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The first state-of-the-art Rangpur divisional headquarters of the country will be officially inaugurated today. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate it through video conference at 10 am. The ten-storey building will have all the services of the departmental administration under one roof, off...
Martyred heroic freedom fighter and intellectual Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Abdul Qadir was born in Mostafapur village under Badarganj upazila of Rangpur district. A memorial was built in that village after 50 years of independence. The memorial, built to protect the memory of Abdul Qadir and the l...
In 16 districts of the north, known as paddy granaries of the country, the harvest of Aman paddy is over, and now there are piles of paddy in the farmer's yard. The threshing work is going on. Still, the fear of price hike is not over. The prices of all types of rice are increasing at a high rat...
There are at least 15 local markets in the 36 km long border area of Fulbari upazila of Kurigram district. Indian citizens are coming and going freely in the villages of Bangladesh including these hat bazaars by evading the eyes of BGB, Bangladeshis are also going to India through the gap of barbed ...
Public life in the north has been disrupted in the winter. Particularly in the areas of Teesta, Ghaghat, Dudhkumar, Jamuneshwari and Karatoya rivers of Rangpur region, the suffering has increased due to winter. Low-income workers are struggling to make ends meet in the winter. Besides, these familie...
Northern districts are enriching the development as Bangladesh is changing positively. In particular, many infrastructures including universities, city corporations, and metropolises are now visible, starting the achievement of this development highway is going to be the most expensive ongoing...
The tiny shanti of Bokul is situated beside the Teesta River at Dolagonna village under Gangachara upazila of Rangpur district. This is the tenth time Bokul has shifted his cottage. Bokul has a special identity among the people of the locality. He is the son Satish Maroar, once the most well off far...
If you do not work, you cannot get food. However, it is very cold in this area. It is not possible to work long hours in such cold weather. Ignoring the dense fog, Abdus Sobhan of Rangpur district, said this while planting Boro paddy seedlings in the weeping water. Not only him, the suffering of the...
The entire northern region including Rangpur is covered in thick fog. The bone-chilling winter is in full swing. The temperature is decreasing every day. People of these northern districts are using winter clothes to stay warm inside and outside the house. A mild to moderate cold wave is sweeping ov...
On the occasion of the golden jubilee of independence, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy has decided to build environmental theaters in 64 districts of the country. As part of the projects, preparations are underway to build an environmental theater at Nishbetganj in Rangpur district. The final staging ...
In the Rangpur region, price of the onion is rising rapidly along with the price of rice. In the wholesale and retail market, the price of onion has gone up by at least Tk 20 per kg in a week. Domestic onions are being sold at Tk per kg and Indian onions at Tk 45 per kg. At the same time, there has ...
In Pirganj upazila of Rangpur district, more than half a hundred illegal brick kilns are using top soil of agricultural land. Wood is being burned instead of coal. Around the brick making season, huge piles of soil have been stockpiled in the lowlands. About 30 kilns have already been set on fire fo...
There is no similarity with the Bengali proverb about milk and rice being our staple food in rural areas. However, the milk collected from reared cows is working as a source of income for many. In the rural areas of Rangpur, including the Teesta char areas, the prosperity of the once needy fami...
A jeep vehicle and 33 motorcycles of Rangpur District Primary Education Office have been decided to be sold at auction as the required amount of money has not been allocated even with the demand. The Primary Education Office has already written to BRTA to take necessary action.According to the relev...
Six sugar mills including Shampur in Rangpur have been closed. So, concerned authorities have decided to sell the sugarcane produced in the mill zone area to the running sugar mills located in the surrounding areas. However, there is uncertainty among the farmers as to when they will get the pr...
Rangpur region is advancing faster than other regions of the country in terms of setting up of modern feed mills, hatcheries and poultry farms. However, farmers are frustrated over the increasing price of chicken feed, unavailability of fair egg price, and complications in getting incentives.Althoug...
Kandinar Char, a remote area on the banks of Teesta River. Residents of the island move from a place to another either on the winding unpaved earthen roads or on the isle of farmlands. There is no scope of bigger vehicles or ambulances to move on those earthen roads. Finding no other way, Rahim...
Some polythene sheets, bamboo sticks, mats, utensils, cooking pots and some clothing to wear, these are all the assets of a River gypsy family. River gypsies are better known as Bede in Bangladesh, who leads a nomadic life moving on boats.A group of Bede families is seen to set their shanties beside...
Potatoes in Rangpur region have started to come in the markets. Farmers of Kishoreganj upazila in Nilphamari, known as the area of potato cultivation, cultivated potato after harvesting Aman paddy. However, in spite of various adversities, the prices are not matching this time as compared to other y...
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Deputy Minister of Water Resources AKM Enamul Haque Shamim said that the Ministry of Water Resources is working relentlessly to bring river erosion down to zero in the country under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.“The Awami League government is working to implement various init...
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