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The agriculture department expects to produce Aman paddy worth Tk 6,200 crore in the Rangpur agricultural region this time. Out of which, more than Tk 200 crore worth of paddy has been produced in 37,000 hectares of land in Teesta Barrage Command area, the largest irrigation project in the country.W...
There is no forest or extensive mustard cultivation in Rangpur. That is why it was difficult to get pure honey in there even a few years ago. However, now the situation has changed. Pure honey is being collected from wooden box-filled with bees that are planted inside litchi orchards in different ar...
From the eighties onwards, agriculture in Rangpur region gradually got a touch of modernity. At present about 30 types of modern machinery are being used in agriculture. For the sake of science, the era of traditional usages of plow-yoke, ladder and oxen is now coming to an end. Modern plows, tracto...
The Binbina village is being wiped off the map by the catastrophic erosion of the Teesta River as the recent floods caused by heavy rains and mountain slopes have not subsided.Due to heavy rains and the rising and falling of the Teesta water coming down from the upper reaches, the residents have los...
Harijan community people, earlier regarded as 'untouchables' or Dalit community are spending their lives in utter misery at New Jummapara area of Rangpur city. With sorrow, misery and trouble as their daily companion, every Harijan family with six to eight members is huddling in a singl...
Fish researchers at the Syedpur Freshwater Sub-Centre in Nilphamari district have brought nine out of 64 endangered native verieties of fish, in the northern region of the country, back to life.Out of those nine revived varieties, six varieties have already been marketed at farmer level. If the rese...
During this late-autumn season Aman paddy harvesting and threshing festival is going on in all the fields of the country.However, as the prices of essential commodities including onions, chilies and vegetables are out of reach, the celebration of Nabanna Utsab, a festival of harvesting and eating ne...
Currently the late of autumn is going on and winter will arrive soon. However, in the meantime, various winter vegetables have started to appear in the markets of Rangpur. The vegetables produced in Rangpur are being transported by truck every day to the wholesale markets of different areas inc...
Although the winter season is still about a month away in Rangpur region, the nature is remaining covered with fog from evening till next morning. It feels like winter already.People are thronging the old clothes’ shops to buy warm clothing fearing the winter to gradually increase. As a result...
While the festive mood is prevailing among the farming families in the Rangpur region around the cutting and threshing of transplanted Aman paddy, the landless needy families do not get one meal at a time. The children and teenagers of these families are looking for rat holes in the paddy fields cut...
The rice market in the north, known as the granary of the country, has once again become volatile due to the sudden price increase of rice. Although the harvest of Aman paddy started in the beginning of autumn, the price of rice has been increased in the market. In terms of quality and variety,...
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Outsiders, along with the locals, took part in the attack, vandalism and arson on the houses of the Hindu community in Pirganj, Rangpur.Member of Parliament of Pirganj, Rangpur constituency and Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury made the remarks while visiting Uttarpara in Boro K...
In Rangpur district, the prices of unrestrained daily necessities continue to rise at a rapid rate. Although the prices of onion and green chillies have come down in the markets of Rangpur in a few days, they are still beyond the reach of the common man. At the same time, the prices of almost all th...
In Rangpur division, samples of 1,293 people were tested in 24 hours till Sunday 8 am and 556 people were newly infected with corona infection while, 16 people died in 6 districts of the division exceeding the highest one-day record. At the time period, 4 people died in Dinajpur, 7 in Thakurgaon, 1 ...
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People of northern districts like to choose Rangpur Medical College Hospital (RpMCH) as one of the very few places to receive medication. However, medical facilities specially kidney related treatments in RpMCH can barely function due to lack of Kidney Dialysis Machine and the dilapidated condition ...
The newly elected executive committee members, elected in the tri-annual election of Rangpur District Motor Workers’ Union were sworn in on Monday evening.Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Rangpur Md. Asif Ahasan addressed the oath taking ceremony as the Chief Guest.The DC at the time said that tran...
Construction work of a tower with distinctive excellence bearing 99 names of Allah is nearing completion at Ruposhi Panchmatha crossing under Khoragaach union of Mithapukur upazila of Rangpur district.The 27-feet high tower with intricate design will contain 99 qualitative names of Allah. After the ...
The Detective Branch (DB) of Rangpur Metropolitan Police (RpMP) on Sunday arrested six members of an organised gang of brokers in the city on charges of extorting money from service recipients.Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (DB and Media) of RpMP Uttam Prasad Pathak confirmed the matter. H...
In Rangpur, human bones and fragments of tooth were found from a Boddhovumi (slaughterhouse) next to the Town Hall Torture Cell used by the Pakistani invaders during the 1971 Liberation War.On Monday, when workers dug the ground for the construction work of a liberation war memorial, the bones came ...
A team of the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) arrested an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of police along with 3,198 pieces of Yaba tablets and a bottle of Phensidyl at Nurpur area in Rangpur city on Monday. The arrestee was identified as Maniruzzaman who was working in Kurigram district.Ex...
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