Of broken wings and empty eyes
Tangled in a protective net, a black drongo hangs dead above a fish enclosure in Madhabhakhati village in Khulna’s Dumuria upazila. Farmers and fishery owners have set up such nets over enclosures and crop farms to ward off pests
5m ago
Nature quest: Too hot for the cold blooded
An oriental garden lizard takes a sip of water from a drying puddle on the road in Jalma area of Khulna's Batiaghata upazila recently. Lizards are ectothermic, or "cold blooded" animals, which means they rely on the environment around them to regulate their body temperature, unlike mammals who can produce heat internally to stabalise their temperatures
6m ago
Nature quest: Gems of the forest
The axis deer, chittra horin in Bangla, is one of the more precious belongings of the Sundarbans. This herd was seen wandering outside of the mangrove forest to eat grass under the open sky.
7m ago
Giants of the Sundarbans
A saltwater crocodile was spotted roaming the Sundarbans recently. Native to saltwater habitats, brackish wetlands, and freshwater rivers, saltwater crocodiles are known as the largest living reptiles in the world
8m ago
Plastic for bread
At one end of the world, leaders from different countries have gathered to discuss climate change and how to save the environment from further deterioration. At the other end, monkeys are having to eat plastic and polythene discarded by tourists of the Sundarbans in Khulna
11m ago
JUTE MILLS IN DISARRAY
Due to lack of maintenance, the once-vibrant mill compounds now appear to be haunted places with weeds and vines growing all over
1y ago
Patuakhali, Pirojpur passengers suffer as bus services suspended
Passengers of Patuakhali are bearing the brunt as bus services in the district were suspended this morning (November 4, 2022) ahead of BNP’s divisional rally in Barishal tomorrow.
2y ago
Unfavourable weather affects guava production
Unlike previous years, guava farmers in four unions of the Pirojpur and Jhalakathi upazilas are unconcerned about getting the expected prices for their produce as the time needed to make shipments has decreased substantially thanks to the opening of Padma Bridge.
2y ago
April 3, 2022
Mat weaving dying
Nobody knows when artisans of the southern part of the country began the craft of making shital pati, a traditional naturally-cool woven mat.
March 17, 2022
Ahsan Group embezzled at least Tk 130cr using religious clout: CID
It was corruption at a massive scale, undertaken by a single family.
March 4, 2022
Banking on floating market to trade farm products
The Boithakata floating market on the Belua river in Pirojpur has transformed into a major centre for wholesalers as many people directly depend on the century-old market as their primary means of trade.
February 25, 2022
Small income, big contribution
Getting up from bed early in the morning, Sabitri Halder goes to her backyard and takes a seat on the floor to weave floor mats from hogla leaves, a species of aquatic grass.
February 23, 2022
BSCIC firms lament absence of direct road connectivity
Annually churning out some Tk 65 crore worth of products, businesses at the industrial estate of the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) in Pirojpur are incurring extra expenses for the lack of direct road connectivity.
February 20, 2022
Cricket bat making hub battles to stay afloat
The cricket bat making hub that has boomed in the last three decades in Pirojpur’s Nesarabad upazila might soon go out of business as producers have been facing severe losses since the pandemic hit the country two years ago.
February 19, 2022
Headscarves: Liberalism, secularism and human rights regime put to question
Headscarves are garments mostly worn by Muslim women across the world as per religious obligations. But many educational institutions do not allow headscarves in the campus.
February 18, 2022
Timber trade in Nesarabad sees Tk 1,000cr annual sales
The timber trade that has been running on the banks of the Sandhya river in Nesarabad upazila of Pirojpur for decades has emerged as the largest hub for woods in Bangladesh.
January 20, 2022
Most of iron bridges in a shambles
The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) in Pirojpur has hanged signboards on both two sides of each iron bridge on Charkhali-Mathbaria road in the district saying that it is risky.
January 4, 2022
Lack of logistics delayed rescue operation
It took around one and a half hours to start the rescue operation for the MV Abhijan-10 launch fire. Fire Service and Civil Defence sources said although they had come to know of the fire within 15 minutes of its origination, they lacked the logistics required to fight it in the water on a cold winter night.
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