Boutiques in a bind
The businesses in north fear mounting losses due to scanty Pahela Baishakh sales
Around 400-500 female entrepreneurs, who sell clothing and accessories in the eight northern districts of Rangpur division, are concerned about how to sustain their operations. The photo was taken from Thakurgaon town on Sunday. Photo: Quamrul Islam Rubaiyat
Boutique operators in eight northern districts are worried about their survival as they now fear counting huge losses for the second year in a row due to the ongoing pandemic.
As a result, many of these boutique owners, who are mostly women, could quit the business as they predict poor sales ahead of the year s two most lucrative selling periods Pahela Baishakh and Eid-ul-Fitr due to all the social restrictions in place to curb the spread of Covid-19.
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Police arrested four youths on charge of gang-raping a 17-year-old after abduction in Thakurgaon Sadar upazila on Saturday night.
The arrestees are: Babul alias Babu (19), Sohel (20), Poidul (22) and Ramjan (19). All are inhabitants of Sadar and Ranishankoil upazilas.
They were arrested from different areas after victim s mother filed a case with Sadar Police Station, early today, accusing six persons, Tanvirul Islam, officer-in-charge of Thakurgaon Police Station, said.
Citing case statement, the OC said the victim got acquainted with Babul a month ago. On Saturday afternoon, she along with another 12-year-old girl went to a nearby bridge to meet Babul.
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Farmers in North fear crop loss
Forced to spend extra money to save potato, Boro seedlings
Braving extreme cold temperatures, an elderly farm worker clears weeds in a crop field in Lalmonirhat. Photo: Collected Star Report Star Report
Potato and Boro farmers in the northern region of the country are fearing a huge loss this season due to adverse weather.
The bone-chilling cold, coupled with fog, imposes the risk of affecting seedlings. Besides, the production costs is skyrocketing for additional measures taken to cope with the weather, they said.
Habib Mohammad Ahasanur Rahman, a farmer of Shingia village in Thakurgaon Sadar upazila, said, Our production cost is skyrocketing as we have to use fungicide. Otherwise, the potato might be affected by blight disease.
2nd Cold Spell: Miseries pile up for poor in the North
Covering herself with pieces of worn-out clothes, an underprivileged woman sleeps under the open sky near Kanchpur Bridge in Narayanganj amid the winter chill yesterday. Winter compounds the misery of the homeless and low-income people as they find it difficult to stay warm. Photo: Anisur Rahman Our Correspondent, Thakurgaon Our Correspondent, Thakurgaon
The northern part of the country is witnessing a sharp fall in temperature as the second spell of cold wave from the Himalayan sweeping through the region.
The bone-chilling cold, accompanied by mild cooler wind, during the last four days disrupted normal life in different areas of Panchagarh and Thakurgaon.