Kongkon Karmaker

Fear of attack is prevailing among the Hindu community people in Kornai and Telipara villages under Sadar upazila with the approach of the 11th national election, to be held on December 30.

Abdul Awal, 58, cannot hold back his excitement as for the first time in his life he would be voting in the 11th parliamentary polls on December 30.

With only few days remaining for national election, supporters of HM Ershad, nominated by Awami League-led grand alliance, are still waiting for funds to conduct campaign.

Relatives, neighbours as well as teachers, schoolmates and friends of three schoolgirls who met tragic death along with five other family members including their parents and baby brother in a fire accident at their house in Joypurhat town on Wednesday night, are still reeling from the shock.

90-year-old Kamini Bala is one of the oldest victims of the brutal arson attack that destroyed homes of 11 Hindu families in Rangpur's Thakurpara village last November.

Clad in wedding garbs and the garlands they used in their wedding ceremony 18 years ago, a couple in Kaunia upazila of Rangpur celebrated their marriage anniversary, on Monday, in an exceptional manner and for a cause – to remove domestic violence from society.

Morzina Begum from Daktarpara in Rangpur town works in a bidi factory, rolling cheap cigarettes. Aged 75, it's not an ideal

Getting return tickets of Bangladesh Railway (BR) has become difficult for Eid holidaymakers in Dinajpur, Rangpur and Joypurhat as most tickets goes to the black marketers allegedly in collusion with some dishonest officials and staff.

Hard rock produced at the Maddhapara Granite Mining Company Ltd with a market value of around Tk 55.24 crore has apparently gone missing.

For residents of several villages in Dinajpur and Joypurhat, this time of year is the season of baskets. As mango and other summer fruits ripen, wholesalers rely on the hand woven bamboo baskets known as either 'tukri' or 'jhuri' to transport fruit across the country.

Export and import through Hili land port remained suspended as the drivers and helpers of Indian trucks blocked the connecting road between India and Bangladesh in Hakimpur for indefinite period yesterday, demanding immediate offloading of imported rice which was stuck for duty complexities for more than a month.

Tickets of Bangladesh Railway (BR) have become too pricey for the Eid holiday makers as those went to the black marketers in Dinajpur and its adjacent districts after Eid-ul-Fitre was celebrated on June 16.

Weavers of Benarasi Palli in Rangpur's Gangachara upazila are busy making sarees ahead of Eid. The village is just 20 km from the district town.

Acquitted from a murder charge, Azaher Ali Raza, who was freed from jail on Wednesday after 20 years of confinement, is passing a busy time as relatives, neighbours and locals thronged at his Uttar Joydebpur village home in Dinajpur Sadar upazila.

Ever since she regained consciousness after a surgery, the two-and-a-half year old girl has been tirelessly searching for her

Summer tomato growers in the district are incurring heavy loss as prices of the vegetable have fallen alarmingly at the local wholesale markets.

For an estimated six lakh people suffering from the menace of mosquitoes, the Rangpur City Corporation has only four fogger

Only six to seven years ago, 45-year-old Ruhul Amin, then a rickshaw van puller, had to struggle a lot to maintain his four-member family with his limited income.

The three-day long spellbinding Abbasuddin International Bhawaiya Festival 2018 ended in the early hours of Sunday.

A three-day Abbas Uddin International Bhawaiya Festival 2018 has opened here in Rangpur city on Thursday, amid much festivity.