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S Dilip Roy

Tobacco cultivation expands in Rangpur, Lalmonirhat amid profit lure

Experts warn of declining food crops and rising threats to soil and public health
9 November 2025, 13:58 PM
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Vegetable prices skyrocket as erratic rain ravages croplands

Consumers and farmers are bearing the brunt of the radical shift in weather patterns as crops are damaged and retail prices skyrocket.
21 October 2025, 19:05 PM
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Favourable weather, higher acreage boost Aman outlook

Farmers and agriculturists said repeated floods and unfavourable weather affected Aman season paddy last year
20 October 2025, 18:54 PM
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A festival of light, livelihood

With Diwali approaching, potters in the northern parts of the country are abuzz with activity as they race to meet soaring demand for earthen lamps, locally known as diya.
18 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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Potters rush to light Diwali as 12cr lamps take shape in northern villages

With demand soaring ahead of October 20, pottery boosts economy of villages on Rangpur region
18 October 2025, 07:32 AM
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Tk 27 lakh for constructing a tinshed room!

Allegations of corruption have surfaced against officials of the Water Development Board over the renovation of its branch office in Nageshwari upazila of Kurigram.
16 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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Canal grabbed for fish farming

A local influential person has allegedly grabbed a canal for fish farming in the China Bazar area of Kurigram’s Rajarhat upazila.
15 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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Erosion leaves over 200 families homeless

As floodwaters recede in the northern districts of Rangpur, Lalmonirhat, Kurigram, and Nilphamari, erosion has intensified along the banks of the Teesta, Dharla, Brahmaputra, and Dudhkumar rivers, with at least 60 points now severely affected.
12 October 2025, 18:00 PM
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DREAMS FOR ALL

At the Visually-impaired Rehabilitation Centre in Haribhanga area of Lalmonirhat town twenty children from struggling families are given the chance to dream.
5 December 2017, 18:00 PM
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Post-flood spinach brightens farmers

Lalmonirhat farmers are riding high this winter on the back of healthy market rates for spinach. Spinach varieties including lal shak,
27 November 2017, 18:00 PM
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10 Lalmonirhat bridges without approach roads

Ten bridges, constructed over canals and small rivers at different villages in four upazilas under the district one to four years ago, are
21 November 2017, 18:00 PM
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House of knowledge

A few years ago when Jamal Hossain, from Tiparbazar village in Lalmonirhat's Aditmari upazila, was a student of class 10, he wanted to enter a literature competition. He hoped to recite a Nirmalendu Goon poem for Brac's Taray Taray Deepshika programme in Dhaka.
21 November 2017, 18:00 PM
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LGED delay causes suffering

Villagers in many areas of the district are repairing at their own expenses the roads, bridges and culverts that were damaged by the recent floods.
9 November 2017, 18:00 PM
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Cassia-leaf farming gets popular in Lalmonirhat

Farming of cassia-leaf locally called tejpata is bringing additional income to farmers in the district as there is high demand for it.
8 November 2017, 18:00 PM

Beggar-free Lalmonirhat scheme uncertain

The district administration is yet to take steps to implement the scheme for rehabilitating 3,949 listed beggars here.
31 October 2017, 18:00 PM
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Double crop farming

Simultaneous cultivation of two crops on the same land is gaining popularity among farmers in the district as they get better profit for the same expenditure as for one crop.
21 October 2017, 18:00 PM
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Pest attack on Aman paddy

Farmers in the district are worried because they cannot protect their crops from pest attack as the pesticides they are using are substandard and ineffective.
19 October 2017, 18:00 PM
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Emblem of success

Santwana Rani Ray of Haridas village of Sarpukur union in Aditmari upazila under the district has set a glorious example of defying odds, achieving success in education as well as martial art through dedication and perseverance.
8 October 2017, 18:00 PM

Pledge to fight against drugs

Over 100 drug peddlers in the border areas in the district, who took an oath one year ago to give up the crime, are leading normal lives and taking part in campaigns against peddling and use of contraband drugs in their villages.
5 October 2017, 18:00 PM
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Cow dung as fuel

Kohinur collects cow dung from the fields and then dries it to sell in the town.
4 October 2017, 18:00 PM
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Aus production fall upsets farmers

Farmers in the district are worried as their hope of getting bumper production was shattered due to the damage caused by the prolonged flood this season.
21 September 2017, 18:00 PM
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River erosion makes many homeless in Lalmonirhat

During the recession of floodwater, many people are losing their houses and lands due to erosion by Teesta and Dharla rivers in
18 September 2017, 18:00 PM
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Arable lands under sand

Vast tracts of fertile arable land in the villages of the Teesta and Dharla river basin areas in the district have been covered with sand
13 September 2017, 18:00 PM
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New variety of vegetable brightens farmers' lives

Farmers in the district are earning good profit by cultivating a new variety of vegetable got from jute saplings, locally
12 September 2017, 18:00 PM
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Dyke collapse caused the flood

Flood victims in 15 villages at Kulaghat union in Sadar upazila blamed the Water Development Board (WDB) for the collapse of a dyke
5 September 2017, 18:00 PM
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Physical challenge no bar to his success

Masum Parvez, 38, from BDR Hat Road area of Lalmonirhat town is a successful businessman. In his diversified fertiliser, pesticide,
25 July 2017, 18:00 PM
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Self-reliant thru' cattle rearing

Many people in the Teesta and Dharla river basin char (landmass emerging from riverbed) areas have achieved
11 July 2017, 18:00 PM
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Bananas bring solvency to Lalmonirhat char areas

The remote char (landmass emerging from riverbed) lands in Dharla River basin areas of Lalmonirhat have never been synonymous
5 July 2017, 18:00 PM

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