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Sudden Dense Fog Blankets Dinajpur, Boro and Potato Farmers Worried
After a few warmer days, dense fog and a biting wind returned to Dinajpur, worrying farmers about boro seedbeds and potato fields.
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New Potato Prices Rise by Tk 10-25 a kg in Dinajpur
A sudden jump in new potato prices in Dinajpur, blamed on a cold spell that has kept labourers out of the fields, has pushed buyers towards old potatoes.
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Twins Musfika and Makhnun Win Medical College Places, Family Overjoyed
Twin sisters from a Dinajpur village have both won places at medical colleges, easing their parents' worries about their three daughters' future.
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PRAN Starts Buying Aman Paddy Directly From Farmers
PRAN's Banga Millers Limited has begun procuring aman paddy from farmers in Dinajpur, with a target of 2,750 tonnes.
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Asaduzzaman Earns Tk 40,000 a Month Killing Rats With Bamboo Traps
Asaduzzaman of Chirirbandar in Dinajpur earns Tk 35,000 to 40,000 a month killing rats in farmers' paddy fields with bamboo tube traps.
EnvironmentSnakebites kill three housewives in two days in Phulbari, Dinajpur
Three housewives died of snakebites in Phulbari upazila of Dinajpur on 15 and 16 September 2025. Two died on the way from the upazila health complex to Dinajpur Medical College Hospital, and one died shortly after she was bitten.
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Dinajpur's Zakir Succeeds in Date Palm Farming
Zakir Hossain, a former migrant worker in Kuwait, has become self-reliant growing desert dates in Fulbari, Dinajpur, and selling seedlings across the country.
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Water Shortage Turns Golden Fibre into a Noose for Dinajpur Farmers
A lack of rain has left Dinajpur's jute growers with nowhere to ret their crop, forcing many to leave jute in the fields or pay for pumped water.
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Woman Dies of Snakebite on Stepping Into Her Father's House in Dinajpur
A 30-year-old woman visiting her father's home in Birampur, Dinajpur, died after a snake bit her as she stood at the door.
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Eight Lakh Trees to Be Planted in Three Hours in Dinajpur
Dinajpur's district administration plans to plant eight lakh trees in three hours on 19 July.
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Children Sell Bowls of Litchis Along Dinajpur's Roadsides
Children in Dinajpur are gathering litchis that fall in the orchards and selling them in bowls along the roadsides, helped by their mothers, sisters and grandmothers.
EnvironmentWild date palm or another species? A student asks about a Morrelganj palm
After a rare stemless wild date palm was reported from the Dharmapur sal forest in Dinajpur in May 2025, a Khulna student described a similar-looking palm called "atal" at her home in Bagerhat's Morrelganj and asked the Forest Department to identify and protect it.
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Immature Lychee Reaches Dinajpur Markets Amid Fears of Heat-Driven Fruit Drop
Growers in Dinajpur are selling immature Madrazi lychee about a week and a half before the fruit is ripe, chasing higher prices and fearing heat-driven fruit drop.