Rangpur Division

Writer Syed Shamsul Haque remembered in Kurigram

Shawdesh Desk: Celebrated writer and poet Syed Shamsul Haque was remembered at his third death anniversary on Friday. Locals, cultural activists and various organisations brought out a procession and placed

Teenager found dead in Rangpur

Shawdesh Desk: Police are yet to confirm the reason of his death The dead body of a teenager has been recovered from a bus at Kurigram bus terminal parking lot

Sacks of money recovered from dustbin in Bogura

Shawdesh Desk: Several sacks stuffed with money were recovered from road-side dustbin at Shahjahanpur upazila in Bogra on Tuesday morning. Police seized the abandoned sacks at around 10:00 am at

1,454 rural communities transformed from extreme poverty

Shawdesh Desk: More than 45,000 poor women-led households of 1,454 backward rural communities in four northern districts have overcome extreme poverty through social, economic, political and women empowerment. Earlier, these

Teesta water flowing above danger level

Shawdesh Desk: Due to onrush of water from upstream, water of Teesta River is now flowing 25 centimetres above the danger level at Dalia Point in Nilphamari district on Wednesday

SL leader loses hand for protesting at JL leader’s toll collection

Shawdesh Desk: Gffargaon Swechchhasebak League leader’s left hand was amputated in the capital Tuesday, a day after he was struck with machetes near his village home by a local Juba

Two workers die of electrocution in Kurigram

Shawdesh Desk: At least two workers were electrocuted at Krisnopur area in Kurigram town on Monday noon. The deceased were identified as Abdur Rahman, 43 and Abdul Khaleq, 45. Confirming the

BNP nominates Rita Rahman for by-poll to Rangpur-3

Shawdesh Desk: The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has nominated Bangladesh People’s Party Chairman Rita Rahman, an ally of 20-party alliance, as the candidate who will contest in the Rangpur-3 constituency