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A special team of Hatibandha Highway Police Station in a raid on the north side of the Teesta Barrage in Hatibandha upazila of Lalmonirhat arrested an alleged drug dealer with 200 bottles of phensedyl and a pickup truck on Sunday.On the instructions of Highway Police Rangpur region Superintendent of...
Farmers have completed transplantation of Aman paddy seedlings on 76 per cent of the targeted land area as the process continues smoothly amid frequent rainfalls in Rangpur agriculture region. Officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) said farmers have already transplanted Ama...
The Teesta River has once again crossed the danger mark at the Dalia point in Rangpur, flooding low-lying areas along its banks following continuous heavy rainfall and gushing waters from the upstream.As of 9am on Sunday, the river was flowing at 52.16 metres, one centimetre above the danger level, ...
A local leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital on Wednesday night, eight days after he was stabbed allegedly by a relative over a land-related dispute in Kaunia upazila of Rangpur.The deceased was identified as Humayun Ahmed, 25, son of Zohurul Haque of Binod...
Five individuals arrested in connection with the recent attack on a Hindu palli at Aldadpur Balapara village under Betgari union of Rangpur’s Gangachara upazila, have been produced before a Rangpur court on Wednesday.They were brought to court around 1:30 PM on Wednesday.The joint forces arres...
The residents of Rangpur district town staged a symbolic protest on Friday by planting paddy seedlings and displaying red cards on a severely damaged road, demanding its immediate repairs. Around 6:30 pm near the Satmatha rail gate area, a group of local people gathered and planted rice seedlin...
Banana cultivation has emerged as a transformative force for farmers across the Rangpur agricultural region, offering renewed hope and economic upliftment amidst the challenges posed by low returns from traditional crops like rice and potatoes.Officials at the Department of Agricultural Extension (D...
Born into a farming family in Lalmonirhat, Umma Kulsum Popi has risen to become a successful and widely followed agricultural influencer, using social media to revolutionize the way farming is understood, practiced and promoted across the country. With over 2.9 million followers on Facebook and...
A mobile court fined three business establishments from different places at Pirganj upazila in Rangpur district on Tuesday.Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) and Pirganj upazila administration, led by Pirganj Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) and Executive Magistrate Khadija Begum, join...
The stalled construction of a bridge over the Teesta River in Kaunia upazila of Rangpur has left the residents of five remote char villages facing severe hardship, cut off from key services and facilities for years.Despite the completion of its pillar work four years ago, no further progress h...
On July 19 last year, three days after the martyrdom of Abu Sayeed, Rangpur city witnessed a horrific bloody day when bullets from the bloodthirsty fascist Sheikh Hasina's police force pierced the chests of four young men. On that day in the afternoon, police bullets pierced the chests of m...
Police have arrested Manjurul Haque Manik, a former vice-president of the Rangpur metropolitan unit of now-banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), in connection with an attempted murder case related to an attack on the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement last year.Manik was apprehended on Saturday ...
The Saddyapuskorini Union Digital Centre (UDC) in Rangpur Sadar has become a shining example of how digital services can make rural life easier and more convenient.The centre provides over 150 services-such as Hajj registration, national identity card (NID) services, passport and visa applications-a...
Rangpur Kotwali metropolitan police in daylong separate drives recovered three illegal firearms with 15 rounds of bullets from three security guards of three private banks in the city on Thursday. Two of the three security guards were arrested in the incidents, while the third one managed to e...
A man was killed and 20 others were injured in an explosion of a tanker at a refueling station at CO Bazar in Rangpur city on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Shohagh, an engineer.Badsha Masudul Alam, deputy-director of Rangpur Fire Service and Civil Defence, said a leakage was detected in th...
Two bus passengers were killed and seven others, including police officials were injured in a road accident at Bishmile area of Pirganj upazila in Rangpur district on Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Md Alamgir Hossain, 40, son of Abdus Samad, a resident of Gourango Bazar at Dhanbari upazil...
Begum Rokeya University (BRU) in Rangpur is set to commemorate the first martyrdom anniversary of student Abu Sayed, observed as "July Shaheed Day," on July 16.In preparation for the event, the university has announced a temporary restriction on campus entry for outsiders.The restriction w...
Three passengers, including two women, were killed and 40 others injured when a passenger bus lost control and plunged into a roadside pond in Pirgachha upazila of Rangpur district on Wednesday night."The passenger bus was returning to Rangpur from a wedding ceremony in Sundarganj upazila of Ga...
A four-kilometre stretch of the Rangpur-Dhaka Highway, passing through the Mithapukur upazila in Rangpur has turned into a deadly zone, claiming at least seven lives in the past month alone.This crucial portion of the highway, featuring three major intersections, has long lacked basic traffic signal...
New Commissioner of Rangpur Metropolitan Police Md Majid Ali on Tuesday said it will not require many witnesses to prove who shot Abu Sayed and how he died.“However, after the killing of Abu Sayed, the police arrested a minor boy and framed him as the murderer. It is a shame for the police,&rd...
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