Rajshahi Division

Padma continues to swell in Natore; 18 chars inundated

Shawdesh Desk: The Padma River continued to swell in Natore after India opened all the 119 gates of Farakka Barrage to ensure speedy discharge of the Ganges water following flood in

When children become guardians of plants

Shawdesh Desk: While climate crisis remains a burning issue, not all is doom and gloom. There is hope in the form of children who have not been corrupted by mindless

BCL men attack BNP leader Dudu’s Chuadanga house

Shawedesh Desk: A group of Chhatra League activists attacked the house of BNP Vice-Chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu in Chuadanga on Wednesday night. Advocate Oahedujjaman Bula, younger brother of Dudu alleged that

3 to die for killing woman, son in Rajshahi

Shawdesh Desk: A tribunal on Wednesday sentenced three people to death for killing a woman and her son of Bagmara upazila in Rajshahi. Four others were given life imprisonment for

Rajshahi students plant over 100,000 trees with lunch money

Shawdesh Desk: The students of Bagha and Charghat upazilas in Rajshahi district of Bangladesh got their hands dirty on Monday morning planting more than 100,000 trees purchased with their lunch

Prime Minister visits Rajshahi today

Shawdesh Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to visit Rajshahi today (Sunday) to attend the passing-out parade of the BCS 36th batch of probationary Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASPs)

2 women die of dengue; 527 new patients hospitalised

Shawdesh Desk: Two women died of dengue in Rajshahi and Sirajganj districts on Saturday while 527 new patients were hospitalised across the country in 24 hours until Saturday morning. In

Pabna OC withdrawn, SI suspended over ‘forced marriage’ to rapist

Shawdesh Desk: The officer-in-charge of Pabna Sadar police was withdrawn and a sub-inspector was suspended for allegedly forcing a gang-rape victim to marry one of her rapists at the police