EAM Asaduzzaman

Craftsman Dhananjoy Roy has turned his thatched hut in a remote village of Nilphamari into a mini Liberation War museum.

A dozen tractors heavily overloaded with earth crossed a bridge over a canal in Domar upazila, causing damage to it.

Dholuram Roy, who lost his both legs under the wheels of a train 20 years ago, is now a successful farmer, thanks to his will power and perseverance.

Influential people have occupied 2407 acres of land in West Zone (WZ) of Bangladesh Railway (BR) but no steps have been taken by the authorities concerned to free the vast areas.

With the onset of potato cultivation season, farmers in five northern districts under Rangpur agriculture region are worried due to shortage of quality seeds as supply by Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) is too meagre to meet the demand.

The Bamondanga river flowing through Nilphamari municipality has turned into a drain as grabbers continue filling it to construct business centres, industrial units, homesteads and so on.

With the onset of winter season, Sarkerpara village, popularly known as date juice village, in Kamarpukur union under Saidpur upazila is buzzing with activity.

Once a poverty-stricken village, Barodaha village in Botlagari union under Saidpur upazila is now known as vegetable village as vegetable farming has brought tremendous improvement in the socio-economic condition of the villagers.

Academic activities at Gar Dharmapal Government Primary School in Jaldhaka upazila have been seriously hampered for the last two months as the school authorities have been using all the classrooms as 'godowns' to store bricks, corrugated iron sheets and rods.

Four-year-old Sumon Hossain is groaning in pain at Domar Upazila Health Complex in the district as treatment by a village quack led to a deadly gangrene in his injured leg.

Before the start of the FIFA friendly match between hosts Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, the new-look Sheikh Kamal Stadium bore a festive look as spectators young and old turned out in joyful droves to make the the event a memorable one for Nilphamari.

Farmers in Sonarai village in Domar upazila are gradually adopting an environment-friendly procedure to enrich their farmland for a better yield of crops by growing dhaincha, a green bushy plant.

Vast areas of croplands in the district are still empty in the ongoing peak Aman cultivation season as farmers are facing difficulties to prepare the land due to insufficient rain in the monsoon.

Betel nut farming is gaining popularity among Nilphamari farmers due to its increasing demand as entertaining guests with betel leaf and nut has been a tradition for long in the country.

Sharmin Akhtar, 26, a housewife from a lower middle class family in Sadar upazila, who prefers to deposit coins in earthen banks, a traditional method of storing surplus income or savings, desired to buy new dresses for her children during Eid.

Sheets of corrugated iron tied to bamboo poles make the roofs and the walls on one particular side. The remaining sides are left open. The floor is left in its natural state with parts of it growing clusters of grass. Benches, strewn inside the structure, are the only indication that this building is the Purba Satunama Aminpara govt primary school.

Saidpur Airport in the district will be upgraded soon to an international one.

The three-day long Jatiyo Nazrul Sammelan was inaugurated at the local Shilpakala academy in the northern district town of

A bridge that was built nine years ago over a side channel of Teesta river at a remote char in Dimla upazila has remained unused since then as there is no approach road on either side.

The government plan to upgrade Saidpur airport from domestic to international has had an unexpected consequence--a rush to build homes around the runway.