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Don’t mistake it for farmland, it’s a madrasa playground

Taking the opportunity of closure of all educational institutions for a long time due to Corona virus pandemic, paddy is being cultivated on the playground of Chandanchahat Alhaj Imar Uddin Dakhil Madrasa at Chandanhat under Nekmarad union of Rani Shankail upazila of Thakurgaon. Guardians of th...

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800 landless families getting houses in Mujib Year

With the slogan ‘Right to Asylum, Sheikh Hasina’s Gift’, thousands of homeless people are getting houses across the country on the occasion of the celebration of the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.In that continuity, 800 landless famil...

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UNO assistance for a helpless headmaster

With the gracious step of Thakurgaon Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO), the livelihood of a formerly headmaster Joynal Abedin has started to be changed. Upazila Nirbahi Officer Abdullah Al Mamun has taken the responsibility for the residential arrangement, living and treatment cost of the former He...

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789 Thakurgaon families to get houses as PM’s gift in Mujib Barsho

Dream houses are being built for about 800 homeless people in Thakurgaon with the slogan 'Right to Asylum is Sheikh Hasina's gift'. On the occasion of Mujib Barsho, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will gift these houses to the landless and homeless people of the district.On January 23, Prim...

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Thakurgaon unlike other dists experiences severe cold

Although January is the coldest month of Bangladesh historically, the country is now experiencing a summer like weather.Dhaka and most other parts of the country have been experiencing warmer weather for over a week. But people of some northern district, particularly Thakurgaon, are experiencing col...

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Youth creates sensation by inventing drone

With a passionate zeal to become a Pilot, Salauddin Jony, son of a poor farmer of Ranishankoil upazila of Thakurgaon has developed a drone capable of flying in the sky.It is learnt, Salauddin started to manufacture the small sized plane in 2017 and successfully develop a pilotless drone in September...

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Huge rush for warm clothes in Thakurgaon

'Per piece Tk. 30 only, its for you, take as you wish,'- hawkers at the playground of Thakurgaon Government Girls High School were trying to draw the attention of customers of warm clothes. The school field is now filled with the mobile warm-clothes traders. People from various places o...

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Thakurgaon was liberated on this day in 1971

Today, December 3, is Thakurgaon Freedom Day-2020. On this day in 1971, Thakurgaon subdivision was liberated from the Pakistani occupation force for the first time. Freedom fighters and pelople of all walks of life entered Thakurgaon town that morning flying the flag of Bangladesh and the joy o...

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Thakurgaon farmers setting up duck farms for better future

Many duck farmers in Thakurgaon are facing losses now setting up duck farms in the hope of better future.Due to lack of necessary training, high price of ducklings and duck feed along with non-cooperation of the Animal Resources Department they are in the verge of huge losses.However, some people ha...

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Tourists throng Tentulia to have a glimpse of Kangchenjunga

Hundreds of tourists are once again rushing beside the river Mohananda at Tentulia under Panchgarh district to have a glimpse of the Kanchenjunga, the second-highest peak of the Himalayas mountain range. Due to clear sky and less air pollution during the Corona pandemic, the Kanchenjunga peak i...

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Warm clothes sale binge in N-dists

Winter has already arrived at the northern districts of Bangladesh including Thakurgaon, Panchagarh and Nilphamari. Meteorologists forecast that the north part of the country is likely to experience colder weather this winter, compared to last year. The people of northern districts have started...

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Thakurgaon gets gift of Mujib Year

Street lights have been installed on the roads in Thakurgaon to ensure safety and reduce accidents as part of the gift of illuminated roads to the people of the district on the occasion of Mujib Year.This has changed the night picture of the city. The project implementing agency, Roads and Urban Dev...

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Thakurgaon Silk Factory likely to reopen after 19 years

The Thakurgaon Silk Factory, which was laid down by the government on the pretext of losses, has been closed for 19 long years. Visiting the Thakurgaon silk factory, it is seen that various doors and windows including the walls of the factory have been broken for a long time due to unused and lack o...

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Last-minute preparations for Durga Puja on in Thakurgaon

Preparations are now underway in the mandaps of Thakurgaon to welcome Durga-Devi, the destroyer of evil forces. In the meantime, after the construction of idols in 485 mandaps of the district, the work of painting is going on.Artisans, known as malakars, are busy handing over idols to all the mandap...

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Anomalies galore at clinics, diagnostic centres in Thakurgaon

In the name of providing medical services, many so-called clinics and diagnostic centres have been set up in the villages of Thakurgaon district.A clinic called "Janseba Clinic and Diagnostic Center" has been set up along the main road in Kisamat Tewarigaon Munsipara area of Gareya union o...

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Thakurgaon cattle traders worried over sale, price

Eid-ul-Adha is just a few days away, but the farmers of Thakurgaon district are worried as the sale of cattle is uncertain due to lack of buyers amid the coronavirus crisis.A few thousand small and large cattle farms have been set up in Thakurgaon ahead of Eid. In the meantime, about 14,000 farmers ...

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Students save school ground from land grabbers in Thakurgaon

A few miscreants have illegally tried to occupy Thakurgaon Adarsh Government Primary School’s ground at night, with some tin fence, however, later in the morning the fence was removed by students and school authorities. On Friday morning, local parents and school children were seen removi...

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Road communication of two Thakurgaon upazilas cut off

Areas of several upazilas including Thakurgaon district town have been inundated due to continuous rains for several days. Road communication between the two upazilas has been cut off as the bypass road of the bridge under construction in Ganirhat area has been submerged in water.Pirganj-Ranisankail...

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Thakurgaon farmers worried as 50 cows already die of lumpy skin disease

Cattle in northern districts of the country are now getting infected at an alarming pace by virus lumpy skin disease (LSD). Hundreds of cattle in various villages in Thakurgaon district have been suffering from the disease for the last few days, making farmers anxious about their animals.It was know...

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Thakurgaon litchi farmers fear loss of Tk 15cr for frequent rains

Due to frequent rains, the litchi crop in Thakurgaon has suffered a setback this year. However, according to the Department of Agriculture, farmers will benefit from better market prices and reduced transportation problems.Litchi, a juicy and tasty summer fruit, is not abundantly available at local ...