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.
They got the opportunity for meeting on March 1, with the cordial cooperation of the members of the two border guards
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
The minimum price for raw tea leaves grown in Panchagarh was fixed at Tk 18 per kilogramme (kg) on Wednesday following recent demonstrations by local farmers demanding a fair value for their produce.
Tea growers of Panchagarh yesterday staged a demonstration at Sher-e-Bangla intersection of the Panchagarh-Dhaka highway, demanding a fair price for raw tea leaves in the ongoing harvesting season.
The government recently ran an excavation project in Thakurgaon’s Suk river. But within 10 months of its completion, the river channel has been filled up again, making the entire effort futile.
Imran Ali, a farmer in Panchagarh, could barely get by with sugarcane cultivation in his 1.7 acres of land. Then, in 2005, he rolled the dice and switched to tea production, a gamble that went on to change his life forever.
In recent weeks, people have witnessed a curious sight unfolding in a farm in Dhondogaon area of Thakurgaon.
Production at state-run sugar mills is set to hit its lowest point in over a decade as sugarcane processing has fallen sharply amid reduced supply, according to the Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation (BSFIC).
A remote village in Panchagarh’s Tentulia upazila is now abuzz with visitors from various parts of Bangladesh after eight farmers harvested high-value tulip flowers under a pilot scheme.
Several hundred people from different parts of the country are gathering daily at an orchard abundant with ripe oranges in Thakurgaon’s Pirganj upazila as pictures of the location went viral on social media giant, Facebook.
Tea processing factories are being set up in Panchagarh in increasing numbers in keeping with the fast-expanding cultivation of the popular beverage in northern districts.
Agriculture officials and potato growers are expecting to achieve a record potato production in Thakurgaon and Panchagrh in the ongoing season of harvest.
