Canal or fish gher?
Farming on around 400 acres of land is greatly hampered as an influential family has started fish cultivation in the
6 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Hospital ship brings quality to healthcare to remote areas
In Patuakhali's riverside communities accessing modern healthcare can be quite a challenge, particularly if specialist consultation is
5 September 2017, 18:00 PM
Kuakata businesswomen face capital crisis
Domen Rakhine, 45, has run a clothing stall at Kuakata Rakhine Women's Market since 2003. She is one of fourteen
26 August 2017, 18:00 PM
Tidal surge takes toll on Kuakata seafront
Seasonal king tides over the past two months have caused extensive damage to the Kuakata foreshore. Around ten feet of the lone link
20 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Cops' centre in aid of tortured women
Police in Barguna have taken a different step to save women, who were tortured by their families, and over 300 victims have already
13 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Kuakata tourist police jet ski for rent
In periods of bad weather at Kuakata beach, the speedboats that could normally assist in rescue operations are unavailable. At such
8 July 2017, 18:00 PM
Grabbers eye Kuakata canal
Some influential people using the name of ruling Awami League are building structures by allegedly grabbing a portion of Ghatlar Khal, an important canal in Kuakata municipality.
24 June 2017, 18:00 PM
Cage-farmed crabs prove a money-spinner in Patuakhali
For the past eight years Moazzem Hossain from Tulatali village in Patuakhali's Kalapara upazila has been busy farming crabs, with
10 June 2017, 18:00 PM
Irrigation suffers as canal grabbed for fish farming
The five-kilometre long Mongolbaria Canal in Borobaishdia union of Patuakhali's Rangabali upazila was once an important resource for
4 June 2017, 18:00 PM
Seed crisis worries Patuakhali farmers
Severe seed crisis has made the aus paddy growers of the coastal district anxious, thanks to the negligence of Bangladesh Agriculture
18 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Open UP budget sessions result in good services
People of nine unions in Kalapara upazila of the district are getting services from the union parishads (UP) by raising their voices at
6 April 2017, 18:00 PM
Hard to get safe water
The shifting geography of the country's southern coast creates both opportunity and challenge. Eight remote shoals twenty kilometres
30 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Fund crisis leaves Sonakata Eco-park animals hungry
Animals in Sonakata Eco-Park in Tangargiri reserve forest under Taltoli upazila of Barguna are facing food crisis due
29 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Chars make Payra, Biskhali rivers risky for vessels
Movement of vessels is being greatly hampered due to emergence of chars (landmass rising from riverbed) in the Payra and Biskhali
23 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Monk on a mission
The importance of one's mother tongue is perhaps nowhere better understood than in Bangladesh. A mother tongue is an
13 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Hope for physically challenged people
A van equipped with modern treatment facilities appears as a blessing for poor physically challenged people in the district, thanks to the initiative of Jatiya Protibondhi Unnayan Foundation under the government's social welfare ministry.
8 March 2017, 18:00 PM
400-acre Kuakata forestland grabbed
Different real estate companies and some local influential people have grabbed over 400 acres of reserve forestland in Kuakata of the
2 March 2017, 18:00 PM
Tourists lose interest in Kuakata eco-park
Tourists from home and abroad are losing interest in visiting the Kuakata eco-park, though it was one of the best tourist spots in the country, as its walkways, link road, wooden bridge and tamarisk garden are badly damaged.
7 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Risky living in shaky buildings
Over 50 families are living amid life risk in 12 buildings of the staff quarters of Patuakhali West Zone Power
5 January 2017, 18:00 PM
Brick kilns on agri lands
A brick kiln is being set up in Amtali upazila on about four acres of land by a ruling party leader, violating the law that prohibits
3 January 2017, 18:00 PM