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Due to pragmatic steps by the local administration, the illegal sand excavation from the river Brahmaputra in Chilmari Upazila of Kurigram has been completely stopped. Sources said that earlier, sand was being extracted illegally from various places of the Brahmaputra River using Volket ( mechn...
“Aiming to decrease the use of tobacco products, the tobacco farmers should be discouraged at first to cultivate tobacco. Local Agriculture Department Officials and the concerned department staff should work uninomously to encourage the Tobacco cultivators to cultivate Potato and Maize instead...
As per the directives of the Deputy Commissioner of Kurigram, Nusrat Sultana, steps have been taken to make 27.2 square-kilometre Kurigram Municipal area free from water-logging. According to sources, after the establishment of Kurigram Municipality in 1972, so far 50 kiolmetres of drains have ...
The water level Brahmaputra, Dharla and Teesta has increased due to torrential rain and upstream onrush of water. The river erosion takes a serious turn as the people living in the river banks have lost everything, including their houses.Akkel Mamud Community Clinic, Kuder Kuti Kashem Bazar Jame Mos...
The newly-appointed Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Kurigram Nusrat Sultana held a view-exchange meeting with the journalists of the district Press Club at the conference room of the deputy commissioner’s office on Monday.Additional Deputy Commissioner (Revenue) Uttam Kumar Roy was also present at...
The 46th founding anniversary of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) was celebrated at Ulipur in Kurigram on Sunday.On this occasion, the national flag and the party flag were hoisted at the party office there on Sunday afternoon. Later, a discussion meeting and doa mahfil were held.Upazila BNP presi...
More than one hundred saplings of Orange and Malta were distributed to the students of Shishu Niketon School from Kurigram District Police in Kurigram on Monday.This operation of Kurigram police will continue as the previous year with the motto “Shabuj Kori Kurigram” or “Let’...
Police have seized 48 bottles of foreign liquor and arrested a woman over drug peddling in Kurigram recently. SP Ruhul Amin, media spokesman of Kurigram district police, said acting on a tip-off, a team of police conducted a drive and arrested Mamata Begum along with 48 bottles of foreign liqu...
A man was allegedly stabbed to death by his son at Fulbaria upazila in Kurigram district on Saturday. The incident happened around 11:00 am at Sor Jotindro Narayon village in the upazila. The deceased was Akbar Ali alias Ekabbor Member, 59, a resident of the Sor Jotindro Narayon village. Local...
A local Awami League leader was beaten to death by some youths led by Sadar Upazila Chhatra League general secretary Rezvi Kabir Chowdhury Bindu over an old enmity in Kurigram town on Friday.The deceased was identified as Shariful Islam Sohan, 40, treasurer of the Municipal unit Awami League and a t...
A man was beaten to death reportedly by his rivals over a land dispute in Ulipur upazila of Kurigram on Saturday.Police, however, arrested two people in this connection.The deceased Nur Hossain,58, a resident of Maltibari village under Dharnibari union of the upazila, said Officer-in-Charge (OC) of ...
At least seven houses and nine cows were burnt in a terrible fire in Bhurungamari Upazila of Kurigram on Thursday.The fire broke out around 9 pm on Thursday at the house of one Nasar Dewani, a resident of Ward No-5 under Rhama union of the upazila.According to Kurigram's Nageshwari Fire Se...
A man and his son were killed in a road accident on Sonahat land port road in Bhurungamari upazila of Kurigram on Sunday morning. The accident occurred after collision between a motorbike and a three-wheeler, locally known as nasiman.The deceased were Shahidul Islam, 48, and his son Biplob Hasa...
Bhurungamari Upazila of Kurigram district has the possibility of bumper output of wheat in the current season. At the beginning of the season, due to the acute shortage of seeds, the farmers faced difficulties in wheat cultivation, but they managed to meet the target set by the Upazila Agriculture D...
The newly appointed Superintendent of Police Al Asad Mahfuzul Islam met with the journalists of the Kurigram District Press Club on Thursday in a discussion meeting.In the discussion meeting, Police Superintendent of Kurigram Al Asad Mo Mahfuzul Islam said - Kurigram will be drug free...
In Kurigram's Roumari upazila, the final game of the traditional boating competition was held in honor of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. On Wednesday, the final game of this village-Bangla traditional boating competition was held on the Brahmaputra river organized b...
People in Ulipur of Kurigram districts are facing severe hardship due to frequent load shedding. In addition, the ongoing heatwave for several days added another suffering to their life. People of different ages, including children and the elderly, are in a crisis. As a result, various types of...
Amanur Rahman Khokon, editor and publisher of the weekly Dharlar Desh Patrika published from Kurigram, and Mokhlesur Rahman Bhutto, Kurigram district representative of Jatiya Dainik Chitra, held a human chain and protest meeting at Kurigram Shapla Chattar on Wednesday afternoon to protest against th...
Heavy rains for several days in a row and rising mountain slopes from upstream have increased river water level in Ulipur of Kurigram district. As a result of rising water level, the low lying areas of the char area have been submerged. This has caused extensive damage to various crops of Char areas...
Outbreak of diarrhoea is on the rise in Ulipur upazila of Kurigram district. Doctors said the situation was due to climate change, lack of cleanliness and food poisoning. Most of the diarrhoea patients are children. However, as there is no specific ward for diarrhoea patients, they have to be t...
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