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Lalmonirhat fields are now awash with the bright yellow of blooming sunflowers. Photo: UNB

Golden shift on Teesta: Sunflowers replace tobacco in Lalmonirhat's char lands

For the first time, sunflower is being cultivated commercially in the area under an agricultural development project aimed at reducing tobacco farming and increasing edible oil production.

Shafiqur Rahman. File Photo: Collected

Teesta master plan will be top priority if Jamaat voted to power: Shafiqur

Graphics: TBS

Teesta Master Plan: Who implements development projects is Bangladesh’s sovereign choice

Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan spoke to reporters after visiting the erosion-prone area of the river Teesta along with Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen in Tepamadhupur Taluk Shahbazpur area of Kawnia upazila in Rangpur this afternoon. 19 January 2026. Photo: BSS

China wants to start Teesta Master Plan work soon: Rizwana

The torchlight demonstrations were organised under the banner of the ongoing movement 'Jaago Bahe Teesta Bachai'. Photo: UNB

Teesta returns to political tide: How far will BNP push for mega project?

File photo of Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan. Photo: PID

Teesta mega project: Rizwana calls for in-depth feasibility assessment, community engagement 

The torchlight demonstrations were organised under the banner of the ongoing movement 'Jaago Bahe Teesta Bachai'. Photo: UNB

5 northern districts ablaze with torch rallies demanding Teesta master plan implementation

Local union parishads distributed 20 metric tonnes of rice as general relief among 2,000 flood-hit people of seven unions yesterday (6 October). Photo: BSS

Teesta flash flood starts improving in greater Rangpur district

Teesta bridge protection embankment in Gangachhara upazila of Rangpur have collapsed into the river. Photo: UNB

70 metres of Teesta bridge embankment collapses in Rangpur, several chars at risk

Photo: UNB

Teesta, Dharla erosion leaves thousands in Lalmonirhat at risk

Photo: Collected

Maulana Bhashani Bridge over Teesta opens to traffic

Photo: UNB

Flood fear looms over northern districts as Teesta swells

Rizwana in Rajarhat upazila, Kurigram on 15 July. Photo: Courtesy

Design of Teesta master plan to be finalised by October: Rizwana