Sohrab Hossain

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will formally open Shaheed Sheikh Kamal Bridge and Shaheed Sheikh Jamal Bridge on Patuakhali-Kuakata road through a video conference from her office in the capital today.

Around 10,000 people of eight villages of Athorogachia union in Amtali upazila under Barguna district are suffering as the work for

Officials of a cooperative firm in Dumki upazila under the district have disappeared after embezzling several crore taka from over a

Potato farmers in Galachipa upazila under the district are worried as late blight and scab diseases affected the fields

Erosion due to frequent hit by tidal surges causes depletion of the reserve forest in Kuakata sea beach, badly affecting the natural beauty of the picturesque tourist spot where the visitors can see both the sunrise and the sunset from the same spot.

The lone canal in Kalapara upazila town is nearly dead as local influential people have been filling it over several years. A few hundred

A union parishad (UP) member in Kalapara upazila under the district allegedly misappropriated 8.4 tonnes of rice meant for VGD (vulnerable group development) programme.

One month into completion, Shaheed Sheikh Kamal Bridge and Shaheed Sheikh Jamal Bridge on Patuakhali-Kuakata road are yet to be opened for vehicular movement.

Locals through their voluntary service have made usable a bridge on Pakhimara canal under Kalapara upazila, after getting tired of long

Over 10,000 people of four villages of Nilganj union in Kalapara upazila under the district are suffering a lot as the bridge on Ural canal has became unusable after a few wooden sleeppers of it broke under the pressure of a paddy-laden improvised van on Friday. Seven people received minor injuries due to the accident. Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) constructed the bridge with iron structure and wooden slippers in 1992-93 fiscal year to ease communication from Uttar Nilganj, Faridganj, Naubhanga and Nilganj villages to Kalapara upazila headquarters.

A section of local people are building closures and removing water with power pumps to catch fish in different canals of mangrove forest areas in coastal islands under the district, causing harm to the bio-diversity there.

With most of the sleepers broken or displaced, the iron bridge on Humoibunia canal in Amragachhia union of Mirzaganj upazila under the district remains virtually useless for three years, much to the sufferings of thousands of people.

The chirping sound of migratory birds pierces the silence at Char Moazzin in Patuakhali district.

Good yield of aman paddy fails to bring smile to the farmers in the district as the present market prices are too low

An illegally set up charcoal field near four educational institutions in Kalaiya Bazar area of Baufal upazila under the district poses health

Shortly before sunset, hundreds of birds routinely descend upon Patuakhali town's police station. Attracted by a

Brick kilns in Patuakhali and Barguna districts are illegally using firewood instead of coal to fire the kilns. On

Over 15 thousand people of Kuakata municipality in Kalapara upazila under the district are deprived of basic civic amenities as the

Twelve people belonging to two Hindu families of Alipur village in Kalapara upazila under the district had to leave their houses

Brick kilns have been set up on agricultural land in different areas of Patuakhali and Barguna districts.