Rising tea prices bring new life to northern growers
Growers optimistic as leaf prices reach Tk 30 per kg
24 August 2025, 18:00 PM
Eid fair that brings Thakurgaon together
Every Eid, as the sun begins to set over Thakurgaon Government Boys’ High School ground, a familiar rhythm takes hold -- laughter, music, the creaking sound of Ferris wheels, and the murmur of people catching up with old friends.
4 April 2025, 20:14 PM
Heartfelt reunion of a 107-yr-old father and his daughter at Banglabandha
They got the opportunity for meeting on March 1, with the cordial cooperation of the members of the two border guards
11 March 2025, 05:00 AM
Potato growers at risk of huge losses as prices dip
Potato acreage in Bangladesh increased to a record high of 5.21 lakh hectares this year, but growers are apprehensive about a significant financial setback due to falling prices of the popular vegetable.
14 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Mango buds bloom in abundance
Mango buds on trees are in abundance in Thakurgaon following a favourable weather, showing a bright prospect for a good yield of the juicy summer fruit.
30 March 2024, 18:00 PM
Third tea auction centre launched in Panchagarh
A new tea auction centre began operations in Bangladesh’s northwest bordering district of Panchagarh yesterday, making it the third establishment of its kind following the country’s first in Chattogram and the second in Sreemangal.
3 September 2023, 00:00 AM
Hafiza gets a new lease of life thanks to Thakurgaon DC
Found ill, alone and disoriented nearly one and half months ago, an elderly woman returned to her family today thanks to the government official's efforts
7 August 2023, 17:37 PM
North to see its largest private hospital
A 1,000-bed private hospital will be set up in the northern district of Panchagarh at an estimated cost of Tk 2,500 crore from “local and foreign investors” who seek to meet healthcare needs of locals and neighbouring countries’ citizens.
9 April 2023, 02:30 AM
Record potato production in Thakurgaon, Panchagarh expected
Agriculture officials and potato growers are expecting to achieve a record potato production in Thakurgaon and Panchagrh in the ongoing season of harvest.
17 March 2021, 18:00 PM
Hospital handover delayed over alleged faulty design
A Tk 26.69 crore newly constructed building of Thakurgaon Sadar Hospital is lying unused as the hospital authority has refused to take it from the Public Works Department (PWD) citing several ‘faults’ that might hinder the medical care giving process.
8 September 2019, 18:00 PM
Good yield of jute
Jute farmers in Thakurgaon and Panchagarh are expecting good production of the fibre and its fair prices in the local markets this season, although they faced some problems at the initial stage of the cultivation season due to excessive untimely rain.
16 August 2018, 18:00 PM
Potato price fall worries farmers
Potato growers of the district are worried that they might not be able to recover the production cost due to sudden
5 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Disability not a barrier
Defying his severe physical disability a schoolboy, who was born with one hand missing and the other badly deformed, is appearing in
22 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Woman dies as log falls on her
A woman pedestrian was killed as a log fell on her when workers were cutting roadside trees near Tangon Bridge on Railway Station
11 October 2017, 18:00 PM
Blast attacks Boro in Panchagarh, Thakurgaon
Farmers in Panchagarh and Thakurgaon are worried as several hundred acres of Boro paddy fields have been attacked by blast disease.
30 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Principal's residence at lab!
The 'drawing lab' of Panchagarh Government Technical School and College is being unofficially used as the principal's residence for
11 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Fraud swindles job seekers
A fake job provider of Dinajpur has gone into hiding after cheating at least 245 jobseekers of Tk 25-30-lakh through a local NGO in
15 November 2016, 18:00 PM
Rice prices soar as OMS suspended
The suspension of Open Market Sale (OMS) programme, meant for providing major food items to common people for relatively low
19 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Mindless sand lifting poses threat to highway
A local leader of Swechchhasebak League is extracting sand from a piece of land about 10 metres from Thakurgaon-Panchagarh
1 March 2016, 18:00 PM
17.5 km Panchagarh road cracks days after repairs
Only a few days after completion of renovation work, the 17.5-kilometre road from Panchagarh Sugar Mills to Debiganj via Benghari
26 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Scanty rainfall hampers T-aman farming
Insufficient rainfall during the ongoing rainy season badly hampers cultivation of transplanted aman (T-aman) paddy in Thakurgaon
4 August 2015, 18:00 PM