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Kongkon Karmaker

Too many potatoes, too little hope: Farmers resort to feeding spuds to livestock

“With the market this bad, what else can we do?”
10 April 2025, 15:34 PM

Tea output in northern plains down 20% in 2024

Tea production in the northern plains dropped by nearly 20 percent in 2024, as erratic rainfall, poor market prices, and irregularities in factory accounting took a toll on the sector.
7 April 2025, 18:00 PM

Eid without Abu Sayed: A family left in mourning

Abu Sayed, a martyr of the July uprising last year, will be missing from his family's celebrations for the first time
31 March 2025, 06:15 AM

Dinajpur rape convict goes into hiding after HC bail stayed

A life-term convict has gone into hiding shortly after the Supreme Court chamber judge stayed the High Court order that granted him bail in a case filed over the rape of a five-year-old girl in Dinajpur
23 March 2025, 16:43 PM

Potato farmers facing losses

Many struggling to cover costs and failing to avail cold storage facilities as prices dip
22 March 2025, 18:00 PM

Dinajpur-Gobindganj highway rundown again 4yrs after Tk 882cr renovation

The Dinajpur-Gobindganj regional highway, a vital road communication link, has become dilapidated and risky for vehicular movement within just four years after it was renovated and widened by the Roads and Highways Department at a cost of Tk 882 crore
20 March 2025, 13:37 PM

Favourable weather boosts litchi yield hopes

Dinajpur, widely known as the “Land of Litchis”, is experiencing a promising season, with thousands of trees across the district adorned in golden blossoms.
7 March 2025, 18:00 PM

Dwindling trade threatens future of Banglabandha land port

Once a thriving regional trade hub, Banglabandha land port—Bangladesh’s only quadripartite port linking India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh—is facing a severe downturn due to its heavy reliance on stone imports.
1 March 2025, 18:00 PM

Tension rises in the north

The pre-polls environment is heating up in the northern districts of the country, with threats and sporadic violence taking place between Awami League candidates and their independent counterparts.
26 December 2023, 18:00 PM

JP stronghold under threat in Rangpur

There are early signs of tough competition in six constituencies of Rangpur for the upcoming national polls, with the candidate pool comprising heavyweights and strong grassroots leaders.
24 December 2023, 18:00 PM

Govt's paddy purchase continues to be low

Until December 11, the food office could only buy 1,834 tonnes of paddy out of its total purchase of 81,533 tonnes of rice and paddy from the harvest of Aman
13 December 2023, 00:10 AM

Early Aman Season: High costs, low prices worry northern farmers

As farmers start harvesting and threshing early varieties of Aman paddy in the northern districts, the fear looms that their profit could be negligible due to higher production costs than last year.
24 November 2023, 18:00 PM

Coffee consumption catching on in rural areas

Although coffee is considered an expensive beverage mostly consumed by urbanites in Bangladesh, Md Mokhlesur Rahman is trying to change this perception by bringing its rich flavours to rural areas.
19 November 2023, 18:30 PM

Rice price on rise

A month ahead of the Aman harvesting season, prices of rice have gone up by Tk 1 to 3 per kg over the last one week in the capital’s kitchen markets.
20 October 2023, 18:00 PM

Jute prices continue to fall

Jute growers in Bangladesh are facing deepening woes as prices of the natural fibre have been in a downward slide amid a consistent decline in exports, according to industry insiders.
6 October 2023, 01:15 AM

Curse of Barapukuria Coal Mine

The Barapukuria Coal Mine has now become a curse for the people of at least four adjacent villages, where underground explosions caused by coal extraction have left over 300 houses damaged, and the scarcity of pure drinking water has become a daily struggle.
5 September 2023, 18:00 PM

Record potato production, yet prices going up

Potato prices are soaring even though farmers this year grew a record 1.04 crore tonnes, cutting the buying power of consumers, especially fixed and low-income people already battered by sustained high inflation. 
29 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Former expat making it big from date cultivation

Zakir Hossain, a resident of Swajanpur village under Phulbari upazila of Dinajpur, has succeeded in cultivating date palm trees on his native soil, paving the way for other youths in the area to try their hand at farming the fruit.
20 August 2023, 00:00 AM

Hili land port misses revenue target again

The Hili land port has failed to reach its revenue collection target for the second consecutive year by a big margin.
8 July 2023, 18:00 PM

Hili land port misses revenue target again

It missed FY23’s target by 30% and FY22’s by 7%
8 July 2023, 14:17 PM

Green chili import thru Hili suspended on fear of losses

Imports of green chili through Hili land port in Dinajpur have been suspended as importers fear incurring losses in face of falling prices in local markets.
4 July 2023, 18:00 PM

Green chili import thru Hili suspended on fear of losses

Imports of green chili through Hili land port in Dinajpur have been suspended as importers fear incurring losses in face of falling prices in local markets.
4 July 2023, 15:11 PM

Eid vacation raises concern for mango farmers

The ongoing holiday centring Eid-ul-Azha has raised concerns among mango farmers that prices for the fruit may decline further in coming days despite the high production cost.
28 June 2023, 00:50 AM

Litchi from local orchard going global

This year, a litchi orchard in Biral upazila of Dinajpur has started shipping the tropical fruit to France, indicating the growing volume of agricultural exports from Bangladesh.
7 June 2023, 18:00 PM

Litchi prices higher as yields dip

Litchi farmers across Bangladesh are registering poor yields this year due to adverse weather, meaning that consumers will have to pay more for the fruit in face of short supply.
29 May 2023, 03:30 AM

School for hearing impaired in a sorry state

Dinajpur Badhir Institute, a school for the speech and hearing-impaired children in the northern district, has been limping amid lack of fund support since its inauguration over three decades ago.
14 May 2023, 18:00 PM

Potato prices go up as production drops

Potato prices have skyrocketed in Bangladesh amid a drop in production as farmers are increasingly turning to more profitable crops while poor weather conditions also lowered supply, according to market players.
9 May 2023, 05:00 AM

Litchi farmers fear lower yields this year

Litchi farmers are concerned about potentially lower yields this year due to poor weather conditions, which hampered the flowering and budding stages of the fruit.
19 April 2023, 04:00 AM

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