Mosquito menace has made the life of the people of Rangpur city and rural areas of the district miserable. Just after sunset swarms of mosquitoes from nearby derelict tanks, ponds, water bodies and dirty drains invade the houses with full fury disturbing the study of the students, sleep of the inmates and affect household activities. The countless mosquitoes start coming to the residences, hospitals, clinics, hotels, business establishments etc. Every night people adopt various means to get rid of mosquito...

Piranha, a tropical American river fish which eats live animals, is being sold ceaselessly at different markets of 8 upazilas in Rangpur district. According to sources in 2008 the government imposed a ban on cultivation of the fish in ponds and water bodies and sale of it in the markets. But a section of dishonest people are cultivating the fish in their water bodies and also marketing it in collusion with some unscrupulous traders defying the ban on it. The...

The blacksmiths in Rangpur district are passing hard days because of price hike of raw materials in recent years.  Due to abnormal price hike of raw materials such as iron, coal and fuel have during last few years, the blacksmith are facing serious problem in continuing their business, sourcessaid.  Besides, they never get fair prices for their products due to lack of marketing facilities. Therefore, they are often compelled to sell their products at prices less than the productioncosts.  There...

Cultivation of ginger has brought smiles on the faces of the farmers of Taraganj Upazila in Rangpur district, as they are getting comparatively more profit through the cultivation of the spicy crop. A good number of farmers who once used to cultivate paddy in their fields are now cultivating ginger as the cultivation of the crop has become more lucrative than the cultivation of other crops, sources said.Disappointed over low price of paddy during last few years, many farmers of...

Satisfactory price and huge demand of maize in the country as well as abroad are encouraging the farmers in Rangpur division to grow more maize in their fields. According to sources maize production has increased this year about 7,000 hectares of land in Rangpur division and due to congenial weather the farmers are expecting a bumper production of maize during the current season in the region. The DAE has fixed a target of producing 6,95,168 tonnes of maize from 97,911...

Female workers in Rangpur district are facing discrimination as they get much less wage than their male counterparts for the same type of work. A good number of women in the region work in crop fields, brick kilns, husking mills, restaurants, factories, tobacco processing centres, hotels and construction sites and are also engaged in earth cutting, stone chips and breaking brick as day labourers. But all of them are given less wages than their male labourers.  While visiting many areas...

The farmers have been continuing transplantation of Boro seedlings in full swing in the northern districts through engaging all-out efforts to make its cultivation programme successful this season.According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources, farmers have already completed transplantation on 8.50 lakh hectares of land, which is about 53 percent of the fixed target of bringing 16.09 lakh hectares under Boro cultivation.“Transplantation of Boro seedlings continues in full swing under favourable climatic condition everywhere,” Horticulture Specialist Khondker Md...

Unscrupulous people have continued lifting of sand from Chikli River at Sahapur and Sakimuddinerdanga areas under Badarganj municipality in the upazila of Rangpur district is going on unabated causing serious risk for the river bank, local primary school, cultivable lands and other establishments. Several hundreds acres of cultivable land and houses on the river bank are threatened by erosion, the locals said. It is alleged that a section of local influential people are involved in indiscriminate lifting of sand from...