S Dilip Roy

Man-made intervention in the upstream turns Teesta a wild river in monsoon and a desert in winter.

Chemical-free molasses prepared from date juice at Bhatibari village of Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila attracts buyers from different areas during the ongoing peak season.

The weighbridge under the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) for controlling load in Mirzar Court area of

“We used to have bumper crops here,” says farmer Mahir Uddin of Char Kalmati village in Lalmonirhat. “The Teesta River used to flow year-round but nowadays there's not enough water in winter for optimal agriculture.”

The 100-km highway from Lalmonirhat town to Burimari land port remains problematic for vehicular movement as there are as many as

A good number of sharecroppers and marginal farmers at villages in 45 unions of five upazilas under the district are recorded as loan

Never learning how to walk, 28-year-old Abul Kalam Azad vowed never to get beat down and instead hardened his resolve to “stand his own ground” all his life. It was not easy for him, growing up in the rural town of Lalmonirhat as a physically challenged individual – undermined by the society and often considered a burden.

As biting cold continues to cause sufferings to the people, sellers of warm clothes are doing brisk business in

A syndicate has continued forcing transport workers to pay huge illegal toll for loading and unloading imported and exported goods at

Growers of early variety potatoes in the district are happy to get good yield as well as high prices of the crop.

Farmers in the district are using dolomite to neutralise acidity in the soil for better yield of crops.

Several companies are encouraging farmers to grow tobacco with free seeds and assurance to purchase it from the fields for fair prices

People of Dahagram in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat are now connected to 3G network service launched in the area by Grameenphone yesterday.

Early arrival of winter in the northern district this year adds to the sufferings of poor people, especially those living in the char (landmass emerged from riverbed) areas.

Sixty-seven of 197 former enclave people who chose to become Indian nationals will say goodbye to their native villages at erstwhile Gotamari enclave in Hatibandha upazila and Banshkata in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat today.

The government-run 40-day job scheme meant for providing employment facility to the seasonally jobless farm labourers and ultra

As the children in the classroom open their English grammar books for the day's lesson, their teacher Fazlul Haque picks up his book too. But it is a bit different than the students' classroom books. It is in Braille, a system of raised dots that can be read with the fingers by people who are blind or who have low vision.

Fazlul Haque is visually impaired but he is teaching voluntarily at two schools including a govt primary school and a junior high school at the same campus at a remote village Charkhatamari in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila at the Dharla river basin.

A large number of farm labourers in the village areas of five upazilas under the district are passing a hard time amid seasonal job crisis

It's time for them to leave. For ever.