At risk of losing eyesight
Having lost one eye due to a bizarre act of cruelty by her father, six-year-old Swapna Begum is facing the risk of total blindness for lack of proper treatment.
5 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Flash flood turns them pauper
“The flood had turned me a street beggar overnight,” said Iliasuddin, 64, as he was sitting on a piece of wood on the embankment of
17 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Coffee of Kuddus
Bangladesh has a long, established history as a producer of quality tea. As for that other hot beverage, coffee, despite rising
8 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Where there's a will
When he's in the field labouring as a farmhand, Abdul Mazid from Songolshi Kachari village in Nilphamari sadar upazila hardly stands
24 June 2017, 18:00 PM
Threshers get popular with paddy farmers in N dists
Threshing machines are particularly active across the northern districts of the country this year, during the harvest of Boro paddy. The
3 June 2017, 18:00 PM
Sweet potato gains popularity
Farmers in the district are inclining to cultivating sweet potato for its high yield and good market prices.
10 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Nawab, an innovative farmer
Nawab Mia has set a unique example of innovative farming, bringing quality onion seeds to farmers' doorsteps for
9 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Air pollution from fumes
Burning of discarded shoes made of synthetic materials to melt pitch is causing severe air pollution in Dakkhin Motukpur village of Domar upazila.
4 May 2017, 18:00 PM
Blast attack worries Nilphamari boro farmers
Farmers in Dimla upazila are worried as around 200 bighas of boro paddy fields have been attacked by blast disease
10 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Untimely rain damages litchi flowers
Untimely rain and strong wind, along with attack by an insect called red mite, are worrying litchi farmers in five
29 March 2017, 18:00 PM
A struggle for survival
Divorced twice, for giving birth to daughters one after another, instead of a son, 30-year-old Fatema is struggling to earn her bread
28 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Maize production setback
Maize farmers at Baishpukur village in Teesta char area of Dimla upazila are bewildered as the crop on around 500 acres of fields has
27 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Bridge without approach road
The newly constructed concrete bridge over Dola Nala canal in Bahagli union under Kishoreganj upazila of the district is lying unused
21 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Boro farmers opt for other crops as fair price denied
Boro cultivation area in five northern districts of Rangpur agriculture region has been decreasing for the last few years, raising concern
18 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Saleha, a symbol of humanity
Throughout her entire life, 50-year-old Saleha has witnessed only denial and cruelty from the world around her.
14 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Drastic water fall in Teesta
Farmers under the Teesta irrigation project are cultivating crops other than boro paddy as they are not getting required quantity of
9 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Filariasis, a curse to northerners
Two years ago, Asma Begum, then 18, had everything to look forward to. She was a newlywed, having married Enamul Hossain who
2 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Glorious role of female activists in Nilphamari
The then sub-divisional town Nilphamari wrote a glorious chapter in the Language Movement of 1952 as a large
22 February 2017, 18:00 PM
Bridge without approach road
A newly constructed bridge on the Charalkata river in Sadar upazila of the district could not be opened to traffic as there is no
5 February 2017, 18:00 PM
Begging for son's schooling
Last Sunday afternoon, neatly dressed 12-year-old boy with books in hand was crossing busy Shaheed Dr Zikrul Huq Road in Nilphamari's Saidpur municipality.
31 January 2017, 18:00 PM