OMS programme: Corruption found in distribution in Natore
The authorities have found irregularities and corruption in the distribution of Open Market Sale (OMS) in Natore
10 October 2024, 14:35 PM
Dev projects threaten Chalan Beel
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.
28 October 2023, 18:00 PM
Putting everything at risk to build a park
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.
21 December 2022, 18:00 PM
Zilla Parishad polls: Natore MP Shimul enters voting centre violating rule
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.
17 October 2022, 07:01 AM
Natore-Bogura highway: another name for suffering
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.
7 October 2022, 18:00 PM
Narco ‘let go’ from Rab custody?
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.
26 August 2022, 18:00 PM
Road-crash tragedies stalk his family
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.
2 February 2022, 18:00 PM
Natore ‘Work for Money’: Poor deprived as graft rules
A government scheme aiming at generating income and ensuring food security for the rural poor has plunged into corruption and irregularities in Natore.
7 August 2021, 18:00 PM
No privacy while voting
Jamshed Ali had to cast his vote for “boat” openly in front of the polling officials and agents, which is a blatant violation of the electoral code of conduct.
30 December 2018, 18:00 PM
14 agents of BNP candidates detained
Police picked up at least 14 polling agents of BNP candidates in three constituencies of Natore yesterday, creating fear among the party's leaders and activists on the eve of today's election.
29 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Water chestnut farming on rise in Natore, Naogaon
Cultivation of water chestnut (paniphal in Bangla) has increased greatly in two northern districts of the country in the last couple of years.
7 November 2018, 18:00 PM
Natore's princess poet
For seven generations from the early-eighteenth century, the zamindars of Dighapatia near Natore were landlords of a vast estate,
15 September 2018, 18:00 PM
25 buses fill in for slow vehicles in Natore
In an unprecedented move, the district administration of Natore has stopped movement of human hauliers and three-wheelers on the highways and introduced at least 25 buses in association with the owners association.
28 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Yet another road crash,15 lives lost
At least 15 people, including five members of two families, were killed and 20 others injured as a bus collided head-on with a human haulier on Natore-Pabna highway in Baraigram upazila yesterday.
25 August 2018, 18:00 PM
No lessons learned
Following several road accidents in Natore, the authorities concerned formed probe committees which came up with recommendations to curb such incidents.
25 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Lalon death anniv observed in Natore
To mark the 127th death anniversary of the mystic bard Lalon Shah, Lalon academy arranged a programme in Natore.
6 November 2017, 18:00 PM
Lalon academy begins journey in Natore
The Lalon academy of Natore began its journey on September 20, with a view to promote Lalon's ideology.
22 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Corruption marks job scheme for ultra poor
The government's 40-day employment generation programme for the ultra poor people is running in the district amid allegations of
23 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Mother, son pass SSC exams in Natore
A mother and her son set a precedent passing this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination in Bagatipara upazila of Natore.
4 May 2017, 13:18 PM
Evicted ethnic people living woeful life
Fifteen indigenous families at Madhnagar village of Naldanga upazila in the district are living an inhuman life following their eviction from there Tuesday morning.
3 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Free books made conditional
The joy of the government-sponsored textbook festival eluded many young learners in the district town on the New Year yesterday as
1 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Law at mercy of lawmakers
The lawmakers in a district are the advisers to the zila parishad. They are only supposed to advise the parishad on discharging its functions, according to the Zila Parishad Act.
3 December 2016, 18:00 PM