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Rangpur-Dinajpur highway: Repairs fail within days, same sections being repaired again

Rangpur, Nov. 1 -- Dinajpur Highway repaired only days ago are being repaired again after the newly laid cement blocks crumbled, bitumen peeled off and potholes reappeared, triggering anger among loca... Read More


Lack of industrial plots hampers investment, jobs in Rangpur

, Oct. 22 -- Rangpur has been waiting for a second industrial estate under the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) for decades, with repeated proposals for new land failing to ... Read More


Teesta irrigation project: Water in canals, but thousands of farmers struggle to irrigate fields

, Oct. 16 -- Thousands of farmers in northern Bangladesh are struggling to irrigate their fields despite water flowing through Teesta Irrigation Project canals, as many canals are silted up, water lev... Read More


Rangpur artisans race against time as Durga idols take shape

Rangpur, Oct. 8 -- The image of Goddess Durga is slowly emerging from clay, straw and bamboo as artisans in Rangpur work long hours to complete idols ahead of the Hindu community's biggest religious f... Read More


86 beds, around 300 patients: Rangpur hospital's children wards in crisis

, Oct. 6 -- month-old baby struggling with pneumonia and breathing difficulties spent three nights on the floor of Rangpur Medical College Hospital before finally getting a bed-only to share it with t... Read More


Manpower, material shortages cripple Saidpur Railway Workshop

Rangpur, Sept. 29 -- A severe shortage of manpower and essential raw materials has sharply reduced repair and production activities at the country's largest railway workshop at Saidpur in Nilphamari d... Read More


669 Rangpur govt primary schools running without headteachers, affecting teaching

Rangpur, Sept. 28 -- As many as 669 of 1,455 government primary schools in Rangpur district are running without headteachers, with assistant teachers serving in acting capacities for prolonged periods... Read More


Teesta erosion leaves several hundred families homeless in northern districts

Rangpur, Sept. 16 -- At least 386 houses have been washed away by severe erosion along the Teesta River in five northern districts over the past seven days, leaving hundreds of families homeless. The... Read More


Northern region farmers pin hopes on Aman harvest amid favourable weather

Rangpur, Sept. 10 -- The paddy fields across northern Bangladesh are once again coming alive as farmers work through muddy fields, transplanting Aman seedlings with hopes of recovering from the setbac... Read More


Northern reguion farmers pin hopes on Aman harvest amid favourable weather

Rangpur, Sept. 10 -- The paddy fields across northern Bangladesh are once again coming alive as farmers work through muddy fields, transplanting Aman seedlings with hopes of recovering from the setbac... Read More