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Farmers busy cutting paddy, planting potato

There is a rush to harvest Aman paddy in advance in Kishoreganj and surrounding areas of Nilphamari. They have come down to pick up the Aman paddy from the fields. Farmers are smiling because of good yield and price. On the other hand, potato farmers are working hard in the field to plant potatoes i...

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Cash grants support provided in Rangpur Division

Plan International Bangladesh has provided Tk 63.6 million unconditional cash grants support among the families of sponsor children in Hatibandha upazilaof Lalmonirhat district and Jaldhaka upazi laof Nilphamari district in  March 2021under the sponsor ship programme. This cash grant suppo...

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Development fair begins in Nilphamari

A two-day development fair was inaugurated and a meeting was organized on the premises of Central Shaheed Minar in Nilphamari with the theme "One of the unique achievements of Bangladesh, transition from a least developed country to a developing country". Nilphamari District Administration...

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Joyous prog of police celebrated in Nilphamari

A joyous celebration was held at the premises of Sadar Police Station on Sunday afternoon in Nilphamari to receive the final recommendation of the United Nations for the transition from Bangladesh LDC to a developing country. A discussion meeting was organized by Nilphamari Sadar Police Station and ...

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Teesta zone Kabaddi competition begins in Nilphamari

A joyous procession was brought out in Nilphamari on Thursday morning on the occasion of the inauguration of Bangabandhu 9th Bangladesh Games Teesta Zone (Women and Men) Kabaddi Competition-2021.Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation, Nilphamari District Sports Association and District Police jointly brought...

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637 homeless families to get new houses in Nilphamari

The government has constructed new houses for 637 landless and homeless families in Nilphamari district in the Mujib Year. These houses have been built under the supervision of the district administration that will be given as gifts to the Prime Minister in the year of Mujib. The Prime Min...

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Rupali Bank stands by rehabilitated beggars

Rupali Bank Ltd stood beside the winter rehabilitated beggars with blankets. The blankets were officially handed over to 190 rehabilitated beggars in Kishoreganj upazila of Nilphamari on Friday afternoon.The distribution of the blankets was held at Kishoreganj Sadar Union Parishad premises with Unio...

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42nd Nat’l Science and Technology Week begins

The 42nd National Science and Technology Week began at Kishoreganj Upazila of Nilphamari with the theme ‘Covid-19 and Health Protection’.A total of 22 stalls participated in the fair on the premises of Kishoreganj Multipurpose Model High School. Upazila Parishad Chairman Shah Mohamm...

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Abandoned newborn named ‘Bijoy’

Officer-in-Charge (OC) Abdul Awal of Kishoreganj police station in Nilphamari has named an abandoned new-born child ‘Bijoy’. The OC named the newborn ‘Bijoy’ in the hope that the child will unite himself in the world by overcoming all the obstacles in the future. The OC ...

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100 homeless to get pucca houses as PM’s gift

Construction work of pucca houses for 100 landless and homeless people has begun in Kishoreganj upazila of Nilphamari under the Asrayan Project-2 as the gift from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the occasion of Mujib Year.Deputy Commissioner of Nilphamari Hafizur Rahman Chowdhury inaugurated the con...

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Workshop on Covid-19 held

A workshop on Covid-19 health protection was held with the members of local press club in Kishoreganj upazila of Nilphamari on Tuesday morning. Members of the local press club gave ideas on Covid-19 health protection, misconceptions, sexual and gender based violence, and accurate report writing on g...

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‘No alternative to education to build Sonar Bangla’

Nilphamari-4 lawmaker Ahsan Adelur Rahman Adel on Sunday said there is no alternative to education to build a happy and self-reliant Sonar Bangla.That is why the present government is determined to build education-friendly educational institutions including infrastructure development across the coun...

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Chader Hat’s caretaker wants to get back job

A press briefing was held on Monday morning in the office of district Reporters Unity demanding to get back the job of Nur Muhammad. Nur Muhammad had been working as a caretaker in Chader Hat Resource Centre conducted by Mosque based children and mass education of Islamic Foundation since 2012....

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Workshop on Vitamin A plus capsule held

A workshop regarding National vitamin A plus capsule campaign was held with the journalists of different print and electronic media at the conference room of the Civil Surgeon of the district on Sunday.Civil Surgeon has arranged the workshop to make the coming campaign a great success. Dr Abu Hena M...

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Courtesy meeting held with newly appointed OC

Zila Reporters Unity of Nilphamari district has met with the newly appointed OC of Sadar Upazilla KM Ajmiruzzaman at his office room on Tuesday night.Among others NurAlam Siddique, president of the Reporters Unity, secretary Alamin along with others members of the Reporters Unity were also present &...

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View-exchange meeting held at Uttara EPZ

A view exchange meeting was held at Evergreen Conference Room of Uttara EPZ in Nilphamari on Monday. The journalists of different print and electronic media were present at the meeting. Felix Y.C. Chang, Chairman and CEO of the EPF, EPF's Deputy General Manager Major Quazi Ferdaus-Ul-Alam (...

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Nilphamari SP distributes Eid gifts among journos, artists

The journalists of different newspapers and artists received Eid gift items from police administration in Nilphamari on last Friday night. Nilphamari Superintendent of Police (SP) Mohammed Mokhlesur Rahman supervised the distribution work.Among others, additional police super ABM Atiqur Rahman,...

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6 of a family, doctor infected with Covid-19

A total of 12 people, including six members of a family and a female physician, have been diagnosed with coronavirus in Nilphamari. Civil Surgeon of Nilphamari Dr Ranojit Kumar Barman said with the new ones, total coronavirus cases rose to 52 in the district. They received the reports of sample...

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Nilphamari locked down

The local administration has put the Nilphamari district under lockdown after two more people, including a 16-year-old boy, tested positive at Sadar and Dimla upazilas of the district on Tuesday.Civil Surgeon of Nilphamari Ranjit Kumar said that the two people were diagnosed with Covid-19 after thei...

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2 ‘Allahr Dal operatives’ held in Nilphamari

Police on Wednesday arrested two suspected members of banned militants outfit ‘Allahr Dal’ in separated drives in Bogluwagari area under Jaldhaka Upazila in Nilphamari on Wednesday. The arrestees were identified as Md. Saiful Alom, 37, son of Ansar Ali, a resident of Fulsori Upazila of G...