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
How employees of a Rajshahi mobile phone shop staged a Tk 33 lakh mugging
Police in Rajshahi took only nine hours to unravel a mysterious mugging, which turned out to have been staged by staffers of a Vivo mobile phone outlet to steal Tk 33 lakh.
19 June 2020, 15:40 PM
‘The ambulance was just yards away...’
An elderly man died after suffering a seizure on the platform of Rajshahi Rail Station yesterday. With no ambulance available, transport to the hospital was impossible, which eventually led to the man’s death, railway police said quoting doctors.
10 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Virus spreading to Rajshahi villages
The novel coronavirus has begun spreading to villages in Rajshahi district due to unabated cross-district travels and ineffective lockdown measures, health officials and development workers said.
9 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Special train for a special fruit
Mango is special.
5 June 2020, 18:00 PM
The Mango Express starts chugging away
The “Mango Special”, a new train for transporting agricultural products, mostly mangoes, at a reduced rate began its journey today from Chapainawabganj, railway officials said.
5 June 2020, 13:23 PM
84-year-old takes on Covid-19... and wins
Amidst the global panic over coronavirus, it’s easy for fear to overwhelm optimism. For every tragic death at the hands of the virus, one must remember there’s also many stories of recuperation.
4 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Mango growers feeling the squeeze
Amid the coronavirus scare, a lack of buyers due to inadequate measures for marketing and transportation leaves mango growers worried.
1 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Mango growers hit hard by cyclone
At least 2 lakh tonnes of mangoes, which is around 16 percent of the country’s total annual production, have fallen off the trees because of cyclone Amphan, said the Department of Agricultural Extension.
21 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Cyclone Amphan: ten percent mangoes of the country damaged
One lakh twenty thousand metric tonnes of mango, which amounts to ten percent of the country’s annual production, was damaged in the gusty winds brought by the mighty Cyclone Amphan.
21 May 2020, 15:41 PM
Railway offers parcel services to transport mangoes at reduced rates
Apart from couriers and trucks on roads, mango producers of Rajshahi and Chapainawabganj will be able to use parcel services of the railway at reduced rates for transporting mangoes to other districts this season.
20 May 2020, 14:06 PM
Relief in Rajshahi: Still many left out
Though the relief distribution in Rajshahi so far has been provided to nearly triple the initial estimate of the poor, many belonging to indigenous communities in the district have remained out of the purview of government support.
9 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Wheat Procurement: Importers reach out to farmers
Amid high demand for wheat in the local market, the government’s procurement programme is failing to attract local growers, who witnessed a better yield this year.
7 May 2020, 18:00 PM
Good move amid myriad challenges
The government is taking steps to increase food grain stock and help farmers get fair prices for their produce amid the coronavirus outbreak.
20 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Staying home not an option
Inadequate relief distribution is compelling farm labourers in Rajshahi, mostly from indigenous communities, to travel outside their villages and unions to look for agricultural work.
17 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Testing machine lying idle at RMCH for 4yrs
While the lone laboratory in Rajshahi division is struggling to cope with the increasing number of samples, a real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) machine for detecting Covid-19 has been gathering dust at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) for around four years.
15 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Save Boro first, then Aush
The government incentives announced so far to deal with agricultural fallout of Covid-19 provide little relief for farmers awaiting harvest of Boro, the principal crop of the country.
15 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Boro Harvest: Labour crisis worries farmers
The labour shortage created by the current shutdown is worrying farmers ahead of the Boro paddy harvest, despite different measures taken by the government to ensure maximum crop yield.
11 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Skipping meals to survive the shutdown
It was a depressing Tuesday for Kanchan. For breakfast she had leftover rice from the previous night, and did not eat a single morsel till dusk. She then prepared a meal for that night and the next day, calculating and measuring so she has enough food for the days to come.
3 April 2020, 18:00 PM
Wholesale prices fall in Rajshahi
Although retail prices remain unchanged, wholesale prices of vegetables and spice crops have dropped -- in some cases by more than 50 percent-- in Rajshahi markets, frustrating growers.
31 March 2020, 18:00 PM
Rajshahi residents defy social distancing advisory
With expatriates -- most susceptible to coronavirus -- continuing to return to the country, the authorities concerned in Rajshahi are struggling to make residents aware of social distancing for precautionary measures against the deadly virus as they keep on gathering at various places in large numbers.
22 March 2020, 18:00 PM