Bulbul Ahmed

The authorities have found irregularities and corruption in the distribution of Open Market Sale (OMS) in Natore

Development projects around Natore’s Chalan Beel, a significant freshwater reservoir, are obstructing its natural water flow, leading to waterlogging and harming agriculture, according to locals and experts.

Houses, roads, shops, bridges and culverts near Atrai river in Natore’s Singra upazila are at risk of being ruined, all because the local UP chairman has reportedly been lifting sand from the riverside for a hi-tech park that is being constructed in the upazila.

Shafiqul Islam Shimul, lawmaker from Natore-2 (Sadar, Naldanga) constituency, reportedly entered a polling station violating electoral code of conduct during the ongoing zilla parishad elections.

The work to widen the busy Natore-Bogura highway was scheduled to be completed in December 2021. Later, it was extended to June 30, 2022.

A court in Natore has directed the Police Bureau of Investigation to probe into an allegation that Rab let go a suspected drug dealer in custody in Lalpur upazila of Natore.

Munira Akter, mother of Rajshahi University student Mahmud Habib Himel, could not shed any tears seeing the coffin of her only son, but her blank eyes made everyone around her choke up.

A government scheme aiming at generating income and ensuring food security for the rural poor has plunged into corruption and irregularities in Natore.

To protect cultivable land and save the environment, the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) in Natore has been using environment-friendly Uni-Block -- made of sand, cement and gravel -- for the development of rural roads as an alternative to bitumen and ordinary bricks.

Cropland is decreasing at an alarming rate in Natore as farmers have been digging pond on their agricultural land for fish farming to earn more profit.

Chalanbil's freshwater shutki (dried fish) is in demand all over the country. However, due to lack of competitive markets, the sole proprietor in the region is paying exploitative amounts to the fishermen and those who prepare the shutki.

Local cotton production is likely to increase this year thanks to rising acreage and expansion of cultivation of hybrid varieties, stakeholders said.

Her only ‘crime’ was her dark complexion. It led to her divorce only 34 days after marriage and during that short period her in-laws even tried to kill her.

A large number of farmers in Natore are opting for onion cultivation this year due to the high market price of the vegetable used a common cooking ingredient.

Despite good catches after a day’s hard work, fishers in Natore’s Chalan Beel region often had to dump the unsold fish. A little thinking outside the box has changed all that.

Usually, poor people of the northern district pass their days in hardship between the months of October and February.

He spent more than half his life, nearly 22 years, being chained to a tree next to a mud hut that belongs to his family.

The government's Ashrayan project has been lauded for rehabilitating hundreds of destitute people in different districts. But oftentimes the commendable effort has been tainted by allegations of corruption by a handful of dishonest individuals.

More than half of the 45 bridges, built in two Natore upazilas a couple of years ago, are not bringing much benefit to the local people.

It was 2:42pm when these correspondents entered a voting booth at Lalbagh Government Primary School in Natore sadar. A voter named Mobarak Hossain, 35, told the polling official his serial number -- 169 -- and his name.