RANGPUR, Sept 19: "A thing of beauty is a joy forever", a famous quote of English romantic poet John Keats, is pretty well pertinent to Tajhat Palace in Rangpur as the historic site still leaves the visitors breathless with its majestic scenery and objects representing a unique culture. Popular by

RANGPUR: While a peasant being oppressed by the British rulers for his aversion to planting a single sapling of indigo was a scene of bygone era, farmers of Rangpur are now cultivating the item amid great zeal and thus they are getting financially benefited. After a long time, indigo cultivation h

RANGPUR, Mar 7: The female labourers in Rangpur district are deprived of equal rights, as they are given much less wages than their male counterparts for the same type of work. According to sources a good number of women in the region work in crop fields, brick kilns, husking  mills, restaura

A good number of landless peasants under Pirgachha upazila in the district are getting financially benefited through farming vegetables on floating beds. These extreme poor people have shown how to cop with the adverse circumstances by adopting such innovative method of food production for their s

RANGPUR, Feb 8: Hundreds of extreme poor people in different villages of Gangachara upazila under the district have attained financial solvency by making Benarasi sarees in recent years. Several hundreds of vulnerable people especially women in the upazila are directly engaged in weaving the pop

RANGPUR, Oct 02: Mariam Begum is an example of how a helpless woman can be successful by dint of hard work and devotion. She has brought significant change in her socio-economic condition by poultry farming.She is now an inspiration to many helpless women in the district as she has now become self-

Cultivation of Aman paddy is facing setback in different flood affected areas under Rangpur division due to acute crisis of seedlings.   Although flood water has begun to recede from the croplands, a severe crisis of Aman saplings has been prevailing in the region, sources alleged.