Serious erosion, caused by the upper stream of the Jamuna River, has threatened 13 villages of four unions under Shahjadpur upazila of Sirajganj district. Meanwhile, hundreds of homes and croplands have gone under water partially as the tide washed away the village protection dam. Therefore, effec

Due to favourable weather condition, bumper horseradish production is expected in Joypurhat this current season. For growing good amount of the vegetable the district is known as horseradish area. The farmers grow the vegetable in a large scale paying their hard labour to meet the local and export

GAIBANDHA: Horse-drawn carriage is the only reliable vehicle for thousands of char people under Saghata upazila in Gainbandha district. Various rabi crops including maize, wheat, almonds, sweet pumpkin, chilli, wheat, china, kaun and linseed are grown during dry season after recession of flood w

Dry fish stockist and producers are facing hardship in the current season as 30 per cent of their produced export quality goods has remained unsold due to corona pandemic in Pabna district. The villagers of the district are suspecting to count around Tk 200 million losses if the condition prevai

JOYPURHAT: Potato farmers of the district are expecting a windfall profit this season as they plan to harvest early-winter potato from the first week of December. A good number of growers said they spent around Tk 12,000 to Tk 15,000 to grow the vegetable on a bigha of land and hope to sell the pr

Low and middle-income consumers of 16 northern districts including Sirajganj, Bogura, and Gaibandha are worst-hit by the price spiral of vegetables. However, the growers are happy as they are getting a good profit compared to that of previous years. The authority concerned blames frequent floods

Hundreds of houses and mosques have been swallowed by the mighty Jamuna River in Sirajganj in a couple of days. Meanwhile, a good number of people have become homeless and destitute due to the river erosion. The affected people fled to safety, leaving behind furniture, houses and even cattle heads

SIRAJGANJ, Mar 15: Students of a government primary school in Royganj upazila of Sirajganj district have been facing untold suffering as they cannot use a bridge for lack of approach roads. Sources said the bridge was constructed in 2015 with a view to creating smooth communication for thousands