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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

Ragging at Dinajpur HSTU: 4 students leave campus in 4 years

Not only were the students physically assaulted by the seniors but the victims also experienced severe mental trauma following the incidents.
27 February 2023, 09:10 AM

Indigenous languages in the North: Left to die out

Santhali, Kurukh, Sadri, Mundali -- these are just some of the many languages spoken by the indigenous communities of the flatlands in Rangpur and Rajshahi divisions.
21 February 2023, 01:00 AM

16 Northern Districts: Rising input cost worries Boro farmers

Saiful Islam has lately been busy preparing his five bighas of land to grow paddy. But he reckons he will have to spend Tk 25,000 more than he did last season for the cultivation as the cost of just about everything has gone up.
26 January 2023, 01:00 AM

Locomotive workshop facing worker, fund shortages

Although Bangladesh Railway has expanded its efforts to provide rail transport in more areas of the country, its central locomotive workshop in Parbatipur upazila of Dinajpur is unable to operate at full force owing to a shortage of workers and funds.
19 January 2023, 04:00 AM

Homemade agro-machinery making a difference

Rafiqul Islam, who lives in the Dashmile area of Dinajpur sadar upazila, has innovated various types of agricultural machinery that provide a cheap and easy way for famers to achieve higher production.
17 January 2023, 03:00 AM

Rangpur City Polls: Intra-party feud, ‘wrong pick’ to blame for AL’s rout

Intra-party feud and selection of “wrong candidate” caused the ruling Awami League to suffer a humiliating defeat in Tuesday’s mayoral polls in Rangpur city, said local politicians and civil society members.
29 December 2022, 01:00 AM

Rangpur Mayoral Election: JP’s Mostafa wins, AL polls only 8pc

Jatiya Party’s Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa was reelected  Rangpur mayor while the ruling Awami League candidate, in the fourth position, managed to bag only 8 percent of the vote in the city corporation polls yesterday.
28 December 2022, 00:50 AM

Rangpur city polls: EVM glitch delays JP candidate’s voting by 30min

Jatiya Party mayoral candidate Mostafizar Rahman of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) had to wait about 30 minutes to cast his vote due to a glitch in electronic voting machine (EVM).
27 December 2022, 04:21 AM

Rangpur City Helm: AL, JP battling it out today

Both the ruling Awami League and opposition Jatiya Party said they would win the Rangpur City Corporation election today.
27 December 2022, 01:15 AM

RCC polls: Campaign ends amid fears of violence

As election campaigns for Rangpur City Corporation ended at midnight, the Election Commission said there were concerns over violence at almost one-third of the 229 polling centres.
25 December 2022, 18:00 PM

Most voters don’t know how to use EVM

Around 90 percent of Rangpur city dwellers still have no knowledge on how to use electronic voting machines (EVM), and many are unaware of the fact that the city election will be held through EVM, said mayoral candidate Mostafizar Rahman Mostafa yesterday.
23 December 2022, 18:00 PM

Rangpur city polls: AL eyes victory, JP worries over EVM

With the Rangpur City Corporation election only a few days away, mayor and councillor candidates are passing busy times campaigning to ensure votes.
22 December 2022, 18:00 PM

RFL Group opens 2nd bicycle factory

RFL Group opened its second bicycle factory in Rangpur’s Gangachara upazila to meet the growing demand in both local and export markets.
15 December 2022, 18:00 PM

RFL Group opens second bicycle factory in Rangpur

RFL Group opened its second bicycle factory in Rangpur’s Gangachara to meeting the growing demand in the local and export markets.
15 December 2022, 11:49 AM

Ex-RCC mayor claims he has zero annual income

Mostafizar Rahman, former mayor of Rangpur city, claimed that he did not have any annual income for the last 5 years even though he withdrew over 80 lakh in honorarium during this period.
12 December 2022, 18:00 PM

Shyamasundari Canal: Once Rangpur’s lifeline, now merely a drain

Many Rangpur dwellers, including Maharani Shyamasundari, died following an outbreak of mosquito-borne malaria in 1890s.
7 December 2022, 18:00 PM

Rangpur city polls: JP relieved, AL troubled over rebels

While the Jatiya Party has apparently succeeded in talking its rebel candidates out of the upcoming Rangpur city mayoral race, the ruling Awami League is still facing a difficult situation with two of its rebels already having filed nomination papers.
30 November 2022, 18:00 PM

Dollar crisis cuts trade thru land ports in half

Cross-border trade through land ports in Bangladesh has halved over the past month as importers are facing severe difficulties in opening letters of credit (LCs) amid the country’s US dollar shortage.
28 November 2022, 02:50 AM

Fresh potato prices far higher than previous years

Farmers are enjoying good sales of early harvest potatoes, which cost an astonishing Tk 400 per kilogramme (kg) after hitting markets in Dinajpur and its neighbouring districts by the end of last week.
21 November 2022, 02:20 AM

6 years without classrooms, teachers or labs

Academic works of the mechanical engineering department at Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University (HSTU) in Dinajpur are being hampered due to the absence of permanent classrooms and laboratory facilities.
9 November 2022, 18:00 PM

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