Kongkon Karmakar

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.

10m 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

10m 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

11m 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.

11m ago

Jamaishashthi Maacher Mela

A festival of fish lovers

11m ago

No polls under AL government

The BNP yesterday said its lawmakers were ready to resign and the parliament must be dissolved before the election.

2y ago

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.

2y ago

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.

2y ago
December 13, 2023
December 13, 2023

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.

December 11, 2023
December 11, 2023

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

November 24, 2023
November 24, 2023

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

November 19, 2023
November 19, 2023

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.

November 18, 2023
November 18, 2023

Jamaishashthi Maacher Mela

A festival of fish lovers

October 30, 2022
October 30, 2022

No polls under AL government

The BNP yesterday said its lawmakers were ready to resign and the parliament must be dissolved before the election.

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.