Country

Two siblings become self-reliant by setting up rope making factory

Nazir Hossain and Nur Alam, two brothers of village Rajballav under Ulipur upazila under Kurigram district have become self-reliant by setting up a rope making factory at their house.It is learnt, Nazir Hossain passed SSC in 2001 and took a job at a rope factory in Muktarpur of Munshiganj district i...

Country

Marginal farmers of Ulipur deprived of govt incentives

The government incentives given to the marginal farmers to increase agriculture -productivity are not distributed properly among the actual recipients in Ulipur upazila of Kurigram district.It is alleged, by excluding the actual farmers, the government incentives are paid to the non-farmers by adopt...

Country

Sunflower cultivation gains ground in Ulipur

The soil quality and weather of Kurigram has proved highly aspiring for cultivation of the edible oil seed Sunflower. Ulipur Upazila Agriculture department officials have inspired three young friends of the remote char village Baladoba under Begumganj union to cultivate Sunflower of one acre of land...

Country

Land recovered from grabbers after 38 yrs

Real owners have recovered some 36 acres of their grabbed land from the possession of illegal occupants from Chaprar Beel area under Daldalia union of Ulipur of Kurigram district after 38-year of legal battle on last Wednesday.According to sources, Dur Mahmud and Safer Mahmud of the union were forci...

National

6 schools in Kurigram washed away

The government has decided to reopen the educational institution on Sunday (September 12) after closure of one and half years. The educational institutions were closed since March 17 last year due to coronavirus outbreak.Meanwhile, about 1,000 students of six schools under Ulipur upazila of Kurigram...