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Sohrab Hossain

Our Correspondent, Patuakhali

Bangladesh Marine Fish Catch Decline

Marine fish catch slumps amid overfishing, habitat loss

6 September 2026
Years of overfishing, destructive fishing practices and damage to marine habitats are depleting Bangladesh’s fish stocks, with catches of hilsa and other marine species falling sharply.
6 September 2026
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Where access to freshwater is a daily struggle

5 September 2026
Sharmin Begum, who lives in Barguna’s Patharghata upazila, may have done little to contribute to global warming, but she is suffering severely from its adverse impacts.
5 September 2026
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Doctor shortage cripples Patuakhali hospital

2 September 2026
Patuakhali 250-bed General Hospital has long been struggling to provide adequate healthcare services to a growing number of patients due to a severe shortage of doctors.
2 September 2026
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Erosion threatens Kuakata beach

31 August 2026
Persistent rainfall, high tides and rough seas in recent times have intensified coastal erosion along Kuakata beach, threatening key public and religious establishments as well as the town’s coastal protection embankment.
31 August 2026
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Tk 7cr town hall lies unfinished in Barguna

30 August 2026
A town hall built by Barguna Municipality to promote literary and cultural activities and host meetings and seminars has remained unfinished for eight years, despite crores of taka being spent on the project.
30 August 2026
After a three-year hiatus, ‘Theatrewala’ revives Patuakhali’s theatre scene

After a three-year hiatus, ‘Theatrewala’ revives Patuakhali’s theatre scene

29 August 2026
The theatre group Agun Mukha organised the performance with support from the District Shilpakala Academy. The play was staged in memory of noted late theatre personality and physician Fazlul Karim.
29 August 2026
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Tk 8.78cr road caves in within a month

29 August 2026
A key road in Barguna’s Amtali upazila has collapsed within a month of being renovated at a cost of more than Tk 8 crore.
29 August 2026
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Galachipa upazila in Patuakhali / Students swim across five canals to reach school

28 August 2026
Students of Char Karfarma Government Primary School in Galachipa upazila of Patuakhali have to swim across as many as five canals to attend classes, leaving many soaked by the time they reach school and some reluctant to attend.
28 August 2026
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A road never paved

Barely five kilometres away from Patuakhali district town, an earthen road lies neglected for decades.
2 October 2024
Tofazzal beaten to death at DU

Life lost to a mindless mob

Tofazzal was a survivor of tremendous hardships and mental health issues, a person with a difficult and complex life story that came to an untimely and sorry end
19 September 2024
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Damaged building leaves students at risk

The only concrete building of Faridganj High School in Patuakhali’s Kalapara upazila has long been in a sorry state and left abandoned as it was deemed unsafe for conducting academic activities.
17 September 2024
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‘All our hope is gone’

Jasim Uddin Howladar, 37, from Patuakhali’s Dumki upazila, used to work as a driver for a Dhaka-based non-government organisation.
28 August 2024
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'They shot my boy six times'

Says mother of Raihan, 17, who died of bullet wounds
16 August 2024
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Holiday destinations devoid of tourists for security concerns

Hotels, resorts and motels in the country’s holiday destinations are lying idle for a lack of tourists amidst the deterioration of law and order since Sheikh Hasina resigned from the post of prime minister on August 5 in the face of a mass uprising.
8 August 2024
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I rushed to aid bullet-hit teen, only to find it's my son

Says father of 16-year-old Md Amin
5 August 2024
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Who will look after us now?

Asks wife of Titu, who was shot dead in Dhanmondi
5 August 2024
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Who will call me Abba?

Death of Liton, 30, leaves family devastated
3 August 2024
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Why did they shoot my father?

Asks son of van puller Jahangir
3 August 2024
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Journalist killed in the line of duty

Mehedi dies of bullet wounds while covering news in Jatrabari
1 August 2024
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Jihad wanted to be a cricketer

Death of 25-year-old leaves family distraught
31 July 2024
1,320MW Payra Thermal Power Plant in Patuakhali

1,320MW coal power plant in Patuakhali to fire up in October

A 1,320-megawatt (MW) coal-based thermal power plant located in Kalapara upazila of Patuakhali is ready to begin commercial operations by the end of this year, officials said..The first of the plant’s two units, which can generate 660 MWs daily, will commence production in October while th
30 July 2024
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Dreams dashed by a bullet

He was taken to Chittagong Medical College Hospital first, then to a local private hospital and finally to Dhaka Medical College Hospital after his condition kept deteriorating.
29 July 2024
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Tourism jolted by curfew

Zahra Mayeesha, a 26-year-old private job holder, was preparing to return to Dhaka from a two-day vacation to Sreemangal with her husband on July 16.
25 July 2024
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Locals bar initiation of works for Patuakhali EPZ

Locals on Saturday barred the initiation of land development for an export processing zone (EPZ) at Patuakhali sadar upazila demanding compensation for land acquired by the government. .Around 150 people staged the protest at Pachakoralia mouza of Auliapur union. .One of them, Md Sh
15 July 2024
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207 schools need urgent repair

At least 207 educational institutions, including schools, colleges, and madrasas in Patuakhali, are in dire need of urgent repair after sustaining significant damages in Cyclone Remal.
14 July 2024
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245 iron bridges or death traps?

A tragic accident led to the death of nine people after an iron bridge collapsed and caused a microbus to fall into the canal in Haldia Bazar area of Barguna’s Amtali upazila on June 22.
10 July 2024
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Passengers suffer for dilapidated bus terminal

The central bus terminal in Patuakhali is in a dilapidated state and in dire need of renovation.
9 July 2024
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Amtali Upazila Health Complex: Manpower shortage cripples health service

Patients in Barguna’s Amtali upazila are deprived of proper treatment facilities as the upazila health complex is plagued with various problems including shortage of doctors and other staff.
1 July 2024

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