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Potato farmers struggling for cold storage space

Potato farmers in the country’s northern districts are struggling to manage space in cold storages for storing their produce.

1m ago

Potato farmers struggling for cold storage space

Transport costs have allegedly been hiked by double the usual rate

1m ago

53 from a Saidpur college pass medical entry test

Among the successful candidates, 33 are female and 20 are male

2m ago

Potato cultivation expands as prices rise

Potato cultivation has increased across Bangladesh as farmers have been getting higher prices year-round amid elevated inflation in the country.

4m ago

Old potato prices stay firm despite arrival of new crops

Old and new potatoes are being sold at the same price in kitchen markets of several districts across Bangladesh, including Dhaka, according to traders.

1y ago

How much do the poor pay for rice? At least Tk 50 a kg

Rice price in Bangladesh is rising and the rate of coarse grain has crossed Tk 50 a kilogramme nearly after a year

1y ago

Falling egg prices leave poultry farmers in a bind

price of each egg at farm level has fallen by between Tk 3 to Tk 3.5 in one month

1y ago

A festival of fish lovers

If someone visits Joypurhat’s Panchsira Bazar now, they will observe the place has transformed into a bustling fish market, with buyers and sellers engaging in spirited transactions over a wide variety of fish from early hours of the day.

1y ago
October 29, 2022
October 29, 2022

Rangpur rally amid transport hurdle: Skirting strike, many BNP men arrive early

BNP leaders and activists from seven northern districts started for Rangpur city as early as Thursday afternoon so that they could reach the city for today’s rally before the start of a bus strike at 6:00am yesterday.

August 28, 2022
August 28, 2022

As if rules do not apply to it

In a step of blatant violation of relevant rules, a multi-storey office building of the ruling Awami League is being constructed on the bank of the Chhoto Jamuna in Dinajpur.

August 26, 2021
August 26, 2021

3 cops arrested for kidnapping

Five people, including three police personnel, were arrested for allegedly abducting a man and his mother from Dinajpur’s Chirirbandar on Monday night and demanding ransom for their release.

July 20, 2021
July 20, 2021

Spreading Eid joy among those hardest-hit by pandemic  

At a time when the pandemic has left scores of people without jobs and livelihoods, making it difficult to earn even daily wages, a group of youths in Rangpur have come forward to spread the joy of Eid among the impoverished people of Rangpur city. 

April 19, 2021
April 19, 2021

A father’s Herculean effort

A rickshaw puller drove his vehicle at least 110km to take his ailing daughter to Rangpur from Thakurgaon for treatment, as ambulance drivers were charging high during this countrywide lockdown.

March 5, 2021
March 5, 2021

Suspended, yet charging Tk 10 lakh for admission

Despite the government’s suspension on Northern Private Medical College’s educational activities in Rangpur five years ago, the medical college authorities have continued student enrollment, taking a huge amount of money from them.

September 28, 2020
September 28, 2020

A submerged city

Since Saturday night, almost all areas of Rangpur city got inundated in record-breaking overnight rainfall in the district, causing untold sufferings to thousands of residents.

July 25, 2020
July 25, 2020

Rangpur residents suffer as roads, homes get inundated after rain

Rangpur residents are suffering as rain-induced waterlogging has inundated many city streets and areas.

May 25, 2019
May 25, 2019

Her war wasn’t over in 1971

She does not talk that much nowadays. She has hardly been in talking terms for long 46 years. It is not the way Tepri Rani wished to live, but it was imposed upon her when she was 16.

June 20, 2016
June 20, 2016

Garlic price stays high

The price of garlic has remained high since the beginning of Ramadan.