Lalmonirhat

Trapped Within Borders

“The sun rises, but the light of life seems to be stuck at the gate of the Tinbigha Corridor.”

Teesta flooding should be a wake-up call

Bangladesh must push India to sign the treaty

Dried-up Teesta continues to haunt farmers

Bangladesh needs to find a realistic solution to a persistent problem

Journalist assaulted, camera vandalised in Lalmonirhat

A journalist is assaulted and his camera vandalised while taking photos of procession and counter procession of two Awami League factions in Hatibandha upazila town of Lalmonirhat.

Of a farmer with passion for education

Abdur Rashid is a marginal farmer revered and respected for a completely different role he has been playing for the last nine years in the remote village of Lalmonirhat's Dakkhin Dalgram Parshurampara.

Flood in North, Northeast: Over 1 lakh marooned

Floodwater has stranded over one lakh people in Lalmonirhat and Kurigram districts, following the inundation in Sylhet region.

College teacher gets life term for rape in Lalmonirhat

A college teacher in Lalmonirhat was given life term jail today for raping a student back in 2014.

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.

Flood-hit people's plight not over

For the last 42 days, the Water Development Board's dyke has been Delwar Hossain's home.

July 2, 2018
July 2, 2018

College teacher gets life term for rape in Lalmonirhat

A college teacher in Lalmonirhat was given life term jail today for raping a student back in 2014.

November 22, 2017
November 22, 2017

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.

September 23, 2017
September 23, 2017

Flood-hit people's plight not over

For the last 42 days, the Water Development Board's dyke has been Delwar Hossain's home.

August 16, 2017
August 16, 2017

Flood-Affected North: Crises of food, drinking water worsen misery

All she had left was two kilograms of rain soaked rice. Seeing the sunlight finally break through days of heavy clouds yesterday, a

August 16, 2017
August 16, 2017

800 flood-hit Indians take shelter in Lalmonirhat

Around 800 flood-hit Indian citizens took shelter in several villages of Lalmonirhat Sadar and Aditmari upazilas on Monday night.

June 19, 2016
June 19, 2016

The little family with big dreams

In Bangladesh, people affected with dwarfism are often mocked and the disability is considered limitation and the affected are treated as burden. But this is not one of those stories.

June 6, 2016
June 6, 2016

Illegal sand lifting poses erosion threat

Up to 17 times a day tractor driver Nabir Hossain from Kulaaghat village in Lalmonirhat sadar upazila carts a trailer-load of sand away from the Darla riverbed. “Each trailer load sells for up to Tk. 1,400 on the mainland,” he says. Like Hossain many locals earn their keep

May 24, 2016
May 24, 2016

Bumper crop inflict loss for Lalmonirhat farmers

Bumper boro rice production should make farmers happy. But farmers in Lalmonirhat are unable to smile because they are compelled to sell their paddy at a price much lower than the production cost.

May 23, 2016
May 23, 2016

Lalmonirhat imam, 2 others sent to jail for ‘demeaning Islam’

An imam (religious leader) and two others have been sent to jail in Lalmonirhat over a case filed for allegedly demeaning Islam.

May 7, 2016
May 7, 2016

Bus-covered van collision kills 4 in Bogra

Four people are killed and 15 injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a covered van on Dhaka-Bogra highway in Sherpur upazila of Bogra .