Infrastructure vanished in Kurigram river erosion
The Rivers Dudhkumar and Tista devoured at least 55 houses and other infrastructure in Kurigram sadar and Rajarhat upazilas in the last three days till Wednesday...
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Flash flood damages standing crops
Flash flood damaged standing crops especially rice in Kurigram and Lalmonirhat districts on Monday following heavy rainfall upstream in India and opening of the Gajoldoba barrage by the Indian authorities amid onrush of water...
Couple among four killed by lightning strikes in 3 districts
Four people were killed in lightning strikes in Noakhali, Rangpur and Kurigram districts between Tuesday night and Wednesday...
DANGEROUS CROSSING:聽Kurigram villagers plead for permanent bridge
For more than three years, over 10,000 residents of eight villages under Phulbari in Kurigram have been risking their lives every day to cross the Nilkamal River via a narrow bamboo bridge...
River erosion at 33 points in Kurigram, hundreds of houses devoured
River erosion has intensified at 33 points along the Teesta, Brahmaputra, Dharla and Dudhkumar rivers in Kurigram, affecting thousands of people and devouring hundreds of houses and vast areas of agricultural land over the past two months...
Rail links with northern dists resume after 12 hours
Rail communications between Dhaka city and several northern districts resumed early Wednesday after a halt for about twelve hours caused by the derailment of compartments of a passenger train in Rangpur...
Kurigram ex-DC gets bail for six months
The High Court on Tuesday granted bail to Kurigram鈥檚 former deputy commissioner Sultana Parvin for six months in a case filed over torturing journalist Ariful Islam Rigan...
StanChart launches renewable energy project
Standard Chartered Bangladesh, in collaboration with the international social-purpose organisation Friendship, has launched an environmental initiative to provide clean energy, water, and climate resilience to the remote Notunchar Island in Kurigram...
Farmer electrocuted in Kurigram
A farmer was electrocuted while irrigating his banana field in Phulbari upazila of Kurigram district on Tuesday morning...
Woman electrocuted in Kurigram
A housewife died from electrocution in Bhurungamari upazila of Kurigram district on Saturday morning...
Five killed in road accidents
At least five people were killed and 13 other injured in road accidents in Kurigram, Narsingdi, Magura and Sylhet districts between Saturday night and Sunday evening...
Dharla鈥檚 wrath leaves 50 families homeless in Kurigram
In Char Gorokmondol, a remote village in Phulbari upazila of Kurigram, the once-distant rumble of the Dharla River has grown into a deafening roar and with it destruction follows...
BNP expels 5 local leaders in 4 dists on criminal allegations
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party has expelled five of its local-level leaders in Dhaka, Kurigram, Cumilla, and Bhola during the past two days following serious allegations against them of criminal activities, violence, and unethical behaviour...
Thousands in Bangladesh celebrate Eid-ul-Azha in line with Saudi Arabia
Although Eid-ul-Azha, one of the biggest religious festivals of Muslims, will be celebrated in the country on June 7, thousands in Barishal, Sherpur, Jhenaidah and Kurigram districts are celebrating Eid in alignment with Saudi Arabia on Friday.
BSF鈥檚 push-in attempt foiled by BGB, local people at Kurigram border
Tensions flared along the Kochakata border in Kurigram on Friday night after India鈥檚 Border Security Force allegedly attempted to push a group of people into Bangladeshi territory, BGB officials said...
India pushes 67 more into Bangladesh
The Border Security Force of India pushed 67 more people into Bangladesh through the borders in Meherpur, Satkhira, and Kurigram districts on Tuesday...
Thousands of school drop-out children return to education with BRAC support
Nearly 25,000 out-of-school and learning-lagged children who had dropped out during the Covid-19 pandemic have returned to mainstream primary education through BRAC鈥檚 Returning to Learning project, which provided accelerated learning in 1,005 one-room schools...
BGB member killed, four injured in lightning strike in Kurigram
A Border Guard Bangladesh member was killed and four others were injured after being struck by lightning while on patrol along the Kauniya Char-Khetarchar border in Darbhanga union of Roumari upazila, Kurigram on early Thursday...
Bodies of two siblings recovered from Brahmaputra river
The bodies of two brothers, who had gone missing while bathing, were recovered from the Brahmaputra river at Ulipur upazila in Kurigram district Monday morning...
India pushes 123 people into Bangladesh
At least 123 people were forced to enter Bangladesh from the Indian side through different bordering points in Khagrachari and Kurigram on Wednesday, creating a tense situation along the border with India...
Nor鈥檞ester kills housewife
A housewife was killed as a tree fell on her during a nor鈥檞ester in Phulbari upazila in Kurigram at around 3.30am on Sunday...
Child dies as fire destroys home in Kurigram
A five-year-old girl died as fire gutted a house at West Sukhdeb village under Rajarhat in Kurigram on Friday....
BSF installs CCTV cameras along Bhurungamari border
The Indian Border Security Force installed CCTV cameras along the zero line of Dakshin Banshjani border in Bhurungamari upazila of Kurigram early Monday...
Cold wave to be followed by warm days
A mild to moderate cold wave was sweeping over the districts of Panchagarh and Kurigram on Sunday with forecasts of both day and night temperatures slightly falling today...
Two people killed in Kurigram road accident
Two businessmen were killed in a road accident in Bhurungamari upazila of Kurigram district, said police on Friday morning...
Professor Rashedul Islam made KAU VC
Former chairman of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University鈥檚 entomology department, Professor Md Rashedul Islam, has been appointed as vice-chancellor of Kurigram Agricultural University...
Temperature in Kurigram drops to 16 degrees Celsius
Normal life is being disrupted across the northern district of Kurigram due to fog and dropping temperature with the approach of winter...
Navigability crisis halts ferry services on Rowmari-Chilmari route
Ferry services remained suspended on the Roumari-Chilmari route due to the navigability crisis of the River Brahmaputra in Kurigram...
4 held in Kurigram, Pirojpur for offensive post about Prophet
The police arrested four persons at separate places of Kurigram and Pirojpur districts for making offensive comments about Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) on Facebook...
Three missing children鈥檚 bodies recovered, another missing
The bodies of three children, who went missing while taking bath in the Brahmaputra river on Wednesday in Nageshwari upazila of Kurigram, were retrieved from the river on Thursday...
