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Eid-shopping gaining momentum in Dinajpur

Although the shopping spree in Dinajpur markets has not started yet, the number of shoppers and buyers are increasing after Iftar. The market authorities are also keeping the shops open till midnight due to the increase in the number of buyers in the market. Traders say that the market usually start...

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Women of Ghoraghat on the path of progress

Kohinoor Akhter Tuhin of Dinajpur’s Ghoraghat upazila is working relentlessly to bring backward women forward. She has been awarded numerous awards including Osmani Memorial Medal, Hasan Raja Literature and Sufia Kamal Medal.Tuhin's house is at Raniganj Bazar of Ghoraghat upazila in Dinajp...

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Sugar production costs Tk 280 a kg!

Though the price of a kilogramme of sugar in the market is Taka 60 (sixty), the production cost of a kilogramme sugar at the state-owned largest sugar mills of the northern region- Setabganj Sugar Mills in Dinajpur is Taka 280 (Two hundred and eighty). As a result of such a huge difference between t...

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Covid affects lives of Dinajpur minority people badly

Members of minority groups in Dinajpur have been hit hard by the global coronavirus pandemic.People of the small ethnic group living in Dinajpur are not well. The picture of their life has changed drastically as there is no work in this corona situation.Many of them are suffering from health problem...

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Fake NGO decamped by cheating people

By misappropriating a huge sum of money, the area office of an NGO named Udayan Samaj Kallyan Sangstha decamped from Atoari of Panchgarh district recently. According to sources, the fake NGO started functioning in a rented house of Yeasin Ali at Borodap village of Atoari upazila from July this ...

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Light trap method becomes popular among farmers of Dinajpur

According to various farmers in Dinajpur district, the present government’s subsidy in the agricultural sector and various campaigns by the Agriculture Office have helped the farmers to get better.The Department of Agriculture Extension has offices in 13 upazilas of Dinajpur. They are relentle...

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Govt losing revenue for illegal power connection

The government is giving crores of money to Bangladesh Railways every year and this subsidy has to be given due to some dishonest officials and employees.They are embezzling millions of taka every month by providing illegal electricity connections to various shops including Dinajpur, Setabganj, Thak...

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Mobile clinic runs for crop treatment at Chirirbandar

Chirirbandar Upazila Agriculture Officer Mohammad Mahmudul Hasan has taken a new initiative to protect the farmers from loss by cultivating vegetables in Chirirbandar of Dinajpur.With the help of Deputy Assistant Agriculture Officers, he has introduced agri-friendly medical services for farmers call...

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Malta farming sees success

Ahsan Habib Rasel, a farmer of Nasratpur Union in Chirirbandar Upazila of Dinajpur, has succeeded in cultivating Malta commercially. Thousands of Malta now hang from trees on about 33 percent of its land.Seeing his success, many people in the area are interested in cultivating Malta. Seeing him in N...

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Family nutrition gardens becoming popular in Dinajpur

The family nutrition garden established on the occasion of Mujib Centenary Agricultural Festival at Chirirbandar in Dinajpur is becoming popular day by day. The family nutrition garden is being set up in Chirirbandar upazila to ensure maximum utilization of every inch of agricultural land to ke...

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Tetulia tea earns nationwide fame

For several years, the tea farmers of Tetulia in Panchagarh, the famous tea industry in the north of the country, were upset as they could not get a fair price for green tea leaves. Tea cultivation has been going on for the last three years. Wages of workers, prices of fertilizers and pesticide...

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Unplanned auto-rice mills in Dinajpur destroying environment

The aggrieved common people have started a movement to get protection from the unplanned auto-rice mills of Dinajpur.Toxic smoke, waste, dust, and ash from these auto-rice mills and huts are spreading in the residential areas. They are causing environmental catastrophe. Roads and ghats are blown awa...

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Train ticket black marketeers active in Dinajpur

The Ministry of Railways has announced that measures have been taken to curb the black market of intercity train tickets. Uneducated low-income people are not aware of how to get tickets online. With this opportunity, the black market for train tickets has become active.According to a source, online...

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Money of disabled, widow embezzled in Dinajpur

Allegation of money embezzlement of elderly, disabled and widow have been raised in Targao Union No. 4 of Kaharol Upazila in Dinajpur. Surprisingly, these 57 government grantees are now dead.According to the rules, only nominees can withdraw the money of the deceased. How Azizul Haque, Raj Kumar, Mo...

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Arum farming up in Dinajpur

In Dinajpur district there has been a great interest in Latiraj Kachu (arum) cultivation among the farmers. Latiraj kachu cultivation has increased in every upazila of the district as it is profitable. Farmer Biplob Roy (32) cultivated Latiraj variety of kachu on one bigha of land in Chirirbandar up...

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Govt grant siphoned off by madrasa head, outsiders

Dinajpur Suihari Majhdanga Dakheel Madrasa’s Superintendent Md. Jamiluddin is alleged to have siphoned off money by the name of himself and his family as well as outsiders.Multiple teachers from Dinajpur Sadar Upazila collected and gave the official grant papers to the correspondent, saying th...

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BWMRI DG embezzles crores showing fake vouchers

Eshrail Hossain, director general (DG) of Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute (BWMRI) at Nashipur in Dinajpur district, has been accused of embezzling crores of taka by showing fake bill vouchers.It has also been alleged that the Pratibha Kindergarten School, located inside the Bangladesh ...

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Dinajpur cattle markets draw crowds despite Covid-19 risk

With few days ahead of Eid-ul-Adha, the second biggest religious festival of the Muslim community, the purchase of sacrificial animals has already begun in Ambari livestock market of Dinajpur. The pictures of the cattle markets that have started appearing in the media are raising concerns.Cattle mar...

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2 lakh cattle ready for Qurbani in Dinajpur

Farmers have prepared 1,94,273 Qurbani animals including cows, goats, sheep and buffaloes in Dinajpur, the centre of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha, which will help to meet the needs of the district. The district has 59,253 cattle which are more than the demand. "The cattle are ready for sale in...

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Police on hunt for double murder accused Kanchan

Kotwali police are desperately searching for Biswajit Ghosh Kanchan, one of the accused in the murder of two meritorious students of Haji Mohammad Danesh University of Science and Technology (Habiprabi) in Dinajpur.Kanchan, who is the general secretary of Dinajpur Kotwali Awami League, is now in hid...