Will Altadighi come back to life?
According to folklore, King Vishwanath dug a lake to address the people’s drinking water problem, prompted by his queen’s dream. The queen’s stipulation was that the lake should be dug as far as she could walk barefoot. When the queen continued walking over a mile, the king’s ministers intervened fearing a near impossible lake digging project. They stopped her by sprinkling alta (red dye) on her feet, claiming she was bleeding.
7 May 2024, 18:00 PM
Farmers enjoy uninterrupted power
A sigh of relief has swept over Boro paddy farmers in Rajshahi, who were deeply concerned about irrigation due to electricity shortage just two weeks back.
19 April 2024, 18:00 PM
Mangoes and litchis taking a hit from the heat
It’s painful for Tajul Islam to see what has happened to his beloved mango orchard in Rajshahi city’s Borobongram Namopara.
19 April 2024, 18:00 PM
Onion farmers in the north stare at losses
Even after a bumper harvest of onions this season in four districts of Rajshahi, a sharp decline in the price of the vegetable has left farmers struggling.
5 April 2024, 18:00 PM
The north remembers
In Kurigram, a district in northern Bangladesh, there’s a house with a collection of over 5,000 war artifacts.
23 March 2024, 18:00 PM
'Coaching showed me a path to survive’
Michael Collins, also known as AHM Taswar, was the first coach from the Rajshahi Tennis Complex to take up a coaching job abroad, pioneering a path that many have followed since. After trying to make it as a tennis player from 1992 to 2004 and representing Bangladesh in the Davis Cup thrice, he turned to coaching and has worked in China, Japan and the USA since. While on vacation in Rajshahi recently, he spoke with The Daily Star’s Anwar Ali where he shared the story of how his dream shifted from being a tennis star to becoming a tennis coach.
9 March 2024, 01:30 AM
Rajshahi’s tennis dream finds new avenue on coaching court
Back in the 80s, the Boalia Tennis Club in Rajshahi, a humble facility with just one hard court, was a place where the locals of the region got a taste of a game that was mostly accessible to the elites of the society.
9 March 2024, 01:00 AM
When bending the rules deserves praise
Bangladesh Railway's West Zone and Rajshahi University take extraordinary measures so that 700 admission seekers do not miss their exams
7 March 2024, 13:48 PM
Attacks on BNP-Jamaat men: Of masks, helmets and baffled cops
Police are clueless about mask- or helmet-wearing assailants who have killed three BNP-Jamaat supporters and injured 15 others in Rajshahi region over the last two months.
21 November 2023, 18:00 PM
10-Yr Record Rain: Major parts of Rajshahi city go under water
Much of Rajshahi city was flooded between Wednesday night and yesterday afternoon as the metropolitan area witnessed its highest single-day rainfall in the last decade.
5 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Barind Farmers: At mercy of ‘water lords’
On April 9, Mukul Soren, a Santal farmer in Rajshahi, drank pesticide in a suicide attempt over not getting irrigation water from the same deep tubewell that allegedly led to the suicide of two farmers, also Santals, last year.
25 September 2023, 18:00 PM
Mango Export: Growers innovate farming practices
The rising quantity of mango exports has been changing the farming practices of the fruit in Rajshahi region as farmers are now opting for more chemical-free mango production, agriculturists say.
26 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Caught in the ‘easy money’ scam
The lure of earning easy money is often too much for a common person to resist. This is where ponzi schemes like Metaverse Foreign Exchange Group (MTFE) come in.
25 August 2023, 18:00 PM
Mangoes to be exported to Russia for the first time
For the first time, a Rajshahi-based farming company is exporting Gourmoti and Katimon varieties of mango to Russia.
25 August 2023, 18:00 PM
New initiative to boost shoemaking
The SME Foundation has established a common facility centre (CFC) for shoemakers in Kaluhati village under Rajshahi’s Charghat upazila, a move that is expected to help businesses improve the quality of their products.
20 August 2023, 00:00 AM
High Barind running out of water
Due to decades of excessive water extraction, over 40 percent of unions in the high Barind region are facing severe groundwater depletion.
28 July 2023, 18:00 PM
‘Our struggle for water is never-ending’
Bidyut Kumar Mondol, a farmer from Kamardha village in Naogaon’s Porsha upazila, finds himself grappling with a challenging predicament. He had prepared 23 bighas of land for cultivating Aman paddy, but his dreams have been thwarted by a relentless lack of water.
28 July 2023, 18:00 PM
Daughter wins battle for justice
Shagufta Tabassum Ahmed, daughter of slain Rajshahi University teacher Professor Syed Taher Ahmed, had taken up law as a profession to get justice for her father
27 July 2023, 20:48 PM
EVM delays cause chaos, sufferings
There were reports of chaos and delay due to the complexities caused by Electronic Voting Machines during yesterday’s Rajshahi City Corporation elections.
21 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Low-income voters key to Liton’s victory
Awami League’s mayoral candidate AHM Khairuzzaman Liton won Rajshahi City Corporation election with strong support from low-income groups.
21 June 2023, 18:00 PM
AL worried over turnout in Rajshahi
Turnout in today’s polls remains a concern for the camp of the Awami League mayor candidate in Rajshahi city.
21 June 2023, 01:20 AM
EVM remains a concern as Rajshahi goes to polls today
As Rajshahi is set for the polls today, many voters have expressed concern about casting votes using electronic voting machines due to lack of training.
20 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Rajshahi City Polls: Liton expected to cruise to victory
Awami League mayor candidate AHM Khairuzzaman Liton looks set to have an easy sailing in tomorrow’s Rajshahi city polls, say voters.
19 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Chaos, clash reign over councillor race
With the election campaign ending today midnight, there is not much enthusiasm surrounding the mayoral race in Rajshahi City Corporation for lack of competition.
18 June 2023, 18:00 PM
The candidates keep getting richer
Awami League’s mayoral candidate AHM Khairuzzaman Liton emerged as the highest-earning contestant among the three mayoral contenders for the Rajshahi City Corporation polls, with his annual income increasing by over Tk 6 crore in five years.
17 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Will the voters show up?
In the absence of BNP and Islami Andolon Bangladesh, the upcoming Rajshahi City Corporation election is now revolving around a single question: will the voters show up at the polls?
16 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Infighting Liton’s only headache
With BNP absent from the race in the upcoming Rajshahi City Corporation polls the stage seemed set for an easy victory for Awami League candidate AHM Khairuzzaman Liton. However, Liton’s camp is now alleging that the real threat to his triumph comes not from external contenders, but from within the ranks of his own party.
11 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Rajshahi flooded with plastic-laminated posters
In a blatant violation of the electoral code of conduct, the streets and adjacent walls of Rajshahi were inundated with plastic-laminated posters, seeking votes for the boat symbol, just hours before the distribution of election symbols for the upcoming Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) elections.
2 June 2023, 18:00 PM