National
People from various walks of life including political leaders, businessmen and journalists of Rajshahi mourn the death of the unparalleled business doyen, valiant freedom fighter, philanthropist, social worker and Chairman of Sikder Group of Companies Zainul Haque Sikder through statements and verba...
Hundreds of drug peddlers, mainly heroin smugglers of Godagari upazila, are working as the determinants of ensuing Municipal Elections of Godagari. It is learnt, Godagari is infamous as an international route for heroin smuggling. Several thousand people of Godagari sadar and the adjacent char ...
An on-duty Sub-Inspector of Police has set a humanitarian example by rescuing a seriously injured, mentally retarded young man and handing him over to the family members after his treatment at the hospital. The policeman has been identified as Shamim Hossain of Kakonhat Police Investigation Cen...
In a mango orchard of Belpukur village under Puthia upazila on Thursday afternoon, Abdul Gaffar was taking bread by sitting at the foot of a mango tree in front of his shanty made of polythene and bamboo-sticks. His wife Safia Begum was sitting nearby. Gaffar-Safia couple informed, they have no...
A young bicycle mechanics in Durgapur upazila of Rajshahi district has invented a van driven energy-saving battery recently. Bicycle mechanics Mazharul Islam Babu, son of Shahadat Sarder of Gopalpur area of the upazila, on Sunday exhibited his van by driving it with the energy-savings battery.&...
A farmer of Gollapara village under Tanore upazila of Rajshahi district has so far invented nearly 200 varieties of hybrid paddy in his own field-cum-research unit during the recent years. Of the invented paddies, five varieties have got immense popularity among farmers. The farmer named...
A total of 720,000 dosages of Corona vaccine will be supplied to the people of Rajshahi division in the first phase of vaccination. After applying the first dosage, the second dosage of the vaccine will be administered after two-months, said Dr Habibul Ahsan Talukder, Director of Health, Rajshahi di...
A large number of girl students are being deprived of their educational facilities, especially in the City Corporation areas, despite various facilities like the sub-stipend (upabritty), free books, free tuition fees and food-for-education offered by the government for the propagation of female educ...
Tomato farming in Godagari upazila of Rajshahi district has turned a profitable business since the farmers are getting a satisfactory price of the crop. From the starting of the tomato farming season this year, farmers of Rajshahi have so far earned more than Taka 200 crore. However, due to lac...
The condition of the poor section of people living at the slums and shanties of Rajshahi city has turned miserable due to dip in mercury in the recent days. Even, the sales in the various markets of the city has been dropped and the movement of people remained restricted within nearby areas due...
While tourism is a booming industry in many countries, Bangladesh is lagging behind to harvest the profit from the industry despite having a vast potential to attract millions of tourists in the country round the year.Though the recent Coronavirus pandemic has thwarted the tourism industries around ...
Farmers of Barind region of Rajshahi are being benefitted by adopting Farming System Project adopted by Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute. The system is also working to preserve nature and the environment.Years ago, BARI Field Research Section trained and assisted 24 farmers of Eidgahpara, B...
Two fruits, coloured mango and the 'Falsa,' got registration from the authorities of National Seed Board. The coloured mango was carried from Saudia Arabia while the 'Falsa' is an indigenous fruit of Rajshahi. According to sources, after conducting research with these two fruits...
The snake farm in Naohata of Paba upazila in Rajshahi is an exceptional farm in the country. The farm is, in fact, a Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre for snakes- to be precisely the name of the farm is Cobra Friends Club.Soon after its establishment in December-2009, the owner of the farm Borhan Bis...
Conjoined twins with a single Belly (intestine) but without any Anus was born through Cesarean operation at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital early morning on Monday. One of the twins is male and another is female. They have separate hands, legs, bodies and heads but have only one belly joined ...
In the wholesale Green-grocer market in Rajshahi at Shaheb Bazaar there was no room for traders to sit and sell vegetables. As a result, many of them have occupied the footpath in front of Rajshahi Collegiate School to sell their products. “The school is now closed for Corona pandemic, ot...
They can somehow sign their names and never crossed the secondary level of education but both of them are vying for Mayoral posts of two different Municipalities. One is contesting for the Mayoral post of Mundumala Municipality under Tanore upazila and another is for Bhabaniganj Municipality un...
Valuable instruments procured through government grants worth crores of Taka packed in boxes and cartons remain unused for years at National Heart Foundation in Rajshahi. Shortages of accommodation, expertise and staff have been blamed for leaving of those instruments unused for years. It is le...
A patient on the bed of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital has been suffering from a piercing spasm of pain by falling from a cocoanut tree for over a week. The doctors at the hospital said, he needs an immediate operation but no operation has so far been conducted. The injured person has been i...
City
It is 8:30am on December 24, Thursday at Damkurahat of Paba upazila. As amny as 16 people men and women belonged to the ethnic minority community Santal on a shallow-engine driven three-wheeler, locally known as tempoo. They were all Christian. All of them are day-labourers and going to Rajshahi cit...
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