of Lalmonirhat.
Of a farmer with passion for education
Abdur Rashid is a marginal farmer revered and respected for a completely different role he has been playing for the last nine years in the remote village of Lalmonirhat's Dakkhin Dalgram Parshurampara.
Flood in North, Northeast: Over 1 lakh marooned
Floodwater has stranded over one lakh people in Lalmonirhat and Kurigram districts, following the inundation in Sylhet region.
College teacher gets life term for rape in Lalmonirhat
A college teacher in Lalmonirhat was given life term jail today for raping a student back in 2014.
House of knowledge
A few years ago when Jamal Hossain, from Tiparbazar village in Lalmonirhat's Aditmari upazila, was a student of class 10, he wanted to enter a literature competition. He hoped to recite a Nirmalendu Goon poem for Brac's Taray Taray Deepshika programme in Dhaka.
Flood-hit people's plight not over
For the last 42 days, the Water Development Board's dyke has been Delwar Hossain's home.
800 flood-hit Indians take shelter in Lalmonirhat
Around 800 flood-hit Indian citizens took shelter in several villages of Lalmonirhat Sadar and Aditmari upazilas on Monday night.
The little family with big dreams
In Bangladesh, people affected with dwarfism are often mocked and the disability is considered limitation and the affected are treated as burden. But this is not one of those stories.
Illegal sand lifting poses erosion threat
Up to 17 times a day tractor driver Nabir Hossain from Kulaaghat village in Lalmonirhat sadar upazila carts a trailer-load of sand away from the Darla riverbed. “Each trailer load sells for up to Tk. 1,400 on the mainland,” he says. Like Hossain many locals earn their keep
Bumper crop inflict loss for Lalmonirhat farmers
Bumper boro rice production should make farmers happy. But farmers in Lalmonirhat are unable to smile because they are compelled to sell their paddy at a price much lower than the production cost.
Lalmonirhat imam, 2 others sent to jail for ‘demeaning Islam’
An imam (religious leader) and two others have been sent to jail in Lalmonirhat over a case filed for allegedly demeaning Islam.
Bus-covered van collision kills 4 in Bogra
Four people are killed and 15 injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a covered van on Dhaka-Bogra highway in Sherpur upazila of Bogra .
Remote villagers make living from online jobs
Jahangir Sarker could have been just another unemployed postgraduate the country has so many of. But the zeal within the
Gate not opened for bordering people’s annual reunion
In the bordering village of Gongagach in Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat, the border forces open a gate for a few hours every year during the Ganga Puja. This gives relatives, separated by the border, a rare chance to reunite for a while.
Huge amount of fertiliser kept out in the open
A huge quantity of urea fertiliser stored in the open in front of the Mahendranagar Warehouse in Lalmonirhat sadar upazila is at risk of being lost due to rainfall.
Frustrated, post-graduate returns all his certificates
A physically challenged man with sound higher education in Lalmonirhat returned all his academic certificates to the government yesterday.
Love for language wins finally
Some influential local bigots had always stopped others from setting up a Shaheed Minar in Durakuti village of Aditmari upazila in Lalmonirhat.