Sohrab Hossain

Uncertainty has gripped crop cultivation on over 3,000 acres of land at a number of villages in two upazilas of Patuakhali and adjacent Barguna as saline water keeps entering the croplands through the collapsed embankment on Bauria canal.

A five-member broker gang allegedly swindled over Tk 47 lakh and 2.70 tonnes of rice from villagers in different areas of Amtali upazila under Barguna district in the name of providing power connection from Rural Electrification Board (REB), said a group of cheated people at Amtali Upazila Press Club yesterday noon.

Most of the roads in Patuakhali municipality have remained in awfully bad condition and became unfit for use due to lack of renovation work, much to the sufferings of the townspeople.

Risky journey by small launches and trawlers continues on different routes in the coastal areas of the district during the ongoing stormy period, defying a yearly government ban.

Believe it or not, a well furnished government primary school in Kalapara upazila under the district is running with three teachers and seven students.

Not a single student passed this year's Dakhil examinations from four madrasas in Sadar, Mirzaganj and Baufal upazilas.

Although the construction work of a biogas plant with a capacity to produce 80 kilowatts of power in Dashmina upazila of Patuakhali under Barisal was completed in June 2016, it is still sitting idle.

Ten teachers of Lamua Chandrakanda Alim Madrasa under Mirzaganj upazila in the district have continued receiving

Influential people are building structures in Kuakata town haphazardly, defying ban on construction without permission.

The ongoing Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent Dakhil and SSC (vocational) examinations at all 12 centres in Baufal

People from home and abroad are losing interest in visiting the Kuakata tourist spot as most of the facilities have been damaged by tidal surge from the Bay of Bengal.

Over 1,000 fishing nets have been set up on 30km stretch of the Harinbaria canal in Taltali upazila of Barguna, posing threat to

A new island emerging from the Bay, about 30 kilometres to the south of Kuakata sea beach, has already started attracting visitors.

It's been many years since private solar systems made inroads into coastal villages. Char Biswas in Patuakhali's Galachipa upazila, an

The Lohalia and Lawakathi rivers in the district town are becoming polluted due to dumping of waste in the two rivers by the municipality, endangering biodiversity and many species of fish.

In recent years, forestland in Kuakata beach area, including the coconut garden, tamarisk garden, Palm trees and vast areas of Kuakata Jatiya Udyan, have been continuously disappearing due to erosion by the sea.

Isn't it astonishing, when it is found patients of a community clinic are receiving treatment in the corridor of a primary school? Not only this, a portion of a union parishad (UP) office is now being used as a clinic.

Alirbandor Government Primary School in Taltali upazila under Barguna faces the threat of collapse into an adjacent pond dug by a

Around 20 educational institutions in the district are in danger of being washed away as the rivers are eroding large areas during the rainy season.

Fifteen years ago when Nasir Uddin from Bazargona village in Patuakhali Sadar upazila moved into a local Ashrayan public housing