School health centre fails to serve purpose
The school health centre in Saidpur municipality town, the lone hospital of its kind in the district, has virtually failed to achieve its goal due to lack of awareness campaign and publicity.
30 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Chilahati govt college limps
Academic activities at Chilahati Government College in Domar upazila are being hindered badly as the institution has been facing different problems for long.
11 January 2024, 18:00 PM
Primary schools see huge dropouts
Several government primary schools situated in the Teesta river basin areas in Dimla upazila are witnessing an increase in their dropout rate due to relocation of those institution far from the actual place.
23 December 2023, 18:00 PM
Remote village thriving on handicraft export
Haziganj village is becoming a hub for handmade products crafted from recycled materials as a few factories in the remote area of Gorgram union under Nilphamari sadar upazila are enjoying success in this regard.
18 October 2023, 02:15 AM
Indigo farming moving towards promising future
The history of indigo farming under British rule is still cause for indignation among many in Bangladesh as it reminds of the tyranny faced in having to cultivate the plant in place of food crops.
1 September 2023, 00:00 AM
Freedom fighter’s decade-long fight ends
After a decade-long battle, Nripendra Nath Roy is now a freedom fighter officially.
12 June 2023, 01:20 AM
Ceramic factories in north struggle for survival
Ceramic factories in underdeveloped regions of northern Bangladesh are struggling for survival as other than absence of natural gas, the ongoing US dollar crisis has led to a roughly 40 to 50 per cent increase in production costs.
1 June 2023, 02:30 AM
Saidpur railway workshop starved of manpower, funds
While the government aims to expand railway services across Bangladesh, the country’s largest locomotive workshop in Saidpur of Nilphamari is still unable to operate at full capacity as it lacks adequate manpower, funds and machinery.
11 April 2023, 03:30 AM
Re-open Chilahati-Holdibari transit route
People of Nilphamari, Panchagarh and Thakurgaon districts want early re-opening of Chilahati-Holdibari transit route for their convenient journey to and from India, especially against the backdrop of Indian premier Narendra Modi's recent visit to Bangladesh.
16 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Canal digging in Dinajpur, Nilphamari hampered
Digging of Bogra irrigation canal under Teesta Irrigation Project of Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) has remained stalled
9 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Weak Bailey bridges put commuters at risk
Thirteen worn-out Bailey bridges across rivers intercepting different important roads belonging to the Roads and Highways department (RHD) in the district make vehicular movement highly risky.
26 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Boro prices see gradual rise in markets
Following imposition of 10% tax by the government on imported Indian rice on May 10, price of newly harvested boro paddy sees
14 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Classes suffer as school field used for threshing paddy
Students of Uttar Deshibai Chourangi Government Primary School in Jaldhaka upazila under the district are facing health hazard as local farmers are threshing newly harvested boro paddy on the school ground, causing air pollution.
12 May 2015, 18:00 PM
Labour welfare centre hardly benefits stakeholders
Services of government-run 'Sram Kalyan Kendra' (labour welfare centre) in Saidpur upazila under the district remain virtually elusive
30 April 2015, 18:00 PM
Eviction drive on Saidpur rly land stalled for a month
The biggest ever eviction drive of Bangladesh Railway (BR) to remove illegal structures from its land in Saidpur municipality under the district has remained stalled for one month allegedly due to interference by the local lawmaker.
23 April 2015, 18:00 PM
'Mushroom park' in remote Nilphamari village
A 'mushroom park' at Laxmanpur village in Bangalipur union of Saidpur upazila under the district has drawn attention of a large
18 March 2015, 18:00 PM
3,000 boro farmers denied cheap irrigation
Around 3,000 boro farmers in Saidpur upazila under Nilphamari district have to count more than double the usual cost for irrigation this season as 37 government-owned deep tube-wells did not get power connection from the Rural Electrification Board (REB).
8 March 2015, 18:12 PM
Tube-wells meant for poor go to officers' club, rich men's houses
Government tube-wells meant for providing pure drinking water to poor people have been set in on the premises of the officers' club in Nilphamari town, and in the houses of rich ruling party men and union parishad (UP) chairmen and their relatives in most unions of Sadar upazila under the district.
24 February 2015, 18:51 PM