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A mobile court has fined a business establishment Tk 25,000 for using the BSTI standard mark on product packages without obtaining the mandatory Certification Marks (CM) license at Baruahat Bazar in Kawnia upazila of Rangpur district.The drive was jointly conducted on Wednesday by the Rangpur divisi...
Ten illegal single-barrel guns and 36 rounds of rubber cartridges were recovered during a joint operation in the Tajhat Metropolitan Police Station area of Rangpur city on Tuesday.The army and police forces of Tajhat Metropolitan Police Station of Rangpur Metropolitan Police (RPMP) conducted the ope...
A mobile court in two separate drives on Tuesday fined two business establishments Tk 72,000 for cheating in weights and selling expired products at Shothibari Bazar in Mithapukur upazila of Rangpur district.The Rangpur divisional office of Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) and Mit...
The innovative 'Relay Farming Method' has breathed new life for the farmers in Rangpur region.Farmer Shahinur Islam of Purbo Mohipur village of Gangachara upazila in Rangpur said he cultivates potato, pumpkin, 'Khira', green chilli, maize and other crops adopting relay, mixed-relay o...
Speakers at a women's rally held in Panchagarh called for building a youth-based, exploitation-free and discrimination-free new Bangladesh to improve the quality of life of women and their empowerment. Panchagarh District Information Office organised the rally at Dokropara Government Primar...
Police arrested Shuktara Begum, the president of Ward 25 unit of the Rangpur Metropolitan Mohila Sramik League, in a case of attempted murder during the anti-discrimination student movement. "We arrested Shuktara Begum from her house in the city's Shalbon Botla Club Mour area in ...
Journalist Nure Alam has filed a General Diary (GD) at Rupganj Police Station, accusing an anonymous individual of spreading false and defamatory content using a fake Facebook account.The GD was lodged on Saturday night in person by Nure Alam, who is the Rupganj correspondent for The Daily Janakanth...
A 100-metre stretch of an under-construction embankment along the Akhira River in Pirganj upazila of Rangpur has collapsed.Locals alleged that the use of substandard materials and hasty construction are the reasons behind the collapse.Sources said under the supervision of the Bangladesh Water Develo...
An 18-year-old college student went missing on Saturday evening after jumping into the Teesta River while attempting to film a TikTok video with friends near the Mohipur Teesta Bridge in Gangachara upazila of Rangpur.The missing student, Nirob Roy Utsya, son of Tapan Roy from Paschim Bangla village ...
As the jute harvest is nearing completion in all five districts of the Rangpur agricultural region this season, farmers are happy with its bumper yield and profitable prices. Market sources said farmers are selling newly harvested jute in the local markets at rates between Tk 3,500 and Tk 4,000...
Speakers at a women’s rally in Panchagarh have said gender parity is very crucial component for building a discrimination-free Bangladesh. Women should have equal access to every sphere of development as they make up almost 50 per cent of total population of the country...
Rangpur Metropolitan Police (RPMP) has arrested five leaders of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and Awami League (AL) in several cases of attempted murder and attacks on the anti-discrimination student movement protest marches. A press release from the RpMP Media Cell on Tuesday afte...
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...
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